This week, Canadian airline WestJet became one of the first to try to switch the ability to recline into a paid “perk” by announcing that it was reconfiguring 43 of its Boeing 737-8 MAX and 737-800 (BA) planes to have what it classifies as a “refreshed range of seating options.”
Psst! “Reclining” an airline seat tilts it 5 degrees back to almost where it’s comfortable like a normal non-reclining chair. They moved their “normal” forward so they could jam you right up against the row ahead that much more.
Westjet is poised to move from #2 worst airline in the developed world to #1, but Canada’s only other national airline will surely reclaim the #1 worst airline in the developed world spot if it does lose it to #2.
These are the foreign-owned airlines serving Canada, kids. Fly them only when you must.