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This concept for budget double decker airline seating

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website⁩ to ⁨mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world⁩

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  • Stamets@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Everytime I see these I always take solace in one simple fact. This would never be able to pass any disability or accessibility act.

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    • Dasnap@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “We’ll just put the disabled passengers in the cargo hold. Problem solved.”

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

        If I pretend to be disabled can I fly there too?

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      • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        … I could fly with my dog then? (I’ve not traveled with her, because being alone in the cargo sounds like a torment I would not wish on anyone). But if I can be there, too, that’s a whole other scenario

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    • SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not to mention safety requirements for rapidly escaping a plane in the event of an emergency

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      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Though tbf, with planes how often do emergencies fall between the “it’s dangerous to stay here” and “you can get off the plane safely if you’re quick” thresholds? I’d think that due to their nature, most situations will either be “no rush” or “not much we can do about it now”. Things like emergency exits seem more like safety theatre than anything else IMO.

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    • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They only put them down the center with regular seats along the windows.

      First class, second class, cargo class.

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      • Stamets@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m gonna be real, I totally forgot that planes have middle lanes. Every plane that I’ve ever been on has been a relatively small in comparison. Some of them fucking frighteningly so. When my knees are touching the back of the pilot I’m usually having concerns other than the legroom.

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      • Railing5132@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        These will not see the light of day until the industry coughs up enough money to buy off enough legislation oversight to make the FAA egress rules “agreeable”.

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    • squiblet@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Imagine trying to evacuate in a rush.

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      • agressivelyPassive@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If you can’t afford business class seats, are you even worth saving?

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      • thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Dvt would likely be less of an issue with your legs out vs bent at the knee. Less gravity for your heart to fight against.

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    • The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      God, that’s totally true. I can’t imagine how they would try to make that work.

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  • cholesterol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This seems incompatible with a pretty high proportion of Americans.

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    • TheDarkKnight@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Y’all getting kinda thicc too, no offense.

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      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’s funny because you don’t know which country he’s from but it still applies anyway because everyone is getting fatter

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    • dingus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Relevant username

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    • qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Tremendously incompatible, if 1/10 of what is portraid on movies is true.

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    • jabathekek@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Extra cushioning for crashes, just have to wear a xxxl diaper.

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  • Naja_kaouthia@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    With your face right at prime fart receiving level. Wtf.

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    • magnetosphere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Even for the people who would get off on that, their joy would turn to frustration when the flight attendant asked them to stop masturbating.

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      • Daft_ish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Middle seat would have enough time to finish before they could stop you.

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      • NatakuNox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        This guy right here officer

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    • Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The Pink Eye Express.

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    • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sounds like a real gas, man.

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    • wooki@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Someone shits their pants. Good god

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  • thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I don’t absolutely hate it, but I’m 6’3", so fully stretching my legs out on a plane is always just a pipe dream.

    I’m sure they’d make them fit only average size people, unfortunately.

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    • Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Do you see how that lady’s feet are? They’re probably up against a wall, and I don’t think she’s 6’3”

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      • AeroLemming@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Also, no way people on the higher part have the same amount of leg room. Their feet would go through other passengers’ heads.

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    • MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Same height, same dreams.

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      • Selmafudd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        As another tall person my knees ache just looking at this photo

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  • TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Pretty soon they’re just going to roofie people and pack them into planes like sardines.

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    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Multipass!

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    • Shanedino@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Honestly it’s like teleporting then so I’m on board.

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    • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They could just tip the nose of the plane 90 degrees in the air and then have a slide or funnel that dumps you into the fuselage. You’ll just want to be sure to buy first-class tickets so that you’ll be at the top of the pile.

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      • rbos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Get a tamper to pack em in a little

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    • lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A la Fifth Element.

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      • tea@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Why did they say if like it was a bad thing? I want this to be a thing.

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    • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If you stack people alternating head-first, feet-first, head-first, they will tesselate much better. Airlines eventually won’t be able to resist the profit margin.

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  • macrocephalic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think they should just have rows of bunk beds. It’s much easier to stack something flat than people with their awkward bends at the hips and knees.

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      unsurprisingly the ship and train industry figured this shit out like literally a century ago

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    • Rhaedas@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_(1781_ship)#/media/File:Slaveshipposter.jpg

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      • wahming@monyet.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        upload.wikimedia.org/…/800px-Slaveshipposter.jpg

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  • DuncanIdaho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m sure she’ll be smiling when a drunken passenger farts right into her nostrils.

