Reclining economy airline seats are going to vanish — for good, aviation experts say: ‘Blessing in disguise' [Yahoo! Finance]
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Flight experts claim that the reclining seat could be scrapped from economy class amid soaring concerns over space, fuel costs and even inflight kerfuffles. “This trend has been occurring for several years now, and I think it will continue,” William McGee, senior fellow for aviation and travel at the American Economic Liberties Project, told Condé Nast Traveler of the controversial phenomenon. “Lighter seats are what the airlines want because with the cost of jet fuel, they are always looking to reduce weight onboard.” The logic is that non-reclining seats require fewer mechanical bells and whistles, thereby reducing their weight. That, in turn, lightens the overall load on airplanes, effectively scaling back costs. Not to mention that seat reclining has resulted in a multitude of mid-air mishaps from spilled coffee to broken laptops and even inflight spats. “There is no question that [reclining seats] are potential triggers for unruly behavior for a variety of reasons,” Ph
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