To save money, would you sit face to face with someone on a plane?
"A British design company says it is working on plans for new sideways, staggered seating on airplanes as a cost-cutting option for airlines to maximize the number of passengers on board.
Design Q released images of the concept, which has a row of seats facing inward on each side of the plane and two rows running back-to-back down the middle of the aircraft.
The design theoretically would save money for the airlines because it would allow planes to hold more passengers, and the demand for such concepts could take off, with Irish budget airline Ryanair's chief executive, Michael O'Leary, saying previously he is open to trying new seating designs.
O'Leary already has thrown his support behind another idea, vertical seating, for Ryanair's Boeing 737s flying on short trips. Passengers essentially would travel in a secure upright, or standing, position."
What do you think of this idea? In order to save money, would you sit face to face with someone on a plane?
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Permalink Reply by Rachel Anne on -
I don't think I'd mind.. It's not like flying is that comfortable as it is!
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Permalink Reply by Michael on -
we actually flew on a southwest plane that had face to face seating.. it certainly forced conversation, we enjoyed it.
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Permalink Reply by Mark Huckabee on -
I think they should just knock the passengers unconscious then stack them like cordwood. You could probably get 10 people stacked this way into the lavatory alone.
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Permalink Reply by Gofaster on -
won't work. motion sickness.
Sideways seats work on subways or trains b/c they, for the most part, travel in one direction on a relatively stable path with few elevation changes.
Throw in turbulence, going up and down and it'll be vomit central.
That design concept looks very clean because they took out the overhead storage and the seats on the side have no backing.
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Permalink Reply by Mary on -
I think it could get pretty gross if someone is coughing or sneezing (ummm, or vomiting) without a seat back to shield the person across from you. It looks nice and clean until you have to watch someone picking their nose for a couple of hours. Or deal with some creep ogling you... Maybe for short trips.
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Permalink Reply by FubarGuy on -
Yeah, there are certain things I just don't want to be forced to look at for hours on end and you hit most of them right on the head! I guess burying your face in a book or laptop would work, but speaking as somebody with recurring back problems, that doesn't look the least bit comfortable.
Oh man, I just realized this - what about kids on a plane like that! Ugh, can they add a soundproof caged room someplace too? ;)
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Permalink Reply by roger murrell on -
What do they look like?! You? yep-siree! ;-)
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