I had the misfortune of flying on a US Airways (ex-America West) 737 last night and the seats were so close together that I litterally had to shove my small, 8 inch wide carry-on down to get it past the seat cushion to put it under the seat in front of me. Adding to my displeasure of course was the fact that, being 6'5" tall, my knees spent the entire 2.5 hour flight pressed into the seat infront of me.

Cramming in those four seats will probably end up doing the same thing that happened when Alaska added four seats to their 737-700s a couple of years ago, turn a tollerable seat pitch into a painfull experience, especially aft of the exit row.

I wonder how much longer it will take before people with long legs become "qualified persons with disabilities" under the ACAA and can start kicking short people out of the emergency exit and bulkhead rows? I can just see it now, little posts like they have at amusement parks stating "you must be this tall to sit in the emergency exit row" set up in the gate areas.