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Old 21st Oct 2013, 09:09
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mommus
 
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I'm afraid that seat width, like pitch, can only be determined by the airlines. My objective is to maximise the passenger comfort within the constraints of current airline seat spacing.

Increasing shoulder width is an issue of how many seats across a carrier crams in.

I've seen a few designs that attempt to increase shoulder width, mainly by staggering adjacent seats, but that has the problem of what you do at the end of each row, or exit rows, since the current aligned design is the most efficient at the ends. With a staggered design you'll lose six to eight seats where economy class is obstructed by a toilet or galley.
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