Comment on This concept for budget double decker airline seating
Xenon@lemmy.world 8 months agoYour 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.
Railing5132@lemmy.world 8 months ago
“would not be in that position”?!? What version of reality are you smoking where these seats are gonna freaking move to vertical? Have you ever been in an airliner? “upright an locked in their vertical positions” - ever heard that? Putting goddamned laz-e-boys in the middle of an airliner is gonna lead to corpses in the event of a catestrophoc accident. (not that it would stop the airline industry, if it could)
Xenon@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I found a 3d render of the proposed cabine layout here it looks tight but otherwise pretty standard if you ask me, except for the two levels of course.
Railing5132@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The moment of inertia on that upper deck is going to snap those seats like a twig. While I’m sure there’s airline execs foaming at the mouth and lobbyists pushing wheelbarrows of money, I’ll drive before I get in one of those.
Also, more passengers plus less overhead bin storage means less cargo hold capacity, meaning air cargo (a valuable income stream, particularly on transcontinental or transoceanic flights, where the widebodies would be most used) would be cut back by more checked bags. And more discontent by pax that now have to pay for checked bag fees.
I dunno, I just don’t see the benefits.