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This works nicely until the guy in the window seat gets up to pee. He runs into, or tugs on, the seat back that is in his way as he tries to exit the row, annoy
by psim1 7y ago
This works nicely until the guy in the window seat gets up to pee. He runs into, or tugs on, the seat back that is in his way as he tries to exit the row, annoying the occupant of that seat.
- jessaustin 7y agoTFA says this is for commuter flights. No passenger on such a flight should be urinating, but anyone who has a health problem or something should just request an aisle seat.
- topmonk 7y agoIt doesn't say it's for commuter flights, just that those will be the first they'll try them on.
- npongratz 7y agoMaybe there are more expansive plans, but TFA literally says it is for commuter flights: "Designed for commuter flights of only a few hours max, the S1 moves the middle seat a few inches lower than, and back from, the aisle and window seat"
- mikeash 7y ago“A few hours” doesn’t match my understanding of “commuter flight” at all. A few hours can get you clear across the US, and is more than enough time for someone to need to dump ballast.
- npongratz 7y agoOh I totally agree with every point you make. I'm incredibly cynical and pessimistic about the potential for these seats to improve any passenger's experience. I was merely hoping to correct a possible misreading of the article's (literal) contents, which I see in retrospect makes me to inadvertently appear be the subject of xkcd 386 :)
- mikeash 7y agoIt’s a weird situation: the article does indeed say it’s for commuter flights, but also immediately says it’s not. I guess you’re both right, or both wrong, depending on your preference.
- J-dawg 7y ago> No passenger on such a flight should be urinating That's a pretty weird statement. It's not really abnormal to want to go to the toilet every 1-2 hours.
- jessaustin 7y agoMost people can sit through a movie. It's no longer the case, but I've had jobs in which that sort of toilet activity would have been sharply criticized. I guess I was visualizing the sort of plane in which one can't stand up straight, although as observed elsewhere ITT those planes wouldn't have three seats together. Perhaps it would also be an improvement to stagger a two-seat row?
- alexhutcheson 7y agoThat part didn't make sense to me, since most "commuter flights" in the US are on regional jets with 2-2 or 2-1 seating arrangements.
- bitwize 7y agoOnce as he leaves and once as he returns. I'll take it over being smushed. What drives me batshit is when there's a kid in the seat behind me who uses my seat back as a punching bag and just goes all out on it with hands and feet.
- malthaus 7y agoFriendly remind the parent of parenting?
- _nalply 7y agoIt's impossible to force some children to be quiet. If I were the parent of my mildly autistic son I would answer that he is autistic and mute and that it's useless.
- jessaustin 7y agoMost people would understand this rare exception, but it is very rare. I've seen (and felt) lots of seats being kicked, and never once was the guilty child autistic.
- _nalply 7y agoIt's not a rare exception, it is only one of the possible motives of kicking seats. Suck it up or try to find an agreement with the person behind you. Talk directly with the child.
- jessaustin 7y agoI'd love to live in a world in which strangers on an airplane would welcome my chastisement of their unruly children. I don't live in that world, however. Your family situation certainly inspires my sympathy, but do you really want people to assume that all misbehaving children are probably autistic? That's not a good stereotype to foster.
- J-dawg 7y agoThat's a great point. I hope they user test these things by actually simulating all parts of a flight.