Airline In-Flight Movie Seating

[Itsme]

In-Flight Movie Seating

GERMAN COMPANY AIDA HAS YET ANOTHER SEATING SOLUTION FOR OVER-CROWDED airliners -- a cinema-style flip seat. Made from modern composite materials that make the seats lighter and tougher, seatbacks and cushions in the new seats would be thinner, allowing for more legroom.

The big innovation would be that the seat would flip up, enabling quicker boarding and, according to the company, allowing passengers to stand in-flight and even exercise, thus reducing the risk of deep vein thrombosis.

The proposed seats were introduced at a recent tradeshow in Hamburg.

[Houdini]

Nice idea! Dunno about its affects on DVTs though, as many who get them would just sleep anyway. And there is still controversy about other factors that cause DVTs in airline travel, though I don't believe the other theories (higher altitudes, etc.) play much of a role.

Still, every time I fly, it seems like I have less legroom. Crammed in coach really sux. If I could only earn enough FF miles to be upgraded someday...

And now they freakin charge for lunch/breakfast, etc? And it's crappy processed stuff! I realize they're probably trying to defray some fuel costs, but it still sucks, especially on long trips. When you're hungry. And will get a migraine if you don't eat, and will get a worse one if you eat the sausage-in-cellophane, etc.

[Jeffbx]

if you eat the sausage-in-cellophane

MMmmmmm - smoke flavored gristle!


But now where are they going to store the flotation devices to be used in the event of a water landing?

[Itsme]

And now they freakin charge for lunch/breakfast, etc? And it's crappy processed stuff! I realize they're probably trying to defray some fuel costs, but it still sucks, especially on long trips. When you're hungry. And will get a migraine if you don't eat, and will get a worse one if you eat the sausage-in-cellophane, etc.

Just about every airport has places to buy better food that is packaged to go. The only time I need to buy on-plane food is if I am in a rush and missed getting something beforehand.

I think very few people find paying for ailine food a real inconvenience or pain.

[Merlin]

I think very few people find paying for ailine food a real inconvenience or pain.
I disagree.

[ArkiStan]

I disagree.
I agree(with you, I mean)
As much as I hate air-food, I think I speak for 99% of the people when I say one less carry-on is worth its weight in gold.

[Cheesypuff]

MMmmmmm - smoke flavored gristle!


But now where are they going to store the flotation devices to be used in the event of a water landing?


just use the person next to you :)

[kgsilvas]

In-Flight Movie Seating...the seats lighter and tougher, seatbacks and cushions in the new seats would be thinner, allowing for more legroom.

The big innovation would be that the seat would flip up, enabling quicker boarding and, according to the company, allowing passengers to stand in-flight and even exercise, thus reducing the risk of deep vein thrombosis... The airlines COULD allow for more legroom, but it seems more likely to me that most airlines will instead add a couple of rows of these thinner seats. That's what many airlines after they removed bulkheads.

[Houdini]

Just about every airport has places to buy better food that is packaged to go. The only time I need to buy on-plane food is if I am in a rush and missed getting something beforehand.

I think very few people find paying for ailine food a real inconvenience or pain.

Well, a year or two ago, meals were provided on long trips. Sure, they weren't the best (cold sandwich and coke) but at least you didn't have to fork over another $6.

[ufcrusher]

Anyone who thinks that all of these reduction in "amenitites and services" that airlines have started doing is acceptable is either deluding themselves or is young.

[Houdini]

Anyone who thinks that all of these reduction in "amenitites and services" that airlines have started doing is acceptable is either deluding themselves or is young.

Yep. I know fuel prices are up, but they've been way up before and service hasn't suffered. The airlines are still filling seats, etc. The flight attendants aren't quite as hot as they were a few years ago, but with my limited flying the past 2 years, I can't really state that truthfully as a generalization.

Still, I buy a ticket, empty much of my wallet of extra crap for a trip, have stuff packed away in separate carry-ons, and someone is offering to SELL me an effing piece of sausage and a cracker w/drink for $6?

[Itsme]

The airlines COULD allow for more legroom, but it seems more likely to me that most airlines will instead add a couple of rows of these thinner seats. That's what many airlines after they removed bulkheads.

American Airlines (and I guess United too) tries this some years ago....they added legroom and those of us who fly every week loved it. The problem for them was that the competing airlines didn't do the same, so both American and United felt they were not price competitive (cost per seat mile) so eventually they went back to less leg room so they could get their costs lower.