It is a bit shocking. Over the last sixteen-odd years that I've been a semi-insider of German society...never have German politicians ever been "helpful" on anything. Today, we learn that German politicians are calling on airlines to provide us....the woeful passengers....more leg room. This however, only comes after adjustment to the new ticket prices which are a bit on the high side.
I sat and paused over this. I'm a six-foot one-inch guy. I kinda appreciate any effort to give more leg room. This past summer, while riding Air Canada...I came to greatly appreciate the seat spacing on their aircraft (very ample).
I sat and thought over this situation. Never have any American law-makers ever considered the idea of forcing more leg room. Course, there could be Democratic or Republican operatives who watch this develop German strategy and suddenly get ideas to use in the US.
The odds of this having any success? That's the part that you can't be sure of. Maybe they will offer more leg room....for more on the ticket price, of course. Maybe there's a new category of tall-regular passenger....maybe at the end of the plane in the last four rows.
Then maybe, this is all bogus and the politicians were just looking for something to get folks all pumped up. So it's best not to get your hopes up.
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