02-16-2010
12:30 PM
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I’m a surgeon, pilot, and health and fitness blogger. I think I can see this problem from several points of view. I wish all the seats in airlines were bigger, and the whole space was roomier as it once was, but those days are gone. I feel a useful solution would be to have some of the three abreast seats converted to two seats. The cost could be more than a smaller single seat, but less than two seats. This would accommodate folks who were larger, whether a 6′9 basketball player or whatever. I wouldn’t want this to acquire a nasty termed area of the plane, but I can’t control people’s cruelty, only suggest an idea to help the situation. In addition, I would think this would allow people who have avoided flying to fly more, thus making the idea more acceptable to the airlines.
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