I don't know what it's going to take to make airlines give back a bit of space because it's a miserable experience flying with just about any airline in terms of leg room and reasonable comfort. Maybe more research studies that prove the ill effects of flying might help but the airline industry will probably need something a lot more forceful such as a class action lawsuit to move since they are so unresponsive to consumer demands but after the lavish taxpayer handouts US airlines received from Congress after 9/11 the industry thinks they can do just about anything and get away with it. What an unresponsive industry.
People who fly are more than three times more likely to develop deep vein thrombosis, according to a study of regular travellers. Researchers, funded by the government and the EU, also found that travellers who are obese or particularly short or tall, women using the pill, and under-30s were most at risk. They said airlines should create more adjustable seats with more leg room for the tallest people to prevent DVT.
The study, which followed nearly 9,000 business people for five years, concludes that on average the condition occurs once in every 4,656 individual journeys. "It clearly shows this could be prevented if seats were adjustable or there was more space," said Suzanne Cannegieter at Leiden University Medical Centre.
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