Consumer Confidential: Airlines eye crueler ways of making passengers miserable

News this week that Delta Air Lines is testing seats that recline even less should be sufficient to confirm airline passengers' fears that things will only get worse before they get, almost certainly, worse.

But give Delta this much credit: At least they're still providing seats.

A glimpse of how bad things really could get was provided the other day at the Aircraft Interiors Expo 2019 trade show in Hamburg, Germany.

The event featured plenty of innovations intended to make air travel more comfortable for those who can afford top-dollar trimmings, including first-class and business-class seats with lots of amenities.

And then there