Originally Posted by
Anglo Large Clawed Otter
Oh ye of little faith...one longhaul in Y is not enough to change a chipmunk's stripes. I can assure you that once freed of the medieval torture device, Admiral Chipmunk would be straight back to work counting every bean in sight. It's a manifestation of his OCD, which some theorize began when Alvin, Simon, and Theodore got to be rockstars, and poor Larry got drafted
LK knows perfectly well how uncomfortable CO Y is. He's ridden in CO Y plenty of times, and remember he is a very tall guy.
The current CO business model is largely predicated on the density of the Y cabin configuration. Sure, they could change things around, even add an E+ section. But this would disrupt LK's finely tuned money machine.
The only way things will ever change is if people just stop flying CO Y in sufficient numbers and at high-enough fares that the business model no longer makes sense.
If anything, the opposite is true right now. In fact, the only change I foresee is the move to 30" seat pitch with the next generation of ultra-thin ultra-hard "high tech" torture chambers...er...seats.
That's the next frontier in airline travel.