On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:17:51 -0700, Hawkeye wrote
in . com:

When the military contracts with airlines to provide an aircraft to
shuttle between the US and Europe or US and Pacific (usually a 747)
they specify max passenger configuration. The airlines call this
maxpax, we refer to them as 'Cattlecars'. Hundreds of sweaty cranky
people, zero leg room, lousy food and never on time.

Such a configuration may be appropriate for military personnel,
especially in time of war, but such cruel and unusual treatment of
customers is deplorable, but necessary if airlines are to remain
solvent under laissez-faire capitalism, in my opinion.