Seat Pitch
It is a common misunderstanding that "pitch" is the same as "legroom".
Seat pitch is an indication of legroom, referring to the space between a point on one seat and the same point on the seat in front of it. For many carriers, the pitch in Economy class is 30 to 32 inches (76 to 81 cm). More seat pitch can mean more legroom, but it is also affected by the thickness of the seat back. Airlines have claimed that a reduction of seat pitch can be compensated for by a thinner seat-back design.
The largest seat pitch in any commercial airline's short-haul economy section is 36 inches (91 cm) in multiple airliners' aircraft. American Airlines' business class seats in their Boeing 767-200s are 62 inches (160 cm), the largest in any short-haul business class. US Airways' first class flatbed seats in their Airbus A330-300s have a seat pitch of 94 inches (240 cm).
The seat pitch on low cost carriers can be as low as 28 inches (71 cm) in the case of Spirit Airlines but is typically either 29 inches (74 cm) or 30 inches (76 cm).
Read more about this topic: Airline Seat, Seat Size
Famous quotes containing the words seat and/or pitch:
“Discontented women dream of being rescued by Prince Charming. Discontented men dream of finding a horny blond in the back seat of a taxi.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“He maintained that the case was lost or won by the time the final juror had been sworn in; his summation was set in his mind before the first witness was called. It was all in the orchestration, he claimed: in knowing how and where to pitch each and every particular argument; who to intimidate; who to trust, who to flatter and court; who to challenge; when to underplay and exactly when to let out all the stops.”
—Dorothy Uhnak (b. 1933)