And like most planes today, seat pitch varies within the aircraft.

和今天的大多数飞机一样，飞机内部的座位间距也各不相同。

The obvious way to add legroom is moving seat rows farther apart, increasing the seat pitch.

增加腿部空间最明显的方法是将座椅间距拉大，增加座椅间距。

For now, seat pitch is still up to airlines, and comfort still comes at a cost.

目前，座位间距仍由航空公司决定，舒适性仍需付出代价。

These 2005 737 layout documents show that economy seats got anywhere from 30 to 34 inches in seat pitch.

这些 2005 年的 737 布局文件显示，经济舱座椅的间距从 30 英寸到 34 英寸不等。

Seat pitch is the fancy term used to describe the distance between where your seat begins and the seat in front of you ends.

座位间距是一个奇特的术语，用来描述你的座位开始和你前面的座位结束之间的距离。

As you can see here: economy class which is where I'll be sitting, has a seat pitch between 28 and 30 inches.

正如你在这里看到的：经济舱，也就是我将要坐的位置，座位间距在 28 到 30 英寸之间。

And according to this 1957 Quebecair diagram, it had a luxurious seat pitch of 39 inches, which is like ten more inches than I had on my plane to Chicago.

根据这张 1957 年的魁北克图，它有一个 39 英寸的豪华座椅，比我去芝加哥的飞机多了 10 英寸。

The average seat pitch between airplane seats has decreased from around 34 to 36" to 32 over the past few decades. Advocacy group FlyersRights says that in some planes, it's down to 28" .

在过去的几十年里，飞机座位之间的平均间距已经从 34 到 36 英寸下降到 32 英寸。倡导组织 FlyersRights 表示，在一些飞机上，这一数字降至 28。

In 2018, Congress sought a standard like this by introducing the FAA Reauthorization Act, which in Section 577 called for minimum dimensions for passenger seats, including seat pitch as they are necessary for safety purposes.

2018 年，国会通过引入《联邦航空局再授权法案》寻求这样的标准，该法案第 577 条要求乘客座椅的最小尺寸，包括座椅间距，因为它们是安全目的所必需的。