Justin Klein is 6-foot-3, which means he is acutely aware how close his knees are to the seat in front of him on a plane. And on a recent business trip from Nashville to Chicago on a newly reconfigured Southwest Airlines plane, the 33-year-old regional sales manager immediately noticed he had lost an inch of legroom.
His knees were jammed in so tightly that he couldn’t stretch out his legs under the seat in front of him. When he reclined in his seat, he could lean back only two inches instead of the usual three.
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Has the AMA made a statement about whether there may be increased health risk when flying if lower extremities are unable to stretch ? Deep vein thrombosis becomes an issue especially for older passengers. Possibly a heparin injection at the time of boarding would be of added benefit and prevent those nasty injury lawyer law suits.
Once the airlines have reached the maximum amount of crammage that the human body can stand I predict they will begin to remove seats in favor of requiring passengers to stand.
GrnMachine, Somewhere I saw a story and picture of Boeing and/or some Asian airlines studying just that - standing passengers :-( !
Okay, everyone inhale and hold. . . until we reach our destination city. Have a pleasant flight! :-)
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