• JcbAzPx@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    It’s going to be standing seats before too long. All the airline CEOs have been drooling over those for years.

    • LostListener@piefed.social
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      2 days ago

      It’ll probably radically shift to laying down. They’ve wanted to bring this seating arrangement back for a lot longer

      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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        17 hours ago

        A Canadian comedy site on CBC radio had a fake story about how flights could get cheaper if people stood for the entire flight.

        Hundreds of listeners from Alberta and Western Canada called in to support the idea.

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        21 hours ago

        I remember being shown pictures like this in school as a kid and the images have never left my mind.

        Fully crossing a fucking ocean like that.

        Humans are the fucking worst.

      • jaygray91@piefed.zip
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        1 day ago

        I want to punch the person that came up with this idea and forced the engineers to design it

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      2 days ago

      Do like the standing roller coasters! Then we can just use AI to fly the planes (no need for high cost/high stressed pilots). If the AI flies like shit, everyone is already secured with metal shoulder thingies to keep from flying (pun intended) all over the cabin.

      But how to deal with bathroom breaks? Mandatory catheters! The cost of “sanitizing” between flights surely isn’t that much, and if people refuse - they can be held liable for any accidents.

      /s

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        They’ll sometimes hand you a small off brand clorox wipe to clean of the catheter before you use it