Less Legroom, More Angst

The Times' Edward Wong reports that while American Airlines is increasing seats, that means passengers lose 2-3 inches in legroom in some of its planes. Which makes Gothamist more insane, because forget about legroom, how about room period? I spent an awful plane ride from St. Louis to LaGuardia, contorted in the middle seat for two hours, due to factors completely out of my control, but certainly not out of the control of American. It's not helping that with flights being cut, planes are more and more crowded.

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on May 22, 2003 2:03 AM

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Bobby Ganush

I recently flew on Continental and was absolutely amazed at how little space there was. It was worse than a frickin' bush taxi in Africa (except for the chickens falling on your head.) My favorite part was the blarring recorded PA announcement that went: "Welcome to Continental Airlines... WE're proud to offer complimentary in-flight entertainment... Headphones are five dollars, exact change is greatly appreciated."

Bobby Ganush

I recently flew on Continental and was absolutely amazed at how little space there was. It was worse than a frickin' bush taxi in Africa (except for the chickens falling on your head.) My favorite part was the blarring recorded PA announcement that went: "Welcome to Continental Airlines... WE're proud to offer complimentary in-flight entertainment... Headphones are five dollars, exact change is greatly appreciated."

Jen

I don't want to be sizeist, but on an airplane, it's a quality of life issue for both/all passengers, because I doubt the woman I was sitting next to was comfortable either.

Brian Henderson

(There was an "s" in "problems" when I typed it, but I think one of the fatties ate it when I wasn't looking.)

Brian Henderson

Honestly, we wouldn't run into these kinds of problem if we started weeding out the fatties. And it's only going to get worse. The time to act is now!

Felix

I'm with you 100%. American Airlines sucks.

jake

what kind of idiot executive at this broke-ass airline thought that this would be a good way to improve the bottom line? i mean, is it really a good idea to lower the quality of the service you provide while trying to attract more customers? deep vein thrombosis is a terrible tag line for an airline advertising campaign.