New Saddle Seat can reduce legroom by 7in. Deal or no deal?
Sep 15, 2010 | 7:26 am
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New Saddle Seat can reduce legroom by 7in. Deal or no deal?
New saddle seat designed by Italian firm can reduce legroom for economy seats by 7 inches - from 30 to 32 inches to 23 to 25 inches.
Deal or no deal?
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Deal or no deal?
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Sep 15, 2010 | 7:39 am
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Sep 15, 2010 | 11:32 am
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I experienced the "seat" yesterday at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in LGB. I'm 99% convinced that it'll never fly in the USA but there is that 1% tickling in the back of my head for certain very specific circumstances. It could be interesting.
Sep 15, 2010 | 12:00 pm
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I seriously doubt that this would ever get FAA approval. Not only would it be quite difficult to exit this type of seating in an emergency, but aircraft have to be certified to have the entire plane evacuated in a certain time. An airline cannot arbitrarily increase the number of seats without demonstrating that they can comply with the evacuation time.
Sep 15, 2010 | 12:27 pm
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New Saddle Seat can reduce legroom
As someone who has spend hours in a real saddle sometimes on daily basis you can going to have a lot of people with sore butts and thighs as the angle and muscles you use are somewhat different from just sitting and the way you hang you leg or brace is also different hence different muscles.
Sep 15, 2010 | 2:12 pm
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I seriously doubt that this would ever get FAA approval. Not only would it be quite difficult to exit this type of seating in an emergency, but aircraft have to be certified to have the entire plane evacuated in a certain time. An airline cannot arbitrarily increase the number of seats without demonstrating that they can comply with the evacuation time.
Sep 16, 2010 | 2:26 am
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Sep 16, 2010 | 8:47 am
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As the master thread on this is in Newsstand, I'll move this there. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator, TravelBuzz.
Sep 16, 2010 | 10:04 am
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Even better
Actually they could do better with a bicycle seat. In any case, they could introduce pedals and let you exercise while you're at it. Same space and you avoid leg cramps. In F you'd get handle bars and video simulation of riding.
