Delta Air Lines is retrofitting its fleet of Airbus A320 jets to reduce seat recline in an effort to ease passenger conflict
Starting Saturday, April 13, Delta will retrofit its fleet of 62 Airbus A320 jets to reduce the recline of the coach seats from 4 inches to 2 inches and the recline of first class seats from 5.5 inches to 3.5 inches.
While it may sound like a chance for the airline to stuff another few seats into an already tight aircraft, airline officials promise that's not what they're doing. "As part of Delta's continued efforts to make the in-flight experience more enjoyable, Delta is testing a small change to its A320 aircraft -- adjusting the recline throughout to make multitasking easier," Delta spokeswoman Savannah Huddleston told"Delta has no plans to add seats or reduce space between rows with this test. It's all about protecting customers' personal space and minimizing disruptions to multitasking in-flight.
"With the narrow room the airlines give you for your legs, I can't even sit in the normal seats with my legs facing forward. I have to turn them sideways, and it's worse when the seat drops back.""Passengers are packed so tightly into planes these days that any invasion of our personal space is amplified, and seat recline is one of those trigger points that easily leads to disputes between passengers," he told CNN Travel.
"One is just trying to relax and give themselves a bit of extra room while the person behind them is suddenly struggling with the feeling of the world closing in on them.
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