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[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Fewer parts = fewer parts that can fail.

Boeing should look into this.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Too bad they’re not having problems when the interior parts fail.

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[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 8 points 1 year ago
[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Weight repartition and balance is extremely important in an aircraft. If everyone moved to one end of the aircraft it could cause loss of control and crash

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Skill issue. Pilots need to learn to think on their feet.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why can't they stay sitting?

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Their seats weren't installed either

Then they can't see over the console. Surely you noticed there aren't any seats, right?

[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

DO A BARREL ROLL!

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Simple solution is to pack enough people in that they can't move like that

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ya, maybe like on seats with, dunno, belts?

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sounds space inefficient just add more people instead

Can confirm, seats are big and heavy, that's valuable people space.

Also, remove the luggage storage for more people weight capacity.

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's quite scary to think that you can crash an airplane by having everyone walk to one end

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

This is how we, the people, shall regain power from those pilots who think they know everything!!!!

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

a change in weight distribution is cited as one of the reasons for the crash of this us cargo flight in afghanistan.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 33 points 1 year ago (4 children)

They should fly up as high as possible and take a nose dive, then repeat the process. Let's call it Floating Xperience.

[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's Boeing, they do that anyway.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago

Not the repeating part

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That’s part of astronaut training, they call it the vomit comet.

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

The Vomit Comet exists.

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago

Then everyone decides to look out the left windows at the grand canyon.

And then slowly shifts to the back of the plane because they want to see it longer.

Soon they'll see it up close.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

How about just bunk beds with seat belts or some kind of restraint and a paddled ceiling inside your bed space.

The next dumb thing to having an completely open floor space is in installing seats and normalizing the idea that people should sit in them for 8, 10, 12, 14 hours periods.

The only time we need seats with restraints is in the ten minutes after take off and the ten minutes when landing .... the rest of the time, I would prefer if I just slept the entire time.

I'd give up TV, a monitor, music, a window, free food and drinks if airlines just gave me a bare bones option of just being allowed to sleep flat for the entire flight.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's a thing already and it is called first class.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

Could never afford it ... my point was ... I'd pay regular fare to be able to lie flat for the entire flight and you can forget giving me a TV monitor, entertainment, free food, just give me water, don't even bother with a blanket or pillow .... you can even stack me with three or four other bunks above or below me ... I don't even want a window ... I don't want to interact with your staff and I really don't want to have anything to do with anyone or bother with anyone for the entire flight ... just let me sleep in peace for eight hours, it's cheap and I really don't care or want any extras.

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

And you still get all the other stuff, so the only thing you have to give up is a lot of money

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They have that on routes to Floston Paradise.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I unironically think this is how plane travel should be. Slide me into a tube and gas me asleep. No peanuts, no crick neck, no risk of hijacking, and no praying and screaming when we slam into a mountain at 900km/h because the pilots had a bad day.

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

There are several ways they could do stacked beds or offset-stacked reclined seats that would not only be more comfortable and provide more room for the passengers, but also allow them to cram more people in the plane.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Just install two layers of beds with seatbelts, imo.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I want hammocks like a man o' war.

Stack em three high and still have some legroom.

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Damn that would be dope if it was stable enough. So Star Trek. Just needs a bar run by Whoopi Goldberg

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If your vessel's bartender has eyebrows and doesn't wear a cool hat, something has gone wrong.

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

No cool hat, but is a Space Station a vessel? 🤔

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[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That interior instantly made me think of lazy town

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Knew what it was before I even clicked. You sir are an internet historian.

[–] Ifeelya@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/may/01/747-cargo-plane-crash-bagram-airbase-video

I know this is a shitpost, but in case anyone is curious this link has a video of what can happen if a plane has unsecured weight onboard that is allowed to move around.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And here's the Wikipedia page about the incident, which has more details:

On 29 April 2013, the Boeing 747-400 operating the flight crashed within the perimeter of the Bagram airfield moments after taking off, killing all seven people on board.

The subsequent investigation concluded that improperly secured cargo broke free during the take-off and rolled to the back of the cargo hold, crashing through the rear pressure bulkhead and disabling the rear flight control systems. This rendered the aircraft stuck in an uncontrollable pitch-up attitude and induced a stall, and made recovery by the pilots impossible.

So it's not just unsecured cargo, but unsecured cargo that disabled rear flight control systems. I'm guessing unsecured people wouldn't cause the same problem, but it could certainly cause other problems.

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah people are squishier than the fuselage.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ohhhh so that's where the set designers of all the star trek interiors got their ideas

[–] Trollception@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Nah, Star Trek is where Boeing is shopping for ideas.

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

Line dance during take-off: "now sliiiiide to the back!"

[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Na you can only do that in an airbus

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They could at least set up a kid corral somewhere, let the little shots wear themselves out.

[–] pinkystew@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just eject them at maximum altitude

Abortion isn't legal but human rights violations aren't really being punished right now

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