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VIDEO: Here's why some plane seats don't line up with the windows

A Delta airplane. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
A Delta airplane. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
By AJC

Flying in an airplane can give you some stellar glimpses of the sky. But there are a few jets that make the view a little harder to enjoy, because the seats don’t always line up with the windows.

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That’s because alignment is not a top priority for manufactures. The main goal is to fit as many people on the aircraft as possible, causing the positioning to sometimes be off just a tad.

In the fact, the leg room on many planes has decreased in recent years. In 1975, the average legroom was 35 inches. As of 2015, it’s dropped to 31.