Overbooked holiday flight leaves tall Passenger little option but to stand for the duration of the flight.
6 ft 7 Brooks Anderson had never flown on Spirit Airlines and didn’t know about their notoriously compact seat arrangement.
The space between economy class seats on a Spirit Airlines Airbus A321 is about 28 inches, which is well below the airline industry average of about 31 inches.
If he had consulted Seat Guru he would have known that the steep discounts come at the price of precious legroom.
According to the site, JetBlue offers 34 to 38 inches of legroom, and those extra inches add up. While JetBlue hosts 150 seats on its jets, Spirit is able to squeeze in 178 seats. The result is cheaper air fare but less legroom.
It’s not clear why the airline staff wouldn’t allow him to put his knees or legs into the aisle and instead allowed him to stand for the duration of his flight.
It seems like he would be more of a hindrance to others while standing and it raises a number of safety concerns as sudden turbulence is always a possibility even in clear skies.
ABC News Story: Too Tall To Fly? Tall Passenger forced to stand for entire flight.
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