Think about how much money you had to spend to take your last airline flight. For all that money, what did the airline provide you besides basic transportation? You would think that with all you're doing for them by giving them your business, they could avoid creating personal space problems for everyone on board by making the seats as small and unyielding as possible. And yet, the cabins continue to shrink, eliminating zones of personal space, and the lengthy boarding process continues to by worsened by stuffy air due to poor ventilation. Anxiety and personal space violations are closely linked, and they add up to a bad flight for you and your neighbors. Keep exploring our site to learn what you can do:

• Educate yourself on the dangers of current airline policy
• Write to the airlines' regulating agencies
• Tell your friends about SuffocatingTraveler.com

When you give up your hard earned money to travel, you have a right to maintain reasonable expectations. The protection of your basic comfort should be one of those expectations, and yet the airlines seem to be indifferent to our anxiety and personal space infringement that has been caused by their desire to put as many seats as possible onto a single plane. Not only is this situation uncomfortable, but without suitable ventilation it can be downright dangerous since air quality in aircraft declines as CO2 trapped in the cabin may reach toxic levels. It's time to tell the airlines that we're sick of them creating personal space shortages as a matter of policy. Explore SuffocatingTraveler.com now to learn what you can do to express your frustration.