It appears that there is a cycle of seat pitch in the airline industry. Does anyone here remember the enforced increase in seat pitch after the AA accident in Little Rock? That has slowly eroded despite lawsuits and proposed rules favoring larger seat size, especially with the current administration's favor of minimal regulation.
I predict some consumer protection regulation sometime in future. Considering how much we pay -- what is fair space that airline must provide to a passenger ?
I wonder if this is just another effect of regulatory capture? Government should set some minimum standards for things which impact quality of life.
Maybe they should just drug us to sleep and then efficiently pack our carcasses into the cargo hold for the duration of the flight.