Originally Posted by
Plane.Silly
So they shave 1cm off each seat. Might just be me being picky, but would that really save much Fuel burn. Could see each seat maybe saving about 1kg each each so x 189 = upto 189kgs / around 400lb. All it takes is a few extra large passengers to undo all the hard work (assuming they could sit in the new seat in the first place
I think your logic might be flawed imho because the plane would still be 400lb lighter than it would have been with the old seats in rather than the new ones!