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Old Apr 15, 2020 | 8:47 pm
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Originally Posted by Allanf
Wouldn’t it be great if congress mandated humane seat width and seat pitch as a requirement for government subsidization. Maybe the silver lining will be reduced seat density offset by increase in ticket prices. Not sure about the math but 1/3 more seat room offset by 1/3 higher ticket prices, or whatever the ratio should be, seems reasonable to me.
Rightly or wrongly, most of the travelling public chose on price alone so it's unlikely to happen.
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