Originally Posted by
LHR/MEL/Europe FF
That would be fantastic if they were successful! If all airlines were forced to do it we'd still have competition and lower fares, and finally some comfort again!
I would not object to such a regulation. But taking 3" to 4" extra per row would not do wonders for the pricing. Taking a United 77W they would have 20 rows to add 3" to, assuming they don't want to add to Economy Plus pitch (34" currently) that will cost them two rows, or 20 passengers per flight. And if they don't want to kill any E+ revenue, probably another row of 10. Which financially speaking would probably mean no more E+.