bekolblockage: Can anybody do the sums and tell us how many rows of seats they would have to chuck out of an A340 or B747 to give us an extra,say, 3".
About every tenth row, if the current cofiguration is 31". So in the BA high yield 747, two rows (20 seats) of economy; and 3 rows (30 seats) in the low yield config.
10secondsurvey: Any body who says they think the space in economy is perfectly fine etc...etc and so on has got to be from that airline (or else they are a bit soft). I have seen all this type of silly argumentation before, and its not really worth wasting effort on, it really is just tosh.
Thank you for imposing a 10% ticket price increase on me that I neither want nor need. Am I soft in the head to prefer
not to pay 10% more for extra space that I'd neither notice nor value?
How do we price it? its unfair! how could it be possible? and so on. The reality is that regulations already govern most of the aspects of airline design and operation. It really would not be very difficult to do this.
So no answers, then?
For the record, seat pitch on BA IS shrinking, as detailed on their own website - whether you think it is or not, and its pot luck whether its 30" or 31"
It's not pot luck; I believe I know why it's now there when it wasn't before, and if you'd like I'm happy to share my tips on how to avoid the 30" section.