Downwind
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I had a conversation with the passenger next to me the other day about seat comfort. They were complaining about the seat width. Also how airlines were making the seats smaller and smaller. After 15 minutes of hearing this. I finally answered her. That the B737 was designed over 60 years ago. And when it came out of the factory for first time. It had six seats in each row. I asked her how many the current aircraft had in each row. She answered six. So if when the last time you flew on this type of airplane it had six seats in each row and that Boeing has not made the aircraft any narrower. Then the seats must be the same width. So there is only one thing that has changed since the last time you sat in that seat.
But the Boeing seat is narrower than the bus.17" v 18".
As a matter of history, the New York Central railroad determined (back in the 1940's) that 18" was the MINIMUM seat width for passenger comfort on its then new streamlined passenger cars.
No doubt though, Americans are trying to squeeze more rump into too little seat.
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