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Airbus Patents Adjustable Seats, In-Seat Storage For Aircarft (consumerist.com)
AmiMoJo writes: Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer, has recently applied for a pair of airplane seat patents that simultaneously look to increase customer comfort while stripping away what little room remains. The first patent is for a "Re-Configurable Passenger Bench Seat," which allows seat belts and arm rests to be moved to accommodate different size passengers (e.g. two large adults, or two small adults and two small children in a row). The second patent places a storage box under each seat, which is accessed by raising the seat cushion. Of course, this means there wouldn't be room for your feet under the seat in front of you.
From the drawings it looks like they patented the back seat of my car and some Ikea furniture.
"Commercial air travel is the #1 industry in which the customer is routinely and perpetually FUCKED."
I've never been able to get that level of service from the cabin crew.
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SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC