Skyrider 2.0 "Saddle"

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction) 04/20/2018 at 12:03 • Filed to: None

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Coming to a budget airline near you (probably). 23" per row. “...at 5 foot 11 inch tall,” he says, “my knees were firmly planted against the seat back for the entire time in the rear row.” He claims that the saddle itself “didn’t seem to be bad.”

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Spanfeller is a twat > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/20/2018 at 12:12

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Italians love making uncomfortable places to sit; just look at any italian super car.

Chariotoflove > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/20/2018 at 12:15

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Holy shit. I actually wrote a parody press release on one of ttyymmnn’s posts once about airlines doing this. Truth really is stranger than fiction.

HammerheadFistpunch > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/20/2018 at 12:16

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I remember even Ryan Air passed on these when they first appeared.

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/20/2018 at 12:18

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It could be worse. These are actual patent filings. Can you even imagine having to evacuate from one of these arrangements? It’s hard enough when the jackass in front of you doesn’t put his seat forward.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > ttyymmnn 04/20/2018 at 12:21

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Aw Hell Naw

facw > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/20/2018 at 12:25

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Airliners have become more cramped because people are willing to sacrifice some space and comfort to save a bit of money. I don’t think many people will be willing to sacrifice that much space though. It’s only taking up ~%25 less space and it really doesn’t seem worthwhile for a 25% savings (and of course the airline wouldn’t give you that much discount, if they switch configurations, it is because they are hoping to make more money not the same amount).

More likely changes seem like they would be removing the tray table (which is of limited use on short haul flights), and/or switching to a plain fabric/mesh seatback (which is popular enough for office chairs that people might accept it). That wouldn’t give you huge savings, but fitting another row or two of seats in the plane is still a bonus, and would likely be much less frowned upon than these high density options. The passenger at least still gets the same amount of room.

For Sweden > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/20/2018 at 12:26

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This probably won’t happen. These would not perform well in evacuation and impact testing.

Stapleface > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/20/2018 at 12:30

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I haven’t been on a plane in over ten years. I’m a rather rotund individual. They weren’t comfortable back then. I can imagine it’s only gotten worse.

If I never have to travel by commercial airline again if be okay with that.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/20/2018 at 12:30

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The accessory toilet that goes with these seats.

Ash78, voting early and often > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/20/2018 at 12:33

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I feel like we’d be better off with more reclined seats and two decks of them. Just thinking out loud. Standup cabins are overrated, anyway.

user314 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/20/2018 at 12:36

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Just give us the bunks like in “Fifth Element” and get it over with...

As Du Volant > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/20/2018 at 13:11

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These won’t be used anytime soon unless planes get some major redesigns specifically for them.

There are legal limits to how many seats can be on a plane, based on how many exit doors they have. Beyond a certain point you can’t add more seats without adding more exit doors. Many budget airlines are already at or approaching the maximum allowable seats on their planes, so for this to catch on they’d need more exit doors- which would require expensive revisions to the plane designs.

Sir Halffast > ttyymmnn 04/20/2018 at 13:21

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Strangely, I think I’d actually be okay with the third one, sitting on top or bottom. But then again, I’m not claustrophobic. The rest of those are a resounding FUCK THAT.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > For Sweden 04/20/2018 at 13:26

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Which is why they’re compacted so close together. You can’t go forwards if there’s no room to go forwards and it’s all nice, “soft” foam .

DanZman > user314 04/20/2018 at 14:34

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I would love those

user314 > Stapleface 04/20/2018 at 14:44

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So basically this?

Right there with you.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > As Du Volant 04/20/2018 at 17:42

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Well, thank goodness for that!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 04/20/2018 at 17:45

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Pretty soon they’ll just make us all line up and fill the voids with packing peanuts.