Originally Posted by
dulciusexasperis
I too would be happy if some kind of regulations were put in place, but I'm not holding my breath. The only possibility seems to be the health and safety concerns that smaller seat sizes have started to raise.
It used to be if you had 'little money' you took the bus. If you had 'some money' you took the train. If you 'had money' you took the plane. Now as per the link I gave above, in terms of seat width and pitch, it is the train that comes out on top and the plane has shrunk to the size of a bus seat and pitch.
So if you 'have money' and more importantly 'have the time', you would do better to take a train where available. Which just goes to show that time is worth more than money! Maybe we should start considering those who 'don't have enough time' as the 'new poor.'
The plane seats in the back of the flying bus of various legacy majors is now worse than the seat comfort of the public buses used by local/regional transport companies owned by governments. When governmental public transit buses may be way more comfortable than the seats on some planes used by say American Airlines or British Airways, the race to the bottom has shown that calling out airlines as flying buses is an insult to some buses.