These folks must stay awake nights figuring out new ways to torture us! Get this: "Airbus has been quietly pitching the standing-room-only option to Asian carriers, though none has agreed to it yet. Passengers in the standing section would be propped against a padded backboard, held in place with a harness, according to seating experts who have seen a proposal." I kid you not: http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/24/business/seats.php

Scary, eh? ;-) Linda in Toronto, Ontario, CA