I posted this under rail passenger because it was mentioned earlier that Amtrak’s new CEO was considering pushing the seats closer together in an effort to make them less comfortable and to make a more expensive expanded legroom class more saleable.
The company I work for just changed Travel Expense reporting, they will now allow expenses for expanded legroom seats as well as Premium Economy on all expense reports.
I had hoped someone somewhere, either Congress or American Business would fight the airlines with this stupidity of shrinking the passenger seats and moving them closer together…instead it looks like complete surrender to the practice.
I feel sorry for the occassional tourist, nobody left to stick up for them.
Business capitulating to whom? Capitulate means to surrender.
Shrinking seats puts more bodies on the plane/train. If it results in less comfort for the riders, until it causes reduction of ridership, it remains a plus for the carrier. That is why they do it. Anything that increases net revenue is not stupid, just undesireable from your standpoint.
The new CEO is an ex-airline exec, so I guess we should not be suprised. IIRC there is a Congressman who has introduced a bill to set a minimum airline seat pitch. I think he had introduced the same bill last year.
schlimm, I don’t think it is good, I just explained the thinking behind it.
I sat in Toledo Union one night waiting for an hours late Capital Limited, and overheard more than one passenger telling others this was the last time they’d ever take the train. The train competes with driving and bussing, both of which are available to the majority.