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Lumbar Support
You say lumbar support is nil. It's not; it's a large NEGATIVE number. The seats have anti-support in the lumbar region; they curl out where they should curl in, and then come back and hit you in the middle of your back, well above the lumbar region. They force you to hunch.
I can feel my internal organs crunching together; in fact, there's a very specific diaphragm pain that I get immediately upon sitting in any airline's economy seat that instantly goes away when I get out of it -- and I've never had that pain in any other situation.
I do believe I'd be more comfortable wedged into an old-fashioned traveler's trunk, with the lid closed.