Airline squeeze: It's not you, 'it's the seat'
(CNN) -- If you're on a flight -- especially a long one -- a coach class seat can be a chair of torture.
It doesn't take much these days to ruin a perfectly good airplane ride, CNN.com readers have made clear. It's a real buzzkill to try to walk down the aisle "with a bag on your shoulder, hitting everyone as you pass by," suggests user "Cajuncatdude." Commenter "Rosemeow" writes, "It's bad enough that about a quarter of the time, I have an obese person sitting next to me (sometimes on both sides) who doesn't fit into their own seat, crushing me."
And "MrsColumbo" complains about "people who don't even try to stand up without grabbing on to the seat in front and pulling themselves up. What is with that?"
Scoring a good airline seat
For something as seemingly simple as stuffing rear ends between two armrests inside a flying metal tube, it kind of feels like there's some anger up there.
And things could get even more heated. Changes are happening now, as major U.S. carriers look for new ways to pump up profits by either adding to or reducing the number of coach seats, increasing legroom or cutting the distance between rows.
You might call it a game of aeronautical chairs that will directly affect passenger comfort, convenience and cost.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/30/travel/airline-seats/index.html?hpt=hp_bn5
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In my case...that would be me! I work for a major carrier, and I'm a 6'1" female who has to practically go through Lamasse classes every time she flies, knowing the hideous pain that lies ahead of her! So I'm in full empathy mode every time I see a tall flier. I even scope you guys out in the boarding area and give you the exit if it's available.
So what kills me is that tall people are always so appreciatve when our issues are acknowledged and understood. We need to organize a Million Tall March on washington for our civil rights. Betcha we'd get recognized straight away, Nobody wants to go against the giants! 
The American carriers and Lufthansa tend to skimp on room between seats.
There is a a website http://www.seatguru.com/ ...
Another place with more space that no one has mentioned... In some configurations, just behind the disabled seat, there is a seat that has more free-space in-front. These tend to be toward the back of the plane.
Bulkheads can sometimes now be a black hole as they tend to get filled with families with small children and big people. So yeah, if you want to get squished and/or have your ear drums split, enjoy.
Exit rows can become a ditch too as people on some configurations can end up as a standing lounge to people stretching legs and/or waiting in line for the toilet...
You can hardly win... 
