Originally Posted by
curt
That was still true in the early 90's. Seat pitch on the 747 was generous, even for my > 1.85m. Seats in F and C, on the other hand, were horrible, compared to todays's standards.
It's kind of symbolic for society as a whole and the way wealth has become more and more concentrated. Back then the gap between the classes of service wasn't huge: premium was worse than today, economy better than today. Today we are moving toward the concept of hotel room in front, Salvadoran prison in the back.