Originally Posted by
murphbc
True, but in all those examples, the seats are getting bigger to accommodate the increasing size/weight of the people. It's only the airline industry that is increasingly shrinking the size and padding of the seats, not to mention shrinking the width of the aisles as well.
I have not see any data to verify your claim that seats are shrinking in width. The article does not say that either. Nor does the article say what the width of the seats was in the 60's. If you have any information about the width of the seats in the 60'splease point me in that direction.