Originally Posted by
kvan
This is entirely the fault of the airlines, who have downsized Y seats to the point that a "normal" size person barely has enough shoulder room. Luckily for me my wife is very petite, so if she is in the middle I and whoever shares our row gets a bit of breathing room when we fly together.
Except the width of the airplanes hasn't changed--thus the only way the seats would have gotten narrower is if they added another seat across. I haven't seen them do that.
Seat
pitch has changed but that's a problem for tall people, not fat people.