Honestly the airline industry needs huge changes. Its heavily subsidized but privately owned and its still barely functioning. If we put half as much effort into trains and gave people a little more time off work, we would rarely need planes
1 month ago
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The ‘funny’ thing is when my cat flew in the cabin with me when I moved, he had to have a carrier big enough for him to stand, turn around, and lie down. Anyone below business class can’t do any of those three things in the space they give you.
1 month ago | 10
Flying was once fun. You can’t be surprised when people snap after being made outrageously uncomfortable for hours and hours. At least bring back the legroom.
1 month ago | 17
It’s interesting you mention that there’s actually a company called Aviointeriors that’s developed semi-standing airline seats, and they may be hitting commercial fleets soon. But the real issue isn’t just comfort any more it’s math. The more passengers you cram into a plane, the longer it takes to board and, more critically, evacuate in an emergency. And since these designs aren’t part of a full retrofit, they’re typically just adding extra seats without increasing the number of crew or emergency exits. That’s where things get risky.
1 month ago | 4
Oh you think that's bad? Wait until the standing seats without seatbelts get approved
1 month ago | 10
Simple, if indirect, way to fix the problem: Raise the minimum wage so people can afford more space per person per flight and the market will shift accordingly. Another simple solution: high speed rail.
1 month ago | 9
For economy the margins are about $15 per person. Larger seats means less people which means a higher price to stay in the positive which gets passed on to passengers.
1 month ago | 0
I honestly see no issue with the size. I personally feel comfortable and if you make planes larger with less seating you are going to see even more pollution from airplanes.
1 month ago | 0
Air travel is heavily subsidized as it is and hellish on carbon emissions. It would be better to normalize sailing across the ocean on humble, but comfortable, boats for a week. That, or perhaps zeppelins.
1 month ago | 4
2025 is the year of the aviation issues. (I think last week had 2 crashes and 2 near misses)
1 month ago | 0
But if each person has more space then they won't be able to fit more sardines, I mean people, in one flight and they won't make as many monies D:
1 month ago | 0
The size of the planes is fine, it's how many people they try to cram in that's the problem. Also, you and your luggage should be priced by the pound just like any other freight.
1 month ago | 0
Its easy to sit in a terrible seat and complain the airline is greedy when you have no idea of what it costs to operate a private Cessna, let alone a fleet of airliners.
1 month ago | 0
First class seat size comes with first class prices. All those 1950's era flying pictures were of people who could afford the cost, it was exorbitant. Less people means each person has to pay a higher share of the operating cost. Yeah, airlines are cutting space to squeeze in more people but it's still safe. (As of 2024, given the FAA slashings by the current administration I doubt they check that anymore, but it's not changed since last year) And we can't just "build bigger planes" as having to buy all new planes is a huge capital investment. Not to mention fuel costs. This solution would make flying unaffordable for 90% of the population and airlines would go bankrupt.
1 month ago | 3
Owen Morgan (Telltale)
Airplanes are too small and it should legit be illegal to give people less than a certain amount of space. First class seat size should be the economy option
1 month ago | [YT] | 360