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American Airlines Will Shrink Legroom in Coach Again
https://skift.com/2017/05/03/american-airlines-will-shrink-legroom-in-coach-again/Brian Sumers, Skift
May 03, 2017 2:30 am
United States airline passengers have had a lot to complain about in the past three weeks, but they can soon at one more thing to the list: Later this year, American Airlines will give some passengers nearly as little legroom as some of the most aggressive discount airlines.
An American spokesman said Tuesday that the carriers Boeing 737 Max jets, the first of which should arrive later this year, will have only 30 inches of seat pitch in most coach seats, giving passengers an inch less space than in the airlines older model 737s.
Worse, up to three rows will have 29-inch pitch, roughly equivalent to what ultra low-cost carriers, including Frontier Airlines, give passengers. Except for the discounters they generally have 28 or 29 inches of pitch U.S. airlines have been reluctant to shrink standard pitch below 30 inches. (Pitch is the distance from any spot on a seat to the same place on the seat in front of it.)
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American Airlines Will Shrink Legroom in Coach Again (Original Post)
Stuart G
May 2017
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El Mimbreno
(777 posts)1. Ridiculous and unhealthy
Took a trip on United last year. The regional jet actually had more legroom than the 757 and 767 on the overseas flights. By the time we got to Dublin, my legs were screaming at me.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,430 posts)2. The next wonderful flying innovation: standing in place. Cattle cars.
CanonRay
(14,098 posts)3. Didn't they just have hearings yesterday
where Congress told them to treat their customers better? Guess that didn't take.