Standing room only - coming soon to an airline near you?
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Standing room only - coming soon to an airline near you?
Airbus has been quietly pitching the standing-room-only option to Asian carriers, though none has agreed to it yet. Passengers in the standing section would be propped against a padded backboard, held in place with a harness, according to seating experts who have seen a proposal
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/...ness/seats.php
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/...ness/seats.php
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Wouldn't it be faster and more efficient to take a cargo container approach and pre-load people into containers at check-in and then load them onto the plane with a crane. Those needing to make the same connection could be loaded into the same container.
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Hey, there's an idea gail, just treat us like luggage!! But wouldn't they sometimes have a problem with lost passengers? I've had lost luggage so many times, I wouldn't dare risk this class of travel.
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Packing us into containers/luggage isn't such a bad idea. We could buy a cheap ticket to one place and then "accidentally" label the containers to where we REALLY want to go! Free vacations to anywhere in the world!!!
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Be honest - how many of you have fantasized about jumping on the luggage carousel - either for a ride or to see what is on the other side or, too often, to find out where the hell your luggage is.
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Remember, there was a thread on US board about a woman who checked in her suitcase and it was lost? No?
Now let me remind you, she had an artificial leg in that suitcase, and her niece tried to locate it.
Will that woman be required to stand like others or that poor dear will have to pay more for sitting?
Now let me remind you, she had an artificial leg in that suitcase, and her niece tried to locate it.
Will that woman be required to stand like others or that poor dear will have to pay more for sitting?
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