Our Cathay 777 flight had a surprising number of creature comforts and edible foods for economy. There were many bad movies (and some excellent TV channels) and they even had a little doodad to accommodate a hanger. But the seats, man-oh-man. Yes, airlines and modern airplanes are trying to shave off every centimeter of space to make more money. But really, how is a seat whose bottom moves forward and crushes your knees into the person in front of you any replacement to a reclining back? Screw lumbar support, let’s just engineer humans with no lumbar spine. Ya?
