Airbus vs. Chiff & Fipple
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Airbus vs. Chiff & Fipple
You've probably heard that Airbus has floated the idea of a standing restraint system for airline passengers. It's a way to cram more people onto airliners. The non-seated, standing system would look something like this:
I'm shocked at the lack of imagination and the half-hearted attempt at making flying even more miserable than it already is. These people have no sense of REAL cost-savings. You want to sell more tickets for flights, you can't go half-way.
For years now, we've been using a patented system in Dale Force One to transport each new batch of interns here to CFHQ. I designed it myself and it employs nylon rope, leather harnasses, pulleys, and sedative medications. For security reasons, I can't show actual photographs, but I can show you an image from my patent application.
Once you get used to the sensation, it's kind of relaxing. Kind of like floating on a cloud. We're working on optional neck supports, but we'll have to charge for those.
I'm shocked at the lack of imagination and the half-hearted attempt at making flying even more miserable than it already is. These people have no sense of REAL cost-savings. You want to sell more tickets for flights, you can't go half-way.
For years now, we've been using a patented system in Dale Force One to transport each new batch of interns here to CFHQ. I designed it myself and it employs nylon rope, leather harnasses, pulleys, and sedative medications. For security reasons, I can't show actual photographs, but I can show you an image from my patent application.
Once you get used to the sensation, it's kind of relaxing. Kind of like floating on a cloud. We're working on optional neck supports, but we'll have to charge for those.
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Re: Airbus vs. Chiff & Fipple
No need... I notice that not one of the interns in your picture is wearing their optional neck.Dale wrote:We're working on optional neck supports, but we'll have to charge for those.
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Walden. The neck is implied.Walden wrote:No need... I notice that not one of the interns in your picture is wearing their optional neck.Dale wrote:We're working on optional neck supports, but we'll have to charge for those.
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It would then cease to be the Dangle-o-matic and become the Diddle-o-matic....scottielvr wrote:OTOH, you could turn every other passenger around...might change the turbulence scenario from ugly, to...interesting. And then you could charge even more.
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One of the articles I saw said the target market was Japan, so I imagine if they will tolerate capsule hotels, they'll tolerate standing through an airplane trip.
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We just need to pray that Southwest Airlines doesn't find out about verticle seating. Those of us who travel on business will have to endure things like this from the corporate travel wonks -- "Here's your ticket from Dallas to Kansas City. It's on Southwest, and you'll change planes in Alburquerque, Seattle and Portland, Maine, but we saved ten dollars over the direct flight. Oh, and you'll be standing up, so wear comfortable shoes."
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We just need to pray that Southwest Airlines doesn't find out about verticle seating. Those of us who travel on business will have to endure things like this from the corporate travel wonks -- "Here's your ticket from Dallas to Kansas City. It's on Southwest, and you'll change planes in Alburquerque, Seattle and Portland, Maine, but we saved ten dollars over the direct flight. Oh, and you'll be standing up, so wear comfortable shoes."
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