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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Even if you stack them, there’s no way you’re fitting in anything like the same number of passengers as seated.

Also, it would be unpleasant for the traveller. It’d be a small space and you’d have to be strapped into the bed for take off and landing. Also less convenient for the cabin crew. Much harder to distribute food and drinks. Also more inconvenient for the traveller. How do you eat a meal lying down?

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