re: Air Travelers Resisting the ‘Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat’

Obesity in america should be treated like cancer. I'd be willing to bet obesity is more deadly.

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Do any of you fly with Spirit? How do you like the "pre-reclined" seats?

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I have in the past and didn't notice anything different

I flew frontier recently. It's basic transportation. Make sure to bring a seat cushion for any flight longer than 2 hours or you'll be in severe pain, limping off. Seat has zero padding.

I've personally made the decision now to pay up and be comfortable. United or Delta for this guy.

Joined some friends in Chicago for long weekend. Dipshits caught the 6am cattle car for 100 bucks. The wife and I flew at 10am first class united having complimentary drinks all the way. Worth every penny.

Jet Blue has nice seats. Very Roomy. Jet Blue actually markets their nice seating arrangements. Their fares are pretty low as well. Virgin is also really good. Delta is decent. Southwest is unbearable. Frontier and Spirit are also unbearably small.

In general, if you want to fly for $75-$100 on some special summer deal or whatever, you're going to have to do it in poverty seats. That's just how it goes. If you want a comfortable ride, pay for it.

I'm not a huge dude, but I have wide shoulders and chest because I'm a Chad so I don't fly Southwest, frontier, Spirit, etc. because their seats are built for toddlers. It's worth it to me to fly a different airline. If I fly those airlines, I know what I'm getting myself into. And I'm doing it because I'm looking for the cheapest tin can to fly me wherever I need to go.

I barely like flying Southwest with the no seat assignment check in nonsense. Spirit is for poors.

Most of the time if you fly American, you can just not pick a seat and usually you'll get better seats at the gate for free.

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With 0 offer for compensation.

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Was it their fault? Airlines aren't required to do shite unless it's their fault. Like mechanical issues. Weather won't get you vouchers or anything.

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Totally worth the 30-50 bucks

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For something that was free before.

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hat is why I book a window seat so I can lean into the bubble of the window to give me some more space

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after years in the aisle, I am now a window sitter for that same reason. Don’t need an armrest

Airbus seats are usually wider. Airlines however order seats and interiors separately from the airplane itself. They can specify what size seats, where they are placed and even where the restrooms are placed in their orders.

Spirit sucks. Im not paying to ride in a cattle car if I can help it.

I'm 6'2" with very broad shoulders, a little more around the waist than there used to be but I'm not morbidly obese and I've just hired a personal trainer to get my arse back in shape. FLYING SUCKS A DICK. If it's a longer flight than 3 hours, I go first/business class because economy/coach is miserable for a larger than average person. Thankfully, when I travel for business it's usually to smaller cities (I'm in Tulsa a lot), so the airplanes, while smaller, aren't usually at capacity and if there's a window seat available then I'm one of the first to get offered. My last flight out there a couple of months ago, I was one of 8 passengers on the flight and it was amazing.

My wife argued really hard about us flying first class to Europe 2 years ago, she was really adamant that it was a waste of money but I wasn't budging. We either flew first class, took a boat, or we weren't going. Halfway through the flight she turned to me and admitted that I was right. A long flight is miserable and economy makes it 10 times worse. I understand that not everyone can afford FC and I'm thankful that we can, otherwise I'd never travel overseas.

I am able to put everything I need for a whole week in a backpack, and almost always travel solo. I for one like the fact that I don't have to pay more for my ticket to subsidize everyone else carrying all the extra weight on the plane. Imagine how fast flights could board and take off, land and deplane, if no one had a carry-on bag, checked luggage, or cared where they sat. Airline travel is simply a means to an end for me, to get me from point A to point B.