NOOOOOOOOOOOO
(Thanks to Jeff Meyerson)
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Bring on the vertical seating. That would pretty much complete the sardine experience that the airlines are working towards.
Posted by: Bãrön vønKlýff | September 22, 2009 at 03:15 PM
Imagine if one has to barf...
THAT would be interesting.
Posted by: Siouxie | September 22, 2009 at 03:15 PM
Why not just stack them?
Posted by: Horace LaBadie | September 22, 2009 at 03:20 PM
You know what hold the seats. We'll just use poles like on the subway. I'm telling you the passengers won't mind. After all, this will save them 2 or 3 cents on a plane ticket, provided they don't have any bags.
Posted by: Airline Company | September 22, 2009 at 03:26 PM
The aisles on the military transports are MUCH wider!...
Posted by: Allen at Division | September 22, 2009 at 03:28 PM
food carts would not be able to pass down the plane as the aisles are too narrow, so food distribution would be difficult
They'll just need to hire people with a different skill set.
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Chris | September 22, 2009 at 03:31 PM
I wonder if this is a publicity stunt. A child is likely to get jarred during takeoff or landing, leading to hefty lawsuits, something you don't have to worry about in the military.
For the lawsuit reason alone, I call lie.
Posted by: Elon | September 22, 2009 at 03:40 PM
Introducing the new Cattle Class service....
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | September 22, 2009 at 03:50 PM
I think they missed some places where they could have hooks to hang people on.
Posted by: Tash | September 22, 2009 at 04:01 PM
"Attention Passengers flying on flight 666. We will begin boarding with the tallest passengers and handicapped passengers first. Please lie down and form a stable base. Medium sized passengers next followed by small. Children will then be used to fill in any gaps. Thank you for flying Ass-hat Air."
Posted by: Punkin | September 22, 2009 at 04:04 PM
Shotgun!
Posted by: Siouxie | September 22, 2009 at 04:05 PM
No really...gimme my shotgun and I'll hurt whoever came up with this bright idea.
Posted by: Siouxie | September 22, 2009 at 04:06 PM
Just think! You too can now sit for hours and hours facing some nitwit that you avoided in the waiting area. They should pass some of these out.
Posted by: nursecindy | September 22, 2009 at 04:12 PM
Well then, by all means, let's legalize cell phones to go along with the new seating.
Posted by: Cheesewiz | September 22, 2009 at 04:14 PM
Hey, actually, you know I would go for the standing seating option if it meant a free flight. I travel to Vegas sort-of-frequently and it's only an hour flight. If I didn't have to pay that extra $150.00 for a round-trip ticket, that might be worth standing for an hour.
That face-to-face seating has got to go, though.
Posted by: Schadeboy | September 22, 2009 at 04:31 PM
The good news is the seats do not face the screen, so you are not forced to watch "Paul Blart: Mall Cop".
Posted by: MartiniShark | September 22, 2009 at 04:31 PM
The easy solution would be to heavily sedate all the passengers... then you could pile them anywhere....
I would be OK with this.
Posted by: Clark Kent | September 22, 2009 at 04:53 PM
Elon - there have been many children on airplanes whom I'd LOVE to put in jars.
Posted by: Guin | September 22, 2009 at 05:39 PM
No seatbacks. No overhead bins. No video screens. I'd pay $1 for that kind of luxury.
Posted by: Braniff | September 22, 2009 at 05:41 PM
In first class, all the seats face away from each other.
Posted by: CJrun | September 22, 2009 at 05:53 PM
*snork* @ CJ!
That's fuyny.
I'd like to upgrade, please.
Posted by: Siouxie | September 22, 2009 at 05:58 PM
It is also funny.
Posted by: Siouxie | September 22, 2009 at 05:58 PM
That's enough wine for Siouxie.
Posted by: nursecindy | September 22, 2009 at 07:56 PM
awwwwwww mom!!!!
Posted by: Siouxie | September 22, 2009 at 08:45 PM
Siouxie is going to need that wine if she plans on getting on one of those planes.
Posted by: NotSoShyJan | September 22, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Looks like a Junior High dining hall.
Posted by: Clankazoid | September 22, 2009 at 11:12 PM
I like when they say that if you don't want to fly the cheap, face-your-neighbor way you can pay extra to fly the old-fashioned-seating way. What they don't tell you is that you'll have to wait until the one single plane in their entire fleet that hasn't been converted to the new seating style is assigned to the route you want to fly. Good luck with that happening before they convert *that* plane, too.
Posted by: ScottMGS | September 23, 2009 at 02:04 AM
Two words...
"That sucks."
Posted by: billinbossier | September 23, 2009 at 07:16 AM
For the standers, they said they'd have bar stools. Does this mean they'll have an open bar, too? I mean, a free flight and all the booze you can drink in under an hour... Might work!
Posted by: eilbeback | September 23, 2009 at 08:43 AM
Um, would I have to sit facing anyone in the loo? I'm hoping that I could still sit down in there....Judi doesn't allow hovering.
Posted by: nannie | September 23, 2009 at 09:06 AM