Originally Posted by
readywhenyouare
I guess I just don't get the drama. I'm not miserable even on a CRJ. I've slept just fine on plenty of 738 redeyes. No one is forced to fly on the 737. And on that note, do you think most passengers are willing to pay more for a negligible amount of shoulder room? Do you think passenger comfort was on the minds of Spirit and Frontier when they ordered the A320?
I ❤️ how you move the goalposts. For you it’s negligible. For me, a 5’11” broad shouldered dude, was noticeable even before I was a ft-er.
Your question about paying more is a straw man argument. We don’t know the contractual terms of either choice and whether there should be an operational cost. As a pax, narrow body airbus are more comfortable than Boeing.
I can sleep on a cot in an army tent…. Why would I wish the hotel thermostat be able to deliver sub-70 temperatures??? I can simply make do, and who actually frequents a hotel with enough frequency to actually switch chains over the room thermostat?
Do pax pay more for inflight beverages? Or ife? Or cloth vs leather? Or bathroom size??? In aggregate, these all have some value and at some point the value is sufficiently added such that someone is willing to pay for dl over frontier, allegiant, or a mainstream competitor.