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TFA 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 a

TFA 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 ago
It doesn't say it's for commuter flights, just that those will be the first they'll try them on.
- npongratz 7y ago
  Maybe 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 ago
      Oh 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 ago
        It’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 ago
  Most 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 ago
That 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.

TFA 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 ago

It doesn't say it's for commuter flights, just that those will be the first they'll try them on.

npongratz 7y ago
Maybe 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 ago
    Oh 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 ago
      It’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 ago
Most 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 ago

That 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.