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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago

I can’t wait to see people passing out or getting injured because of these seats.

banana chair

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

That's right, girls. Start packing on those pounds because the only airline seat that poops, then lies about it doesn't have farts in the headrest anymore.

[–] the_trash_man@lemmy.world 36 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Watch these cost the same as standard seats, and the cost of standard seats go up

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 21 points 8 hours ago

“You’re still a premium subscriber and have full access to our premium plan, but some of our options have changed.”

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 21 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly, that may actually be more comfortable for me than trying to fold my legs into the tiny rows they have now.

[–] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 14 points 9 hours ago

I am super torn here because pre-back-surgery me looks at these and says "the NERVE of these fuckers" and post-back-surgery me is like "Well that WOULD be nice yes"

[–] nroth@lemmy.world 24 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

Why don't they do lay-down-only seats? Seems like you'd save the same amount of space or more with vastly more comfort.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

The serious non-joke answer is the same as the one for these standing seats: emergency exit speed. When an airplane crash lands you have like less than 2 minutes to get everyone out before the huge inferno happens and roasts people. So for standing seats that pack even more people into an airplane, they have to prove that they can still get everyone out before the deadline. For laying-down seats they would have to prove the same thing.

[–] burntrealm@lemmy.zip 2 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

Not only that, but also the mess it would make. Airlines make good money off of selling food and drinks, how are you going to consume those laying down? Very messily, that's how. More mess = more time spent cleaning the plane = less time in the air = less ticket sales. Not to mention the loss in drink and food sales from people who don't want to do that laying down. It's a lose lose for the airline.

[–] zaperberry@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 minutes ago* (last edited 11 minutes ago)

I would pay a premium ticket price to get a lay down seat at the back of the plane and have no food service in that zone. That gets rid of the food sales loss, for which I have never paid for anyway, as I'd be paying a higher ticket price. I guess at that point there is still a concern regarding a mess, since I can bring my own snacks, but it's not like I would be getting some memory foam mattress with Egyptian cotton sheets with the way airlines would implement this anyway. I'd get a long ~~pleather~~ vinyl cushion with maybe a standard pillow.

It would be worse than what I got in the Navy, slightly, but still better than any shit airplane seat I've sat in.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I've been on enough planes to believe 2 minutes of evacuation time will see 5% evacuated and 95% trampled before the fiery inferno.

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 2 points 39 minutes ago

Remarkably, it has happened. People suddenly decide to pay attention to authority when they’re in a terrifying situation they’ve never experienced.

[–] recall519@lemm.ee 4 points 7 hours ago

Just lean it forward and have everyone slide down and out of the emergency slide.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Pop me out the side with compressed air like a decoy flare

[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

"Missile inbound. Deploying passengers."

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 20 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

So we'll have them stand for hours instead?

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

This is more leaning than standing. Even a fat fuck can lean for a while

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The next step is to add a treadmill under everyone.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago

Instead of oxygen masks, the ceiling drops down a cupcake on a string.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 18 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Why don’t they do lay-down-only seats?

Bigger and older passengers would find it more difficult to get into the top bunk than to ride a standing-only seat.

But it's all shit regardless. Boeing can barely even make planes that don't fall apart on the runway. The American airline industry's fleet is increasingly defunct. The FAA is gutted. Airports are falling into disrepare due to mismanagement. You'll be lucky to get any kind of air travel in another decade.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Bigger and older passengers would find it more difficult to get into the top bunk than to ride a standing-only seat.

Wouldn't the same group have trouble standing for an entire flight?

If only there was some sort of halfway point between lying down and standing up, something which would be easier to than lying down, but wouldn't be as physically demanding as standing up.

Oh well.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like something we'll have to pay extra for. Better not have a disability.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Hmm..

Well that's one thing I can't really complain about in Finland, access to physically disabled people. Its honestly pretty great, it's been in the infra-design and all design mentality for decades.

Anywhere there is public access, you'll probably also find disabled access.

Like just today, I felt a little bit proud, as I spotted an outhouse built to specifications allowing wheelchair access.

We aren't the utopia people seem to think we are, but if you're in a wheelchair, you'll still get access to nice nature paths on which to be depressed on. So that's nice.

[–] DoubleSpace@lemm.ee 9 points 12 hours ago

The FAA's goal of zero air disasters will feel like a luxury in the future.

[–] Trollception@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

!remindme 10 years

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 21 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Solution: bring a cheap plastic chair as part of your luggage

[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 28 points 12 hours ago

And if the plane fails, jump out of the plane with the chair and sit down/stand up as you're about to hit the ground.

You won't receive any fall damage during the animation.

(Make sure to check patch notes, this is a 2020 update exploit)

[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 13 hours ago

Honestly I didn't even realize until now how good the cropping is on lemmy compared to redd*t. holy shit the number of memes that came from screenshots of twitter screenshotted on insta screenshotted on whatever the fuck but this one was profile.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 29 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

The lengths the US will go to to avoid building high-speed rail.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 49 points 15 hours ago (7 children)
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 29 points 13 hours ago

Because of course it's Ryanair.

Oh, you want a seat? That's an extra £50. Each. Both ways. Go fuck yourselves.

The EU needs to regulate the fuck out of that shitbag company.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 26 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

It's a capitalism thing.

Extract as much value as possible. Deliver as little value to your customers as possible. Treat them as second layer of product.

Human needs are not the goal.

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[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 52 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

How people can look at (mostly) state owned rail vs private airlines and still think the free market benefits the average person is one of life's big mysteries to me.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago

I mean, Trump won the vote, and Brexit won the vote... Something tells me it's as simple as most people are fucking stupid.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 16 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

I'm 6'6". Standing only seats would be preferable to me.

[–] TaiCrunch@sh.itjust.works 20 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I'm 5'5" and I just know my legs would dangle like a child on their first roller coaster.

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[–] owl@infosec.pub 95 points 20 hours ago (12 children)

These standing seats have been coming next year for the past decade, but they always failed safety tests. Planes need to be evacuated within a certain time frame, which does not work when the plane is too densely packed.

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 20 points 15 hours ago

Can't they go Middle Earth on them and just create more doors?

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[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 185 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 18 points 16 hours ago

That's majestic

[–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 15 hours ago

It sounds quiet ridiculous, but I also had some flights that were so short (~50 min) that it almost took more time to seat everybody. Anyway, I would love to read those safety reports. Not only is sitting better on impact, but also cramping more people in the same machine, means more people (which trend to not comprehend the idea of leaving their luggage behind) share the exit routes.

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