Eli5: Plane Seating

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When on a commercial plane why do all the passengers sit up right. I understand they are trying to fit the most amount of people in the smallest amount of space. Couldn’t all the seats become more like beds, oriented horizontal with everyone laying down, and they could be stacked vertically. If this isn’t an option they could at least have all the seats pre set at a heavy recline angle, I just see on most flights over 2 hours everyone is trying to rest up. Surprised that one of the airlines hasn’t started to cater to an aspect like this.

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Besides all the very good and correct reasons that everyone has already mentioned, the biggest one is that what you’re suggesting is a safety disaster. It would take much longer to evacuate the aircraft in an emergency if everyone was strapped in lying down, and the people below would be crushed by the people on top trying to get out. It’s a terrible terrible idea.

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