No one wants the middle seat on airplanes
Jul 18, 2019, 5:13 pm
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No one wants the middle seat on airplanes
I wonder if United is looking into Molon Labe Seating’s new seat design.
"It's still going to suck. Now it's going to suck less."
No one wants the middle seat on airplanes. This design could change that
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airplane-middle-seat-design-trnd/index.html
"It's still going to suck. Now it's going to suck less."
No one wants the middle seat on airplanes. This design could change that
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airplane-middle-seat-design-trnd/index.html
Jul 18, 2019, 5:56 pm
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The article makes no sense. Put the middle seat back and lower so the passenger can reach the higher and more forward armrest? DO they expect the passengers to stick their arms straight out in front of them? What are they smoking?
Jul 18, 2019, 6:13 pm
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I wonder if United is looking into Molon Labe Seating’s new seat design.
"It's still going to suck. Now it's going to suck less."
No one wants the middle seat on airplanes. This design could change that
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/a...rnd/index.html
"It's still going to suck. Now it's going to suck less."
No one wants the middle seat on airplanes. This design could change that
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/a...rnd/index.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/articles/i...ss-hassle.html 2015 article
Jul 18, 2019, 9:28 pm
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But moving the middle seat back a few inches allows for more space, so the company made the middle seat about three to five inches wider than the standard 18 inch seat.
None of this makes sense.
Looks like they've also abandoned the original idea of having the aisle seat slide in to widen the aisle at disembarking. I'm sure that was part of the reason why it's taken over four years to certify - there's no way they would be structurally stiff enough for crashes if they were on sliders.
Jul 18, 2019, 9:46 pm
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Um, the standard seat is 17 inches, not 18, on most single aisle Boeings; and if they take "three to five inches" from the window and aisle seats, then those seats are now 15 or 16 inches wide.
None of this makes sense.
Looks like they've also abandoned the original idea of having the aisle seat slide in to widen the aisle at disembarking. I'm sure that was part of the reason why it's taken over four years to certify - there's no way they would be structurally stiff enough for crashes if they were on sliders.
None of this makes sense.
Looks like they've also abandoned the original idea of having the aisle seat slide in to widen the aisle at disembarking. I'm sure that was part of the reason why it's taken over four years to certify - there's no way they would be structurally stiff enough for crashes if they were on sliders.
Jul 18, 2019, 10:28 pm
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Jul 18, 2019, 10:39 pm
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Not in small private aircraft such as a Cessna. They are pretty light. Yes, forward and aft only in small airplanes
Jul 19, 2019, 4:47 am
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This thread is about new seats for commercial aviation, for passengers, in three-across seating arrangements. MY point was that it's highly likely these seats couldn't certify because they originally were set up to be on side-to-side sliders, and that likely couldn't meet safety standards.
Jul 19, 2019, 7:23 am
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Jul 19, 2019, 8:08 am
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None of this matters, no airline has shown an ounce of interest in the concept. Almost anything can be built and certified, but if nobody wants it...
Jul 19, 2019, 10:04 am
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Oh they'd stack us up like cordwood and load us onto pallets if they could!
Jul 19, 2019, 4:28 pm
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I recall some people wanting a middle seat to increase their chance of finding a date or to have someone to talk to during the flight.