Would you sit in THIS airline seat?

[CaliforniaDreamin]

I would if the ticket was no more than $25. It would have to be a HUGE savings for me to be crammed in like that. My DH wouldn't even fit!

My DH wouldn't fit either. I couldn't do it. I mean, I'm fine on an airplane. I love to fly, but this is ridiculous. The PP who said if it was going to Disney for cheap, everyone would do it...honestly, I couldn't. And I am missing Disney something awful. There's no way.

 

[kimblebee]

The girl sitting in the seat doesn't look very comfortable. Her face says you're kidding, right?

 

[robinb]

I might sit in a seat like that, but only for a short flight. Many times I fly short little flights to connecting airports that are less than an hour from gate to gate. I think a seat like that would be perfectly acceptable, especially if I saved some $$ along the way. It's not like I get a beverage service or that there is enough time to even crack open a laptop between Madison and Chicago anyway. Yeah ... some "Pooh" and "Shrek" sized people can't fit. Nor can people with anxiety issues or kids in car seats. Maybe those customers with special needs or who just prefer a more traditional seat can pay more for one.

 

[traviesojmt]

"For flights anywhere from one to possibly even up to three hours ... this would be comfortable seating," he says. "The seat ... is like a saddle. Cowboys ride eight hours on their horses during the day and still feel comfortable in the saddle."

Ok, I do not ride horses very often, but I do remember being sore after sitting on a horse for a few hours. Can you imagine? Everyone will be getting off the plan walking funny.

 

[CaliforniaDreamin]

OMG, I just spit.....I wanna say something about the mile high club, but don't want to get banned!

 

[hereyago]

Oh HECK NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I truly don't see-at least from the picture-how it would be safe during a crash landing situation. Isn't the standard crash procedure to put your head down and brace? Wouldn't you get major head trauma with the seats so close together from the seat in front of you?

 

[NotUrsula]

Not if I'm wearing a skirt.

 

[kathie859]

Not if I'm wearing a skirt.

Hadn't thought of that

 

[kaytieeldr]

Really? Sorry, I'm pretty much of the opinion that we Yanks have a serious walmart mentality. As long as we get it cheap or free it can be absolute junk. If Southwest Airlines announced tomorrow that all fights to Orlando were 29.99 but you have to sit in these seats, I'd buy southwest stock because I'm willing to bet that the plane would be full.

Personally the quality of food now being served at the world is proof to me that we will tolerate any thing as long as it's free or cheap.

And I include myself in that catagory. I'm going to Paris this spring, my flight was over $800 bucks, would I pick those seats if my flight dropped down to $199 hummmmm

Thanks for the stock suggestion!!!! That seat wouldn't work for me - I'm short, and for medical reason can't sit with my legs hanging like that for any great length of time. I'll be the passenger paying the reasonable fare to fly in the current coach seats But, yeah, based on endless posts on the Budget and Transportation boards - absolutely, DISers would be clamoring for these seats if they're cheap!!!!

 

[Guy Incognito]

Really? Sorry, I'm pretty much of the opinion that we Yanks have a serious walmart mentality. As long as we get it cheap or free it can be absolute junk. If Southwest Airlines announced tomorrow that all fights to Orlando were 29.99 but you have to sit in these seats, I'd buy southwest stock because I'm willing to bet that the plane would be full.

Personally the quality of food now being served at the world is proof to me that we will tolerate any thing as long as it's free or cheap.

And I include myself in that catagory. I'm going to Paris this spring, my flight was over $800 bucks, would I pick those seats if my flight dropped down to $199 hummmmm

bingo... we all want the top-of-the-line stuff for the cheapest cost, and in the end, for the vast majority of us, cheap wins over quality

Not if I'm wearing a skirt.

don't worry, in a cost-cutting move to save money by not installing x-ray machines/hiring extra security to pat down passengers, the airlines will petition the government (and get approval) to force all passengers to fly naked, so they can't hide anything on their persons when boarding the plane. (no carry-on baggage will be allowed either, you either pay the baggage fee for them to stow it, or you go bagless and buy what you need at your destination)

 

[minkydog]

"For flights anywhere from one to possibly even up to three hours ... this would be comfortable seating," he says. "The seat ... is like a saddle. Cowboys ride eight hours on their horses during the day and still feel comfortable in the saddle."

Ok, I do not ride horses very often, but I do remember being sore after sitting on a horse for a few hours. Can you imagine? Everyone will be getting off the plan walking funny.

Yeah, and I hear that cowboys are making a big comeback this year. NOT.

I might *possibly* ride in this seat if I were only going for a hop, 30 minutes. No way could I fly overseas or out to the west coast in that saddle seat. I'm just picturing some of our plumper-than-plump friends trying to squeeze themselves in there--they struggle with normal airline seats as it is. Yeah, I say if the skinnies want them, they can have them. Save all the bigger seats for the rest of us non-cowboys.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

"For flights anywhere from one to possibly even up to three hours ... this would be comfortable seating," he says. "The seat ... is like a saddle. Cowboys ride eight hours on their horses during the day and still feel comfortable in the saddle."

Last time I checked cowboys could stand in the saddle to stretch their legs, and they aren't crammed in with other cowboys like sardines.

I'd be interested to see how tall the model is. The way she is sitting there is no way her knees wouldn't be jammed up in the seat in front of her. And the way these pilots land hot nowadays the person in front of her would pay dearly when she hits the seat.

 

[minniecarousel]

Oh.....heck NO!

 

[Keli]

I would imagine that my back would be in agony after a flight in that seat because it looks to me like I would be kinda bracing myself with my legs the whole time I was 'sitting' in that seat. It looks like you are pitched a little forward in the effort to get those seats more verticle so that they can put them closer together.

 

[Hillbeans]

My DH is heading out on a 19 hour flight from Newark to Singapore later, I should ask him if he'd like to sit in one of these....LOL

 

[minkydog]

My DH is heading out on a 19 hour flight from Newark to Singapore later, I should ask him if he'd like to sit in one of these....LOL

Yeah, I'm thinking not...

 

[Cinderella94]

Last time I checked cowboys could stand in the saddle to stretch their legs, and they aren't crammed in with other cowboys like sardines.

This had me LOL

 

[Pig Pen]

I think I would rather stand!

 

[a1tinkfans]

No!


It looks uncomfortable and she looks like she'll fall forward any second..........

 

[dislaney]

No way!


And for those that say that they would on a short flight- think about this. My last short flight, under an hour, became 3 hours as we sat on the runway waiting to take off. With how often this is happening I don't think I'd even want to chance sitting in those seats for a so called short flight.