Airlines jamming in more customers

Stand up tickets? I remember a joke years ago on "In Living Color" and I heard rumors about stand up tickets in India but Airbus has actually promoted the idea to some airlines. This sounds like an idea that the consumer-hating German Wings would love, just to make customers even more miserable, if that is even possible with them. I don't mind bringing my own food on flights (as long as something edible is available at the airport) but the shrinking space and even talk of standing room "seats" is really getting to be too much.

Only two nights ago I heard a story of a recent transatlantic flight where a few customers quickly pushed back their seats, crushing the knees of those in the row behind them and spilling drinks. This of course led to some heated exchanges which was followed by drinks being dumped on each other by four fliers. Pretty bad but not uncommon these days. With the spaces shrinking it can only get worse.