Originally Posted by
mommus
HDRW - thanks for the reply
I'm glad you wrote that, because my design is aimed at preventing exactly the problem you describe.
As a passenger, you have a constant space that remains the same irrespective of the actions of the passenger in front of you, in fact, you will not be able to tell whether the seat in front is reclined or not.
The current business class seats in larger airlines recline by sliding the seat squab forward rather than the seat back backward. However, this means that as the squab moves forward the pax legs need to go somewhere. So in business class they usually stagger the seats with a table space between them where the legs of the pax behind can extend into this maintains pax density or they align the seats in a 'herringbone' which reduces pax density.
I cannot see how you can retain coach class passenger seating 'density', allow them to store carry-on bags 'under the seat in front'
and allow a sliding recline. If you could do that the manufacturers Boeing and Airbus and the airlines would be beating a path to your door.