Originally Posted by
subject2load
This comes across as a very odd analogy to me.
Can't speak for others, but personally I 'manage' perfectly well on trains/tubes/buses - largely because I haven't bought a ticket costing several thousand pounds ; but also because such travel rarely (if ever) involves journeys lasting many hours at a stretch.
Although (as you know?) the divider is only down for a small proportion of the flight, most of the time it is up. The analogy seems to hold up well to me.