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I find the armrests are the main problem - if you get two large or selfish pax on either side who both decide the middle armrest is theirs, you're left with no
by jacknews 7y ago
I find the armrests are the main problem - if you get two large or selfish pax on either side who both decide the middle armrest is theirs, you're left with no arm rest at all, or some kind of territorial fight. Fixing that would go a long way to equity.
Or just charge less for the middle seat.
- Operyl 7y agoIn a way they already are "charging less" for the middle seat, in the form of paying money to select a seat. I think in the past 15 times I've flown I've always gotten the middle seat unless I pay to select a seat.
- jacknews 7y agoHaha yes, where that's an option, of course you can pay more not to be in the middle. What was I thinking suggesting they charge less for the middle, lol
- Operyl 7y agoAnd they do, it's just pretty transparent I guess :).
- skohan 7y agoNot booking the seat is a bit of a crap-shoot. I've also had cases on budget airlines where leaving it up to chance got me in the front of the plane, or in an emergency exit row. I guess no one wanted to pay a premium for those seats, so they were the ones left for random assignment.
- giarc 7y agoThere are designs to help this problem. I've seen a few takes on the idea of making it two levels like this one [1] 1. https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/02/tech/social-media/apparently-this-matters-airplane-paperclip-armrest/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/02/tech/social-media/apparently-...