You'd never guess it, but evidently a lot more goes into seating the herd upon a big ol' jet airliner than just figuring out ways to charge for things like both a seat and backrest. Here's a spiffy little info-graphic from Wired detailing some plans of seat attack currently under consideration. Seems more thoughtful than the "ALL THE CLAMMY FAT GUYS WITH LEPROSY AND/OR SICK BABIES GO SIT NEXT TO/ON TOP OF THAT ONE GUY WHO CLEARLY DOESN'T WANT TO BE ON THIS BUS AT ALL" seating arrangement so deftly employed by Greyhound.

Now Boarding [Wired]