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Old Jun 10, 2016, 9:10 pm
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Originally Posted by halls120
How can high density ever be good for the customer? Simple math says the more seats you cram into a fixed area, the less space per seat is the inevitable result. Unless, of course, you've found a way to defy the laws of physics.
Without wading into whether or not I think this is the case, it is possible. I believe the argument is along the lines of wasted space. If a passenger in the current configuration has X amount of space in their "pod" but the configuration of the overall seating layout has significant dead space between pods, it is possible to be more efficient with the layout of the pods so as to add more seats while still maintaining X amount of personal space per pod.

This would be the argument for a more efficient layout with higher density while maintaining personal space.

While it is higher density (more people in a same-sized cabin) it could be successfully argued that both sides win - passengers get the same amount of personal space in their pod and the airline gets more passengers in the cabin.

Whether this is the case or not with Polaris is another question entirely.
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