This week's question: The average legroom for fliers in economy class has fallen by 5 inches since 2006, to 30 inches, and the average seat width has narrowed to 17 inches. In seven words or fewer, please come up with an honest advertising slogan that an airline could use to promote its increasingly cramped cabins and ever shrinking seats.
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THE WINNER: : "Fly the way too friendly skies"
Don Phillips, Point Arena, California
SECOND PLACE: "Come fly with knee!"
David Crommie, San Francisco
THIRD PLACE: "We make the world small for you!"
Tom Roeber, San Diego, California
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Fly on the edge of your seat"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
"Travel sized, for your convenience"
Suzanne Brooks, Quechee, Vermont
"Using less fuel per passenger mile!"
Teri Looney, Silverdale, Washington
"Bringing you closer to your loved ones"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
"We aim to squeeze"
Phyllis Klein, New York City
"You get squeezed so your wallet doesn't"
Richard Glass, Arlington, Virgina
"Our seating is breathtaking"
Keith Lau, Huntley, Illinois
"Squeezin' on a jet plane"
Pete Howard, Dunkirk, New York
"Don't sweat the small stuff"
Perri Brackett, Lewisville, Texas
"We widen your world, not your seat"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"We've got a crush on you"
Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, North Carolina
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