Comment on This concept for budget double decker airline seating

Xenon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Chetzemoka@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You don’t design for the flight; you design for the evacuation. We learned that the hard way decades ago. This looks like it forgot all those lessons paid for by people’s lives.

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  • Poggervania@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Adding onto this, the cabin design in OP’s post looks like it would 100% break your legs if the plane were to ever crash. It would absolutely suck to be in a plane crash and have your lega broken.

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  • Xenon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Then just add additional emergency exits to the plane. Except for a higher total number of passengers I don’t see how this layout would significantly slow down evacuation otherwise. Though I’m by no means an expert.

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    • Chetzemoka@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      People’s legs being in that position would negate what is considered a safe evacuation. Modern regulations stipulate that you have 90 seconds to get everyone off the plane safely with 50% of the emergency exits blocked. That’s why you’re required to be seated completely upright with your feet on the floor during takeoff and landing. So you can stand up immediately if anything goes wrong and you need to evacuate.

      This accident is one of the reasons why that rule exists. We forget these things:

      “It was then, just 90 seconds after the plane came to a stop, that the entire passenger cabin exploded in flame. An unstoppable wall of fire swept forward from the back of the plane, consuming everything in its path, painting every window in brilliant orange. Firefighters tried to fight it, but there was nothing they could do. Captain Cameron, who jumped from the window just seconds before the explosion, would be the last to leave the plane alive.”

      …medium.com/a-song-of-smoke-and-fire-the-tragedy-…

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      • Xenon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Your legs would obviously not be in that position during takeoff and landing. If you search for any other pictures that are not cropped like this one, you can see that there’s still some space below the seat to put your feet down. This picture was clearly taken with the seat reclined to show the relatively comfortable position during the flight.

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    • cdf12345@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Clearly

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  • Fungah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Evacuate Deez nutz

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• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This looks like a good way to eliminate all my carbon emissions from flying because there’s no way I’ll get on a plane like this.

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• wandermind@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  One word: Claustrophobia

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• dingus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Deep vein thrombosis and lack of efficient evacuation routes say hello

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• ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m not even particularly claustrophobic, and I am also very aware that this is unlikely to ever pass FAA inspection, and yet I still inevitably start breathing heavier every time I see this photo. It’s just so terrifying.

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