9/14/10 Saddle up! New airplane seat design is made for ....

by **embm** » Sep 18th, '10, 00:26

Saddle up! New airplane seat design is made for cowpokes, not real passengers

By Robert Dominguez
Tuesday, September 14th 2010, 1:08 PM

Call it being in the cowboy position.

As if airplane seats weren't already uncomfortable enough, airlines may soon have you flying in a saddle.

The design for a new economy class seat has passengers sitting almost straight up and on a curved cushion that resembles a horse saddle - and which will cut already-cramped legroom by at least another 25%.

Dubbed "Skyrider," the new seat would allow airlines to squeeze more passengers into the cabin, reports the Daily Telegraph. It was created by an Italian company and will be introduced this week at an airplane interior design expo in Long Beach, California.

"We feel extremely confident that this concept will … have great appeal to airlines for economic purposes," said Dominique Menoud, director general of Italian design firm Aviointeriors Group.

The proposed seat, added Menoud, "was designed and engineered to offer the possibility to even further reduce ticket prices while still maintaining sound profitability."

According to the Daily Telegraph, Menoud said several unnamed airlines had already expressed interest in the Skyrider design.

The seat will likely attract serious attention from budget carriers like RyanAir, the Ireland-based airline infamous for such cost-cutting measures as charging to use the bathroom. RyanAir recently announced it was considering low-cost "stand-up" seats to cram more passengers onto a plane.

Though the new SkyRider seats would only provide 23 inches of legroom (the average is about 30 inches), the designers insist the seat is comfortable - but only for short flights of one to three hours.

Unless your rear end is John Wayne-tough, that is.

"The seat … is like a saddle,” said Menoud. "Cowboys ride eight hours on their horses during the day and still feel comfortable in the saddle."

http://www.nydailynews.com/travel/2010/ ... ngers.html

by **Archoes** » Nov 10th, '10, 03:43

These are nice chairs for airplane and look comfortable. Through these chairs, the passengers will not experience uncomfortable. In fact, the design of seat must fit for all passengers.