by Christopher Elliott | Jun 2, 2023
Never recline your seat, even when the captain says it’s OK. Should you recline your airline seat? The passenger sitting in front of me on a recent flight never bothered asking. Shortly after takeoff, he just lurched backward. No warning. He didn’t get...
by Christopher Elliott | Mar 17, 2023
Airline summer squeeze travel is coming soon! Are you ready for less room? The start of the summer travel season is only a few weeks away, but people in the know have already identified the most pressing problem: dangerously cramped airline seats for squeeze travel...
by Charlie Leocha | Apr 27, 2017
Do we need a law to provide humane personal space on planes? As the US digests confrontations between airline crews and passengers, questions are swirling about what has caused this us-vs.-them attitude between passengers and airlines. Some of the reasons seem clear,...
by Charlie Leocha | Apr 17, 2015
As the space between one airline seat and the seat behind it continues to get smaller and smaller, and as the space between the armrests gets smaller as well, passengers have been asking themselves, “How small can this space get?” Being confined in...
