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Please Sir, Can I Have a Little Legroom?

More legroom? No problem! That'll be $10 more bucks.

JetBlue has an ingenious plan to make more money in the coming year as airlines hemorrhage from rising oil costs. Charge folks sitting in the front of the plane or in the exit row a little bit more for the luxury of leg room.

I'm not sure how much they'll eventually charge for the wiggle room but the airline's CEO told folks at a New York investment conference that that's his revenue plan going forward.

It's not entirely new. Other airlines like recently launched Virgin America charge a premium too.

Personally, I like the exit row's roominess, but a little part of me always gets a little on edge thinking "what if I really DO need to assist in case of an emergency this time?" And that is why you deserve the roominess because you MAY be called on to provide a serious service. It's like you're paying your boss for the privilege of working for him/her.