A new article on reasons to be optimistic in 2023 features airline seat technology with ties to the University of Colorado Boulder.
Hank Scott is a lecturer in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and the CEO of Molon Labe Seating.
His company aims to improve a major bane for airline passengers everywhere: the middle seat. They have developed a patented-staggered layout that offers increased width, a wider middle seat and staggered armrests.
The Washington Post spotlights it in a feature article that begins by noting that "the 2020s haven’t offered a surplus of cheer so far", and goes on to discuss seven different things that "might actually improve in 2023."
Scott says the seat would be a plus to travelers who generally avoid the middle seat at all costs.
“You wouldn’t be angry and in a bad mood,” he said. “You’d get off the plane happy.”
Read the full article at the Washington Post...
The section on Scott's company is the final item at the bottom of the article.