i hope easyjet don't read this

Btone · 27 Apr 2006 at 12:42

i hope easyjet or any of the other lowbugget airlines don't read this story as they just might do it here

Oblivious · 27 Apr 2006 at 12:46

Its was most likely an April Fools, and reported on The Register a few weeks later.

Doesn't take a genius to figure it wouldnt work. At least not in this country with all the aviation regulations anyway.

Boycie · 27 Apr 2006 at 12:49

Its true, it was in the daily mail yesterday including pictures, aparently the asian airlines japan air and nippon air are thinking about it :eek:

Tru · 27 Apr 2006 at 12:54

I saw a similar prank in a broadsheet years ago. They said that traditional seating was going to be changed to simple wooden benches, and stewardesses were to be replaced with a communal tea-urn.

ScarySquirrel · 27 Apr 2006 at 13:01

I saw 2 A380's the other day when i landed at Toulouse airport, thats where they are built i think, they had this big Airbus hangar there with 2 sitting outsite.

Anyway, on topic, As someone else said, I really dont think would ever happen, imagine if it crashed, human stew!

Beansprout · 27 Apr 2006 at 13:04

Boycie said:
Its true, it was in the daily mail yesterday including pictures, aparently the asian airlines japan air and nippon air are thinking about it

omg it was in a tabloid so it must be true!

This story is also known as a "slow news day"

AJUK · 27 Apr 2006 at 13:08

Beansprout said:
omg it was in a tabloid so it must be true!

This story is also known as a "slow news day"

Slow news day! What planet did you arrive back from this morning?

I also saw the same on the news and thoght it was a stupid idea. Animals wouldn't be treated as badly.

Visage · 27 Apr 2006 at 13:11

Boycie said:
Its true, it was in the daily mail

Error, Line 1: Blantant Falsehood.

Beansprout · 27 Apr 2006 at 13:15

AJUK said:
Slow news day! What planet did you arrive back from this morning?

All I see in the news today is intellectual stuff, so I'm guessing there's no omgcelebrity news for the daily mail to print

Boycie · 27 Apr 2006 at 13:28

Top story this morning was john prescott and his sexy secretary, took up half the paper

Yas786 · 27 Apr 2006 at 13:32

Boycie said:
Top story this morning was john prescott and his sexy secretary, took up half the paper

LOL you calling her sexy??, more like a old munter but then Prescott is nothing to look at himself

Inquisitor · 27 Apr 2006 at 14:18

Erm, island hopping in A380s? Something tells me that's rubbish

daveyj27 · 27 Apr 2006 at 14:24

It must surely be a load of tosh. What about the extra weight of the additional passengers and their luggage?

Wang Computer · 27 Apr 2006 at 14:33

daveyj27 said:
It must surely be a load of tosh. What about the extra weight of the additional passengers and their luggage?

The aircraft is perfectly capable of carrying that many people + luggage according to it's technical specs.

AJUK · 27 Apr 2006 at 14:39

daveyj27 said:
It must surely be a load of tosh. What about the extra weight of the additional passengers and their luggage?

They will be removing the seats which will go a long way to making up the difference.

R.O.S.S.I · 27 Apr 2006 at 14:42

Its all true.

daveyj27 · 27 Apr 2006 at 14:43

AJUK said:
They will be removing the seats which will go a long way to making up the difference.

Yes, but then replacing them with a stand-up variant that will have its own weight too.

Carzy · 27 Apr 2006 at 14:49

I don't see why this would be such a bad idea on short-haul flights? Aside from the regulations not allowing it, it would make flights ridiculously cheap. Someone mentioned what would happen if the plane crashed...I tend to think that if the plane crashes, chances are you are going to die, regardless of the safety stuff on the airplane?

nutcase · 27 Apr 2006 at 15:06

"daily mail" and "true" in the same sentence? Dream on!

Btone · 27 Apr 2006 at 16:14

daveyj27 said:
It must surely be a load of tosh. What about the extra weight of the additional passengers and their luggage?

for a short flight the would carry less fuel so that how they safe most weight