"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/24/2018 at 14:41 • Filed to: wingspan, Planelopnik
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/24/2018 at 14:41 • Filed to: wingspan, Planelopnik | 9
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Perhaps in a throwback to the Golden Age of aviation, when sleeping berths on airplanes were as common as they were on trains, Airbus and Zodiac are developing berths that could be placed in the cargo hold of long-haul aircraft such as the A330. Like traditional cargo containers, the sleep pods could be quickly installed or removed depending on the flight.
It’s an interesting concept. Now that flights are getting longer and longer— !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! —maybe it’s not such a bad idea to spend a 20-hour trip stretched out, hoping to get some Z’s. Or, if the pods are double (and co-ed), maybe this will make it even easier to join the Mile High Club.
However, if you needed to use the lavatory, would there be enough room to move around down there? Perhaps just barely. And where would they put the lavatory? What happens when the pods needed to be evacuated? And, in a crash landing, seated passengers will not only have the cushion from all those suitcases, they will also have the cushion provided by a bunch of prone passengers belowdecks.
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In the end, it’s just another scheme to get more and more passengers onto already-crowded flights. Perhaps, though, it’s better than some other options that airlines are looking into...
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Grindintosecond
> ttyymmnn
04/24/2018 at 14:42 |
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International cargo on passenger planes is such a big moneymaker i doubt the passengers could offset the revenue lost by sacrificing that space.
Wacko
> ttyymmnn
04/24/2018 at 14:43 |
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just bolt some seats on the wings and call it patio seating, charge double,
millions of profit.
HammerheadFistpunch
> Grindintosecond
04/24/2018 at 14:44 |
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Thats what I can’t square. Why would they give away that valuable space? It would have to be crazy expensive, in which case there are already solutions out there.
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Grindintosecond
> Wacko
04/24/2018 at 14:48 |
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Convert-a-jet seating didnt work out.
Chariotoflove
> ttyymmnn
04/24/2018 at 14:50 |
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I can think of one specific way to save legroom while chasing that ever-elusive customer satisfaction rating.
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ttyymmnn
> Grindintosecond
04/24/2018 at 14:50 |
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The 30th anniversary of that flight is coming up on April 28.
jimz
> ttyymmnn
04/24/2018 at 14:50 |
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don’t think they won’t try something similar
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ttyymmnn
> Grindintosecond
04/24/2018 at 14:51 |
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Also, Airbus are already a step ahead of you.
BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
> jimz
04/24/2018 at 15:01 |
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Everybody could get their own set of pedals, mounted to a generator! Just think of the zero emission planes you would get!
f86sabre
> HammerheadFistpunch
04/24/2018 at 15:05 |
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This. The only application I can see would be for A330 with an executive config anyway. Basically private jets.
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jimz
> BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
04/24/2018 at 15:08 |
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unless meal service was bean burritos.
user314
> ttyymmnn
04/24/2018 at 15:08 |
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See, if only people folded better...
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ttyymmnn
> user314
04/24/2018 at 15:10 |
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Don’t give Airbus any ideas....
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user314
> ttyymmnn
04/24/2018 at 15:13 |
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Fairchild did it first though.
For Sweden
> ttyymmnn
04/24/2018 at 15:13 |
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Try evacuating that in 90 seconds.
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For Sweden
> f86sabre
04/24/2018 at 15:14 |
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Keeping Zodiac in the news is also an application of this proposal
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f86sabre
> For Sweden
04/24/2018 at 15:19 |
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Pretty much.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> ttyymmnn
04/24/2018 at 15:35 |
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I want all my flights to be like the zero G 727.
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ttyymmnn
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
04/24/2018 at 15:40 |
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Vomit Comet FTW.
I’ll bet that was a bitch to clean up, but also well worth it.
Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> ttyymmnn
04/24/2018 at 17:42 |
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I am wondering when “standing room only” planes will become a thing. At least on shorter flights, this might honestly be preferred. Just make the plane like a subway car and give you a strap/handhold to hang onto. You could fit way more people that way and it would be far faster to board/unboard.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> ttyymmnn
04/25/2018 at 17:25 |
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> ttyymmnn
04/25/2018 at 17:27 |
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Keep that lap belt snugly fastened.
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Grindintosecond
> ttyymmnn
04/26/2018 at 14:04 |
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Oh. Is there a celebration?....Im not sure how i feel about that sort of party.
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ttyymmnn
> Grindintosecond
04/26/2018 at 16:16 |
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Not all anniversaries are cause for celebration. In this case, it’s probably cause for inspections.