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  • PoetSII@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I think whoever thought of this concept should die

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  • superfes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Window seat dude needs to take a piss, watch the fun …

    Also, why the fuck is she smiling?!

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    • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think these only go down the center based on the photo.

      She’s smiling because she’s being paid to smile.

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      • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Acting!

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  • spittingimage@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    One day they’ll invent super-economy class where you just get strapped to the wings and released over your destination. Parachutes will be extra.

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    • trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not going to get much repeat business, but on the other hand, you wouldn’t have to worry very much about hi-jacking.

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      • tdawg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Nah they just charge you for not flying

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      • uis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        But what it they will hi-jack engine?

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  • Xenon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Here is a 3d render of the proposed cabin layout seen in this image.

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    • garibaldi_biscuit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Where are the overhead baggage bins? No carry-on bags? If they go in the hold, how do you make it bigger?

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    • Revonult@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This design is similar but not the same as OG post. Although still shitty, its quite an improvement over the orgional.

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    • Furbag@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The newer version from the link looks less bad than this picture, but still dystopian as fuck. We need to make airline travel cheaper somehow rather than having the airline industry come up with their own ideas to try and pack people in like cattle.

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      • Holzkohlen@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Cheaper? What kinda crack are you smoking? Shit is destroying the planet, it needs to be a LOT more expensive.

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      • rchive@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        This extra passenger density would make it cheaper per person, right? More fuel efficient, too.

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    • jabathekek@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Those steps DEFINITELY aren’t a safety hazard.

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  • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    imagine this plane crashing.

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    • dangblingus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Just like all plane crashes, everyone would die.

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      • jaywalker@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Not sure if you’re just joking, but plenty of people survive plane crashes. Most crashes aren’t just a plane falling out of the sky at full speed. Survival rates are around 95%.

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    • nslatz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Imagine this plane with a fire on board before takeoff and now the unfit overweight masses have to evacuate.

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    • jeebus@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Imagine a new meaning to the phrase "upper decker".

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  • cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No, wait. This is actually not a bad idea.

    Look closely. First of all there’s a rigid barrier between the lower and upper seat. That means that fart gasses won’t get through, unlike current seats where farts just spread everywhere around a person, so only the upper seats will be affected.

    Second, the lady has her feet up, meaning she has enough leg room to do so. This is a big advantage because you can kick your feet up on your underseat baggage while you sleep or stretch your legs. It’s much better than the current layout where you can barely move at all.

    No offense, but I think anyone with a negative opinion of this layout is wrong.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That doesn’t actually look to bad considering what we have today

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  • Kase@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    As someone who doesn’t have claustrophobia, I feel claustrophobic just looking at this. Then again, I’ve never been on a plane before, and for all I know this might be better :/

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  • janus2@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    at that point just give me general anaesthesia and put me in an airline shipping coffin so at least i don’t have to be conscious for the horror show

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  • kamen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Why does she look so happy?

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  • Smytty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    She’s smiling, so you know it’s all okay

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  • Zink@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    These people smile like they’ve never rode in an airplane with more than 3 people

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “why do people prefer trains??”

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  • qevlarr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Lalala, don’t mind me, I’ll just leave this here…

    theguardian.com/…/ryanair-standing-only-plane-tic…

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  • DancingIsForbidden@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Seems happy to be probably smelling some bodies vacation diet farts for an entire flight. Imagine the farts you’ll be subjected to sitting under somebody who spent a week in Indonesia or Thailand absorbing the spicy local cuisine.

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  • CosmicCleric@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    We’re getting dangerously close to how they packed the slaves in the cargo holds of ships for transport across the ocean.

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  • ydieb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    As a taller person, if this gives me sufficient legroom and a seat that actually distributes the weight over my whole thighs such that I can sit somewhat comfortable, this seems like a major upgrade to me.

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  • Treczoks@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There are laws regulating how to transport pigs and cows to the slaughterhouse. They have more space than the passengers on this plane.

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  • AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Can they guarantee it won’t collapse and break my legs?

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  • AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Transatlantic human cattle

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  • wander1236@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    arstechnica.com/…/why-youll-never-fly-in-an-airpl…

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  • ultratiem@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The sadness really hits when you see this was last year, and not 1991 where the concept should have stayed.

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  • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yall need to stop posting these, they are never going to happen. Neither these, nor the partially standing ones.

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