From: VS on
In article <1172890910.899085.80820(a)t69g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>,
js <jonathansmith99(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>It's not mutually exclusive. In the U.S. Southwest and AirTran are low
>>>cost carriers but aren't that bad in service. Southwest even allows 3
>>>checked bags.
>>
>>... and their seat pitch is *better* than legacy carriers'.
>
>32 and 17 width

As opposed to 31 on United, Continental, Northwest and such.

>>the economy seats on Southwest are better than some airlines'
>>first-class seats.
>
>Nope.

Yep.

From: js on
On Mar 2, 7:11 pm, s...(a)xenon.Stanford.EDU (VS) wrote:
> In article <1172890910.899085.80...(a)t69g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>,
>
> js <jonathansmit...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>It's not mutually exclusive. In the U.S. Southwest and AirTran are low
> >>>cost carriers but aren't that bad in service. Southwest even allows 3
> >>>checked bags.
>
> >>... and their seat pitch is *better* than legacy carriers'.
>
> >32 and 17 width
>
> As opposed to 31 on United, Continental, Northwest and such.

The UAL 300's have 32/17
Continental is 31/17.2 in their 737 series
Northwest doesn't have 737s in the fleet but 757 varies between 31 and
33 with 17.2 width.

>
> >>the economy seats on Southwest are better than some airlines'
> >>first-class seats.
>
> >Nope.
>
> Yep.

UAL FC 38/20.5 and Prem Econ 34/17 in the 737-5's
Contiental FC 38/21
Northwest FC 37/21

Now go away.

js

From: Mike Hunt on
VS wrote:
> In article <t1ehu2pcq1lqpedlklqeb2n1cn40kmkk3u(a)4ax.com>,
> Brian <drmorrisnospam(a)comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>>It's not mutually exclusive. In the U.S. Southwest and AirTran are low
>>cost carriers but aren't that bad in service. Southwest even allows 3
>>checked bags.
>
>
> ... and their seat pitch is *better* than legacy carriers'. In fact,
> the economy seats on Southwest are better than some airlines'
> first-class seats.

Can you document this, because I extremely doubt it.
From: Mike Hunt on
VS wrote:

> In article <1172890910.899085.80820(a)t69g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>,
> js <jonathansmith99(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>>>It's not mutually exclusive. In the U.S. Southwest and AirTran are low
>>>>cost carriers but aren't that bad in service. Southwest even allows 3
>>>>checked bags.
>>>
>>>... and their seat pitch is *better* than legacy carriers'.
>>
>>32 and 17 width
>
>
> As opposed to 31 on United, Continental, Northwest and such.
>
>
>>>the economy seats on Southwest are better than some airlines'
>>>first-class seats.
>>
>>Nope.
>
>
> Yep.

What carriers have less than 32 inches of pitch in FIRST CLASS?
From: VS on
In article <1172893024.178540.143750(a)t69g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>,
js <jonathansmith99(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>>>It's not mutually exclusive. In the U.S. Southwest and AirTran are low
>>>>>cost carriers but aren't that bad in service. Southwest even allows 3
>>>>>checked bags.
>>
>>>>... and their seat pitch is *better* than legacy carriers'.
>>
>> >32 and 17 width
>>
>> As opposed to 31 on United, Continental, Northwest and such.
>
>The UAL 300's have 32/17

31 on the UAL's 320s - worse than Southwest.

>Continental is 31/17.2 in their 737 series

Worse than Southwest.

>Northwest doesn't have 737s in the fleet but 757 varies between 31 and
>33 with 17.2 width.

As little as 30 on the 319s - worse than Southwest.

>>>>the economy seats on Southwest are better than some airlines'
^^^^
>>>>first-class seats.
>
>UAL FC 38/20.5 and Prem Econ 34/17 in the 737-5's
>Contiental FC 38/21
>Northwest FC 37/21

Son, is English your native tongue? I highlighted the relevant word
above to aid your comprehension. Think about this, then get lost.