A new plane cabin design claims to have made the middle seat bearable
At long last, the most unpopular seat on a plane is getting a revamp that claims to solve its key associated miseries: its occupant having less space, and without sole ownership of an armrest. A new staggered seating system dubbed the ‘S1’ has, after 5 years of development, been approved by the US FAA. At least 1 US airline has already ordered it, to be installed on 50 aircraft by the end of the year. Upon first inspection, the design doesn’t look so radical, slotting the middle seat a few inches behind and below its neighbours. But this simple tweak to the layout affords the middle seat an extra 3 inches of width, plus rights to both armrests. While various other cabin designs over the years have proposed wider middle seats, this layout doesn’t “steal width” from the adjacent seats, the company says. <br/>
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A new plane cabin design claims to have made the middle seat bearable
At long last, the most unpopular seat on a plane is getting a revamp that claims to solve its key associated miseries: its occupant having less space, and without sole ownership of an armrest. A new staggered seating system dubbed the ‘S1’ has, after 5 years of development, been approved by the US FAA. At least 1 US airline has already ordered it, to be installed on 50 aircraft by the end of the year. Upon first inspection, the design doesn’t look so radical, slotting the middle seat a few inches behind and below its neighbours. But this simple tweak to the layout affords the middle seat an extra 3 inches of width, plus rights to both armrests. While various other cabin designs over the years have proposed wider middle seats, this layout doesn’t “steal width” from the adjacent seats, the company says. <br/>
