SkyRider: new 'saddle' seat allows airlines to 'cram' more passengers

Telegraph UK ^ | September 14, 2010 | Andrew Hough

[La Lydia]

The new “saddle” seat, to be unveiled at a conference this week, increases the number of seats an airline can have in its economy class. The design, named the “SkyRider”, allows just 23 inches of legroom, which is about seven inches less than the average seat's space of 30 inches. Shaped similar to a horse saddle, passengers sit at an angle, with their weight taken on by their legs. It allows seats to be overlapped...

But while the designers claim it does not affect passenger comfort, they say it would only be suitable for flights of up to three hours. "We feel extremely confident that this concept will ... have great appeal to airlines for economic purposes," Dominique Menoud, the company's director general, told USA Today.

“For flights anywhere from one to possibly even up to three hours ... this would be comfortable seating.

“The seat ... is like a saddle. Cowboys ride eight hours on their horses during the day and still feel comfortable in the saddle."..

[La Lydia]

I have a feeling if this seat is adopted, terrorists won't be the only people causing trouble on airplanes. And personally, I think this is a plot on the part of the airlines to drive me completely around the bend.

[Artemis Webb]

[ClearCase_guy]

"Why, yes, Ma'am, I am a frequent flier -- how did you know?"

[I cannot think of a name]

16g certification, HIC, crash-worthiness? Well the FAA has dozed a bit during the past decade, but this would require complete brain death to approve.

Not to mention anyone stupid enough to buy a ticket on this.

And as far as the comment that “people ride horses for eight hours and are still comfortable” had to be written by someone that has never rode a horse at all.

[DesertRhino]

And if you hit turbulence and get bucked off.. “Noooo score for that cowboy”

Try to hold on for the full 8 seconds.

[DesertRhino]

“had to be written by someone that has never rode a horse at all.”

Amen,,,

[libertarian27]

Anorexics Unite! ;)

[nascarnation]

Feeling better every day about being 5ft 6in tall, LOL

[Anti-Bubba182]

As if it wasn’t bad enough already!

[edcoil]

No seat belts.

[savedbygrace]

SkyRider will introduce their new OrgasmaSeat during an upcoming conference

(Did I say that out loud?)

[Moonman62]

It's just a matter of time.

[I cannot think of a name]

I resisted the urge to comment about the expression on the woman’s face in the photograph and the shape of the seat.

[MaryFromMichigan]

(giggle)

[Abathar]

Eventually you will first be corralled into one of these, then backed into the plane...

[texmexis best]

I don’t think the design is right. It should be designedmore like the McClellan saddle, with a hole in the middle.

This is a nonstarter. What oculd they possibly be thinking of?

[luckystarmom]

It does not look comfortable at all!!!!!!!!!!

[Blue Jays]

The seat looks remarkably plush!
Why not simply angle it back to remove weight off the legs?
Seems pretty silly to me.