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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Travel
Catharine Hamm

Travel dilemmas: Ouch! This airline ride is hurting me

Question: Our first-class tickets for a trip to Iceland required a change of planes. On the second leg, we were assigned seats A and B in the second row. These seats were not satisfactory even if they had been economy seats. The thought of that flight still hurts my back and neck. There were only 2 inches between our knees and the seats in front of us. We had no footrests, and the incline failed to support the spine. Sleep was impossible. Going to the restroom required gymnastics training. We were luckier than the couple in front of us in the bulkhead seats. He had no place for his feet as he was an average (height) male. She was small, and her legs just dangled. These seats did not qualify as first class. Why weren't we informed that these planes are now unsuitable for travel by all?

_ Amy Davis, Denver

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