Jack Taylor wrote:

The obvious solution would be electro-magnets, energised by a switch. Once
someone gets up and the seat returns to the upright position it stays there
until disengaged. There might be a few people holding seats down whilst
someone else takes over the seat but it wouldn't last for long (especially
at terminii!).

Problematic for people with pacemakers though.

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