Space austerity: Plane seats needn't bring out our worst

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If you don't normally subscribe to the idea that hell is other people, you might, after a long-haul flight in economy class.

Seats reclined up against your face, legs manspreading into your tiny space and - my personal misanthropy fuel - a stranger's bare feet poking in between the seats.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on February 23, 2020, with the headline Space austerity: Plane seats needn't bring out our worst. Subscribe