From: Mike Capone (drgrant_at_ziplink.net)
Date: Thu Mar 02 2000 - 18:32:48 EST
No, the real reason is because any of the changes I proposed
require them to remove seats, which is counterproductive to their
business of treating the passengers like cattle, which in turn
maximizes profit.(even if it only makes them 50 bucks more a flight,
they'll do it) People seem to forget the entire plane interiors are designed
around this goal. The airlines would gladly reduce the size of the
seating again if they possibly could, except for the obvious problems that
you simply couldnt fit most americans into the modified seats. Having tiny
seats isn't an issue if the plane is only going to be in the air for an hour,
if you have to go transatlantic or transpacific for hours at a time
it becomes a problem. A perfect example is I've heard the seating
and space on the Concorde sucks, but since it takes (an hour or so?) to get
to where your going, it really doesnt matter much.
Anyhow, off the old soapbox, all one can do is take the smallest unit they
have, or just sleep on the plane and work on the layovers/delays/etc...
-Mike
At 05:42 PM 3/2/00 -0500, you wrote:
>At the risk of being dangerously off topic here, I think it should be
>pointed out that the airlines are in the business of providing transport
>services to people, not a moble computing environment. Many (most?)
>planes running today were fitting with their seats long before laptops
>were common. It takes a while for things like airplanes (and taxis,
>hotels, cafes, ...) to catch up on accomodating things. And, unlike
>the other things I mentioned, changing the configuation of an airplane
>seat is no easy matter, nor is it cheap. Remember too, that the sizes
>of laptops is changing (the TP 240 is an amazing example!), and retro-
>fitting seats for a 770Z might not be seen as being good in just a few
>years when most laptops resemble the 240. I'm sure the technology
>change factor helps influence the airlines reluctance to modify their
>seating.
>
>--STeve Andre'
>
>At 05:36 PM 3/2/2000 -0500, Mike Capone wrote:
>>
>>
>>I agree, but it's really the airlines who are at fault for providing
>>tiny seats and trays, as well as seats which promote the crushing of
>>TFT screens. I imagine it is just the airlines trying to piss us all
>>off so we will pay the premium for the extra 2 inches or whatever it
>>is you get in first class.
>[snip]
>
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