Those Standing Room ``Seats``

NYT -- Airbus has been quietly pitching the standing-room-only option to Asian carriers, though none has agreed to it yet. Passengers in the standing section would be propped against a padded backboard, held in place with a harness, according to seating experts who have seen a proposal. CNN -- Airbus disputes report it is in discussion with Asian airlines to offer padded backboards to have flyers stand in effort to increase capacity. ---------- Current information from the NYT reporter (Chris Elliott) is as follows: ``An Airbus spokeswoman admitted to me last night that the standing room seat exists. Its only argument with the story is that it said it no longer is pitching the concept. But the seats are real.`` Update -- Word is Airbus wants the NYT to do a retraction. Odd don`t you think, since they admit the seat idea did exist. Was this a bad joke that got traction?