Why is the media chastising this guy? The standard airline seat is just 17.2″ wide. SEVENTEEN POINT TWO FUCKING INCHES WIDE. Here is a list of things that are, on the average, bigger than 17.2 fucking inches.
A fucking desktop keyboard:

The width of this fucking baby stroller (I kid you the fuck not):

The length of this 1982 fucking Rolling Stone cover of the Go Gos:

And the length of a fucking pig penis:

If your ass can comfortably fit within the parameters of any of the above, you are either a.) an infant or b.) an anorexic who should shut the fuck up. Airlines should make their seats comfortable for fucking people, period. Yet none of them are, even for skinny asses. If they increased seat room to accommodate obese people (40 percent of the fucking population), how comfortable would your skinny ass be? Pretty goddam comfortable. And you’d be welcome, too. Christ.
