The lowest class yet for a flight

[Old Man]

Talk about stacking people in to a plane!

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel...rbus-320-fleet-no-seats-ryanair-a7816086.html

 

[robfosters]

Never in a million years would I stand throughout a flight.

 

[Malevolence]

Dunno, if the price is right and for short flights of two hours or less I'd go for it. Those 'standing' chairs are more comfortable than they look.

 

[Nate--IRL--]

Ryanair, the masters of how to obtain free advertising. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Nate

 

[Craig1981]

So how would that work during takeoff and landings? They put on the "fasten your seatbelt" signs for a reason...

 

[sports_brah]

Ryanair, the masters of how to obtain free advertising. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Nate

This so much and yet idiots still quote them

 

[robfosters]

Reminds me a bit of the safe standing rail seats they have in some football grounds around Europe. There has been talk of introducing them here.

 

[dowie]

Ryanair, the masters of how to obtain free advertising. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Nate

I did open the thread expecting it to be them and frankly I'm surprised they've not tired this themselves (if it is allowed in the EU that is?).

Edit - actually after a quick google it looks like Ryan Air wanted to do this back in 2009

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1197799/Ryanair-make-passengers-stand-bid-cram-board.html

 

[Nitefly]

Obvious advertising is obvious.

 

[Steampunk]

You need seatbelts for turbulence too. Nobody enjoys being smashed around the inside of an aircraft.

Ryanair also proposed standing areas on its fleet in 2010. At the time boss Michael O’Leary described the standing seats as “bar stools with seatbelts” and expressed doubts that seatbelts were even necessary. “A plane is “just a b----- bus with wings”, he said, “If there ever was a crash on an aircraft, God forbid, a seatbelt won’t save you. You don't need a seatbelt on the London Underground. You don't need a seatbelt on trains which are travelling at 120mph.”

 

[M1k3H]

just lol. Good luck getting past all the regulatory requirements.

 

[peterwalkley]

Search YouTube for 'cheap flights' by Fascinating Aida. Can't link as contains swearing.

 

[Efour]

Sounds like every train ride ever in rush hour.

 

[adolf hamster]

Jesus, like standard short haul tin cans arent already packed enough.

I am exactly european average height, its a travesty to think half of europe has a worse time on short haul flights than i do!

I'd be happy to pay an extra £5 for a ticket if they took a row of seats out of the plane and spread that gap across the rest

 

[GhostWKD]

I'd be happy to pay an extra £5 for a ticket if they took a row of seats out of the plane and spread that gap across the rest

Technically you can do that it just costs more and you have to have the emergency exit there

 

[adolf hamster]

Technically you can do that it just costs more and you have to have the emergency exit there

not all planes do this, the q400's run by flybe for example are horrific for lack of space

 

[SPG]

Progress strikes again.

 

[randal]

That article is terrible, the In-derp-endant is terrible too.

 

[h4rm0ny]

That article is terrible, the In-derp-endant is terrible too.

Independent went downhill after it got taken over by that Russian Oligarch. I wonder if I could find that YouTube clip of the Independent's owner physically attacking a critic in an interview...

Anyway, I can walk for two hours comfortably, but I'm not sure I can stand for two hours. You'd think it would be the other way around.

I don't know how well these standing seats would work and I do NOT like the look of that seat shape.

 

[Freefaller]

Shove enough people on the plane cram them in then you don't need belts or chairs