Packed like sardines in airbus'

don't see the issue - tis like people complaining about Ryan Air - if you want no frills then go with a no frills service if you don't then pay the price for what you want

something like this is probably fine if people are on a budget and want to save money
 
Currently have to pay $1200-1400 round trip to see my family. I'm all for making a trip cheaper any which way!
 
I think it would allow similar numbers of people, but the split level design will allow full beds, and full recline. Its just making space more 3d and making better use of it. Sounds good to me.
 
I think that rail in the UK should be treated more of a priority. Why is it that EVERY 'train' I board is always a few carriages short of a train? I can't remember the last time I've had a seat. That's both commuter and long journeys.
 
Adam said:
They file all kinds of stuff, I wouldn't expect this to be adopted any time soon.
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This. Look at the number of patents the likes of Apple etc. have filed and never used. Can't really see this being adopted, or at least not exactly as it is made out in that article.

Interesting idea though.
 
Planes are bad enough as is, i'm literally the exact average height for a european male yet i wear my knees out on the seat in front, and thats without anyone reclining. 95th percentile it is not

I feel sorry for all you 6'6" folk out there, your lives must be hell when planes are involved.

Surely there's a law as to the minimum space they can provide, as well as the basic needs of human dignity.
 
Yep, I'm around 6'5" odd and the world is not a friendly place for my kind... Everyone else needs to evolve ffs.

DVT ahoy!
 
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Uncle Petey said:
Yep, I'm around 6'5" odd and the world is not a friendly place for my kind... Everyone else needs to evolve ffs.

DVT ahoy!
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Indeed, i can get the economies of scale, but what other travel industry is allowed to literally injure it's passengers like that? The discomfort they cause is only accepted because flying is generally the only option.

I'm lucky i live near the coast, so i tend to opt for ferries whenever practical, you can take your car, walk around, have a smoke, have a decent meal and a drink, and you can go outside for a breath of fresh sea air. If they weren't so slow and sea bound they'd be the perfect way to travel.
 
Like you say, it's all about what's most profitable in a very competetive industry.
If we don't like it, tough. We should be working harder to afford higher class seats... Or something :rolleyes:
 
Adam said:
They file all kinds of stuff, I wouldn't expect this to be adopted any time soon.
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yeah this.
they could have done it to stop someone else doing it or chances are there is a subtle change to seating in the patent which they might do, but as usual they have claimed as much as possible and made the patent as broad as possible.
 
Uncle Petey said:
Like you say, it's all about what's most profitable in a very competetive industry.
If we don't like it, tough. We should be working harder to afford higher class seats... Or something :rolleyes:
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Probably a case of they're exploiting the fact that often people are forced by necessity (lets face it, what business trip, or working man's hard earned holiday is going to spend it all travelling by road, rail and sea) to buy from them, so they offer a cheap service and cram as many in as they can get away with without a lawsuit.

They'll plead economy woes whilst posting 'our profits are down x million, or about 1% wah' whilst putting half the population through hell.

If you took 2 seats out of a q400, thats what maybe £ 140 of revenue lost, which wouldn't exactly be hard to make back by spreading the cost (be less than a fiver each on top) yet the precious extra inches of legroom would be well worth it in customer satisfaction, yet they wont do this, unless its offering some kind of 'premium' service and charging twice as much.
 
Uncle Petey said:
Air India will be all over this.
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No need.

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