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When are the airlines going to wake up and design larger seats! I'm not talking about seats for the obese,as they are penalized already by having to buy another seat for their other buttcheek. Just us normal size folk would like to have a decent seat to sit in and not a contortionists agony booth.

It's bad enough that the airlines have taken away the food from us, although if you can call the plastic slop they serve food. Meal time at your local prison seems to have it better than a coach ticket on American Airlines. Do they have to take away our seating comfort as well?

I'm so sick and tired after a long flight arriving with bumps and bruises trying to get comfortable on a plane, that walking to your destination might seem desirable in this day and age. You all know what I'm talking about, don't you? Add in the ever-present hyperactive child that always seems to get the seat behind you, and the fun begins. When the airlines did serve food THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY EXTRA FOR, it was inevitable you would get kicked in the back from that little squirt behind you, spilling that sludge (better known as something resembling coffee) all over your lap. You know it starts getting sadistic when you dream of ways to stab that little leg with your writing instrument that also finds it's way between your seat and the one next to you. Ah, the joys of modern air travel.

But no, it all comes down to economics. If the companies can find a way to squeeze an extra buck at the expense of the customers comfort, then that is precisely what they're going to do. I wonder if some poor engineer getting his instructions to find a way to add more seats in less space in the plane's interior enjoys movies about the Spanish Inquisition? Because that's what it is, baby, sheer torture.

Remember years ago when flying was one of the best parts of the trip? People used to even get dressed up to travel! For some reason, more space was available then, or at least it seemed that way. It really was an enjoyable experience, and smoking was allowed! Today it has become nothing but a glorified bus trip, and Greyhound is catching up fast.

Lines for check-in, lines for security, lines to get into the plane while some geek is trying to stuff his living room in the overhead luggage compartments. Talk about being exhausted by the time you sit your kiesta into the jumpseat they give you. Just in time for the line on the tarmac waiting to take off. What are we to do? Scream "I'm Mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore"? Don't do it, they'll think you're a terrorist and arrest you. No, we have to suck it up and read the propaganda in the flight magazine about how good of a job the airline is doing. Ya, right.

Maybe it's time for the Conestoga Wagon to make a comeback, as I'd rather smell a horse's arse than to unfold myself from another plane seat!

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