Shrinking Seat Insomnia Cause Travelers to Buy Sleep Aids

By Chance Buckman

"How was your Flight?" These days this phrase is more commonly used with a much stronger sense of Ironic Humor than the friendly pleasantry. Where once there was great food, service, and space there is now a la carte menus, over worked staff, and urgency to stake claim for you and your bags. The fact that the modern day traveler has less and less space to call their own is driving the need to tune out however possible. The use of OTC (over-the-counter) sleep aids is quickly becoming a winning solution.

As the cost of checked baggage and an increase in occupancy continue to be the one loop holes the airline industry has found to remain profitable in a recessed economy with ballooning gas prices two things has transitively gone down; storage space and leg room. The overhead compartment is now packed to rim with vacation luggage poorly disguised as carry-on, and the calculation for seating has been optimized for cash not comfort. A recent article by CNN Money states, "The money-losing airline industry reaped more than $1 Billion last year from excess baggage fees, says DOT (Department of Transportation)." The article goes on to say, "excess luggage fees could total $3.5 billion in 2009." Two measurements determine the seat room provided: seat (cushion) width and front-to-rear spacing. The standards have done little to represent the effect of the chair front of you seemingly dropping into your lap or the true required width of a body being the shoulders and not the hips.

With empty pockets and sore knees consumers are turning towards simple traditional remedies to help them get through the long flight. According to MedicineNet, "MIT results of a meta-analysis of 17 peer-reviewed studies using melatonin. It showed that melatonin was effective in helping people fall asleep". It also states, "Melatonin may be useful for treating sleep disturbances." Melatonin is quickly becoming the remedy to fill the growing demand of irritated travelers, a simple homeopathic remedy to battle against the harsh forces of airline insomnia.

So remember to be careful up there and pack some dull reading material next time.

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