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Knee Defender
In article , "Frank F. Matthews" writes:
In my mind it's just as much an assault as one that occurs when someone decides to swing a bat in a space that includes my body. You can incline your seat only if it does not involve assaulting the body which the airline has sold the right to occupy the space behind your seat. Fortunately, so far, the airline crews have taken my point of view and have not required knee amputation. It's unfortunate that you insist that trying to occupy my seat and preserve my person is viewed by you as selfish but I really don't care about your attitude. This has been debated very hotly for several years now, and I'm amused that nobody seems to have realized that the airlines are selling us overlapping spaces. Just like overcrowded rats, we squirm and fuss and chew each other's tails and noses off. Personally, I think that the solution is two-fold. First the airlines need to simplify their pricing structures so that everyone pays one price for the same seat class. For example, all the economy seats cost $500, all business cost $1000, etc and there are no premiums or discounts for time of purchase or all the other games they play with the prices. (And no, I agree it's never going to happen!) But once they do that then it will be easier for us to make the judgement call that, yes an extra $500 is worth a larger seat. As it is right now, when I pay $97 for a coach seat and you pay $1200 for the seat next to me, we have no way of really knowing if the extra space of a business-class upgrade DOES cost an extra $100 or $5000 or what. We want the airlines to succeed, but at the same time we naturally don't want to be ripped off, and since the prices are so complicated we're all wondering if we're being ripped off even on the squashed-rat seats, let alone upgrades! - Sharon "Gravity... is a harsh mistress!" |
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