Make It So

Recent reports about luxury accommodation on airliners give the impression that they are now so big that each of us can travel in comfort and privacy (‘The Future of Flight’, December 2016). That is very far from the truth. Economy class is still rammed full with ever-closer, more uncomfortable seats, but if new work by industrial designers is aiming to make the experience of turning right on entering a plane as painless as possible, then I’m all for it. BETHANY WEBB