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I agree. I’m 6’4”, 255 lbs - framewise, I am a gorilla. I can’t even get an exit row seat as my son isn’t old enough to sit there.

It’s ridiculous that seating is so tight that there is no way for me to be comfortable for any significant flight and it’s miserable for anyone other than a child around me.

Whenever I can, I fly in a premium cabin. But if that’s not an option, I’d rather drive 7-10 hours than fly economy.

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Same boat here. I'm 6'10", 260, and athletic. I'm very acutely aware of the shrinking space available on aircraft, and there's precious little that I can do about it. I typically just get an aisle seat and raise the armrest after takeoff (and then spend the whole flight dodging people going to the bathroom and refreshment carts, but it's better than nothing).

There is a problem with heavily obese people taking up significantly more horizontal space than is actually fair, but it's absolutely compounded by the airlines shrinking the per-passenger space to the size of the average passenger.

Ok but guys, 6 4 and 6 10 is incredibly tall. Surely you see that's edge case AF?

At 6'10 I can't imagine much anything is comfortable.

I think it's unethical to design a seat for the median man or whatever they use. There is no other application that is as hostile as some economy air seats.

I've been on trains in a half dozen countries, the back of a police car (for business purposes), a donkey, bulldozer, dozens of different venues (theaters, arenas, etc) and various farm tractors. All are more comfortable, except for a stadium seat where i had to straddle a beam.

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