Riding on planes… or trains?
A design created by Howie Guy, director of the UK company Design Q, has been causing a stir (and somewhat of an uproar) in the travel industry this week. Why? Just take a look at this photo from the Daily Mail.
It’s all about cost efficiency these days, and Guy has come up with a plan to produce 50% more seats on planes, while reducing the cost of a flight at the same time. The catch? Passengers will have to face each other. Oh no! The horror!
Seriously, folks? What’s so bad about facing each other? We do it on buses and trains (occasionally, depending on where you sit). Heck, we even do it at the airport when we’re waiting for our departures. So, what is the problem with facing each other during a flight?
Of course, this seating arrangement would not be convenient for someone on an overseas flight… or even for someone flying across the country from New York to California. However, Guy has considered this and stated that this design is intended for aircrafts making 30 to 80-minute journeys. Even so, I think I could deal with this for up to two hours, at least, especially if it means paying half the price for a flight. $100 round-trip to NYC? I’d take that!
- Posted in Travel News, UK on September 24th, 2009
September 25th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
this looks like a nightmare to me. where do the kids go? or the people with disabilities (me!)…i can’t even IMAGINE sitting for even 30 min without a place to lean back. ack!!
September 27th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
I don’t mind facing someone, but those seats don’t offer much back support, so it would be pretty uncomfortable.
September 30th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Oh hell no.
I do not want to stare at someone’s puss while flying 30,000 feet in the air. I may wind up throwing them out the emergency door in order to get some more leg room.
But if the fares came down big time, then maybe I would do it…as long as I am traveling with a friend and can talk to them face to face.
But knowing the airlines, they would probably drop the fares a little bit and then add some more fees to make it just as expensive as it is now to fly the unfriendly skies.
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