Swadian Hardcore
Engineer
I'm thin, seat width dosen't matter for me. I care more about the actual comfort of the seat, lumbar support, padding, headrest positioning, etc. That's why I'm happy to ride LD in a Greyhound 102DL3 even though they only have 17"x34" seats, they are better for sitting than the new seats on the newer buses.Ugh. 18" is borderline okay. 17" is torture for a flight longer than an hour or two. There's a reason a lot of movie houses are switching to 20" seats. It isn't even so much that people are heavier; there are lots of guys who are tall with broad shoulders and have to assume the croquet mallet position just to fit into the middle seat.
I know they want to get more people onto each plane, but at what expense?
On the other hand, if enough people get fed up, maybe they'll start using Amtrak.