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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 7:11 am
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realjd
 
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Originally Posted by jrl767
typical marketing/PR-speak that is rather disconnected from reality:

"added more seats on planes by using slimline seats ... significantly more seats on the airplane without jeopardizing seat comfort or legroom" -- I can't think of any glowing reviews of coach seating (or F seating, for that matter) on the 739

"Larger planes also allow more first class seats ..." -- yet on the largest narrow-body jet (757) they are actually REDUCING the seat count in F from 22/24/26 to 20, which happens to be the same as the 739
Legroom is a function of seat pitch and seat thickness. It's absolutely possible to maintain legroom while decreasing seat pitch by using thinner seats.
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