I have flown in the renovated interior 737s three times in the last four weeks. Although it is nice, I am not happy with the personal comfort. The thing that is not mentioned is there is less space from seat back to seat back on the new design. In a world where people are getting larger and not smaller, it makes no sense to reduce space. I am a fairly large guy (6'1" and 260 lbs) but by no means the largest male or female that flies on Southwest. My knees are now closer to the seat in front of me by 1-2 inches and I cannot put the tray down without first leaning my seat all the way back or lifting my stomach up, lowering the tray and then resting my stomach on the tray. In the older interiors I can comfortably lower the tray without any problem. My hope is that Southwest uses their new interior design with the modification that they remove the 24th row and reinstate the old knee and belly room that I have been use to for years.
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