Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Up to the point when they become so uncomfortable that passengers won't fly in them.
Obviously that would be economically disastrous. The fact that there are so many 787's flying and on order would suggest that sufficient passengers are willing to suck it up.
(Not trying to defend the 787 here - to be honest I'm increasingly willing to pay a premium to avoid economy in
any flight longer than about 5 hours - but I do think people rather overstate passenger comfort as a factor in choosing flights. BTW, Seatguru has seat width on the VS 787 as 17.5" and the EK 380 as 18". It's hardly a step change........)