Posted on 07/14/2014 6:21:39 PM PDT by Lorianne
While you’re fighting for territory on the arm rest and suffering the kicks, nudges and otherwise annoying seat disturbances that come with flying commercial airlines, just think… it could be worse. How much worse? Like perching on a bicycle seat worse.
Airbus submitted a patent in Europe for the seats, with have small backrests but no tray tables or headrest, reports the Los Angeles Times. And legroom? Keep dreaming.
The pared down design is an attempt to cut down on bulk, which in turn allows for more sardined passengers and ostensibly, more money.
“In effect, to increase the number of cabin seats, the space allotted to each passenger must be reduced,” the patent application states.
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That looks pretty inefficient. Looks like they could get a lot more in if they put them on their sides rather than their backs.
put them in coffin-sized compartments and load them up
Makes Soviet Aeroflot look good
The Chinese were talking about stand-up “seats” a year ago so they could more than double the passenger capacity. Just think. Two of these things collide and 2400 passengers die.
I read today that Boeing is working on putting 200 passengers into a 737 by moving the rows closer together. They are also going to have to put in an extra exit door.
Good point!
* guffaw *
I’ve said for some time now that the US airline industry seems to be hellbent to achieve a level of “service” pitched somewhere between 1975 Aeroflot and a Mumbai jitney.
It it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going!
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More legroom there than in the last Delta flight I was on.
I can’t imagine any airline actually being able to get people to buy tickets for those. Also, they look like they would have major safety issues—no crash survivability, no flotation cushion under the seat.
I’m guessing whoever designed that has never had the experience of flying. It’s hard enough to get comfortable as it is.
My experience is that the heaviest loads you can put as a load on a structure, any structure, is wall to wall people standing up.
Any existing aircraft so loaded could never take off.
To wit :
The flattened Golden Gate Bridge
I am sorry I couldn't find the famous photo of the flattened bridge.
Not efficient enough.
Suggest containers where passengers are stacked like cordwood. The containers are a passenger comfort factor. Spreads the load and keeps the total crush to a “reasonable” level.
I read the other day that a new study found that bicycle seats increase the risk of prostate cancer in men. If true, “frequent flyers” will be dropping from the skies like flies.
This is worst than wooden benches with ropes for seat belts
They need to install pedals so the passengers can power the electronic avionic.
Call it Liberal Air Lines... LAL
Psst....Boeing if Airbus does that, have La-Z-Boy make your seats...:-)
Most people shop for airline tickets based on price, and price alone. They’ll complain, especially online, about comfort but the next flight they take they get on Expedia or some site and shop with only one criteria: price. Then they continue to blame airlines for adapting to the way consumers buy.
Airlines run pack people in as tight as they can because we’ve trained them to do it. I like a more comfortable experience and I suck it up and spring for first class, or business class. If more people were willing to pay more for comfort they’d provide it.
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