[my_usernam3]

+1 . Specifically the SW airlines ones don't allow for me to type on my laptop comfortable, while the other planes in their fleet do. Between that, and the increase in boarding/sitting on tarmac times, I've been avoiding flying and trying to vacation in places I can drive to.

[kube-system]

You can't type comfortably on the 737 MAX but you can on the 737 NG? What's the difference in comfort?

[dylan604]

Seat configurations probably. They have a team of people that work on tweaking seating configs to allow more seats. Take away 1/2" per row for 100 rows, and you now have 50" of "new" space. Remove X inches in width per seat and Y inches from the aisle(s), and you suddenly get 1 additional set per row. I don't know what actual numbers are, but that's how they play with it.

[rbanffy]

There is a place in hell reserved for them.

Sadly, replacing the seats for ever thinner ones is much more costly than crushing my legs in economy. Or economy "plus", which is not much better.

[fotta]

I don’t know if it’s a difference between the models or just configuration but I had 2 SWA flights last week. The first was in a MAX with SWA’s newer configuration and seats with very short tray tables. The second flight was on a 738 that had the older leather seats and much deeper tray table. Again unsure if it’s just that the 738 is incompatible with the new seats or they just haven’t updated it yet.

[smcin]

I thought airplane interiors are outfitted for the specific airline. So your issue is with the tray table in a SW 737-MAX-7?/8?/9?, not the MAX in general.