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Delta expands Comfort+ to regional flights
Aligning with Delta’s focus on improving choice for customers and enhancing the on-board experience, the airline is now continuing to expand Delta Comfort+ on some of its regional aircraft, adding more Delta Comfort+ seats on its E-175, E-170, CRJ-900 and CRJ-700 aircraft. (www.airguideonline.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Rob...it's not just you. I don't even have enough room at 5'2", 152. Spent half of a flight from MDW to ALB leaning forward because the 6-footers on either side of me fell asleep during parts of the trip with their arms partway into my middle seat, though at least when the kid on one side realized it, he tried to fold himself into his window seat. Kind of claustrophobic doing that in the back row of a Southwest 737, and frankly, was a factor in my just driving out the next time. Love flying, but the process *of* flying stinks.
Exactly... I always paid for Economy Comfort (now Comfort Plus) when it was just priority boarding and more legroom (though, like you, I'd prefer more width over more pitch), but now I'm being priced out of it since they insist on throwing in more and more "service" that I don't need. I just want a domestic first class kind of seat with coach service for a reasonable upcharge (say, 25 to 30%, not twice as much).
Actually, Spirit has exactly that. If they could figure out how to get a flight out on time, I might try it.
Actually, Spirit has exactly that. If they could figure out how to get a flight out on time, I might try it.
Width...width...width. Anything over 5 hours ( and all but interisland flights where I live....in Hawaii) are 5 hours or more.
I'm short. Wind up using my backpack asm a footrest. Nothing to alleviate the SQUUEZE of narrow seats.
I'm short. Wind up using my backpack asm a footrest. Nothing to alleviate the SQUUEZE of narrow seats.
amen brother... flew every other week for 25 years... avoid flying like the plague now....
"We will now sell you what used to be normal service."
I heard it best from a seat mate on DAL a few years ago... "Service in domestic First class is what coach used to be like 40-50 years ago."
That was back when the government guaranteed profit and limited competition. I don't disagree, it just bothers me when this apples to oranges comparison comes up without context. That is all :)
If a carrier can take out a row of seats and charge a premium for an extra 4" of legroom, why can't they take a 3-aisle-3or4-aisle-3 on a wide body, or a 3-aisle-3 configuration on an Airbus 320/321 or 737 and turn it into 3-aisle-2 with an extra 5" of width?
I guess many will reply "They do - its called Business Class" but that rather misses the point. As it happens I work for myself and will no longer fly longhaul in coach - but I have to pay a hefty premium when all I actually want is not pampering or free booze, just a safe and comfortable seat (and a loo that I can get in and out of, and turn around in as well, but that is another conversation...)
I get the technical stuff about trim - I have worked in the industry - but most coach seats I fly in are about 17" wide. To avoid squishing those sitting next to me I have to book an aisle seat and I am now an accredited expert at finding the release buttons to raise the floating seat arm (aisle side) to let me have an extra few inches of breathing room without inconveniencing my neighbour. If I was put in Row 1 of a narrow body or a regional jet it would be a health and safety hazard as, with the solid panels between these seats, I literally could not get down into the seat in between the arms and, more to the point, could not easily lift myself out again in the event of an emergency evacuation. I actually need a 22" seat to be comfortable - and one of my most regular routes has me flying business first in a 757-200 which offers exactly that.
I would be interested to discover whether many others think this is an issue, or whether it is my fault for weighing more than the "nominal" 75kg per adult (I am ± twice that) for which current coach seats are presently designed.