Non Region Specific Innovative coach seating for airlines?

[Tricia]

Just when you thought coach seating couldn't get more cramped.

Here's what it might be like to travel on a double decker airplane seat

Airplane seat designer Alejandro Núñez Vicente reckons his double-decker airplane seat could revolutionize budget air travel. CNN went to the 2022 Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg to try it out.

www.cnn.com

 

[fatbob]

It doesn't seem like it's about making it more cramped but about extending leg room for "bottoms". Which I assume airlines would then price at a premium compared to "tops". Installing a bulkhead effectively every 2 rows makes me think this would be a no-go for FAA type rules and for smart configuration which most modern passenger jets seem to be set up for.

 

[my07mcx2]

Just when you thought coach seating couldn't get more cramped.

Here's what it might be like to travel on a double decker airplane seat

Airplane seat designer Alejandro Núñez Vicente reckons his double-decker airplane seat could revolutionize budget air travel. CNN went to the 2022 Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg to try it out.

www.cnn.com

saw that this morning on GMA and i was like great i get to have someone's butt right in front of me.

 

[Seldomski]

Good luck getting off this plane in an emergency. Not going to happen. I guess they would need to have some 'standard' seats that are handicap accessible as well.

How does in flight service work with these? Or are they getting rid of that too?

 

[dbostedo]

Eh... there have been other suggested seating changes to pack more people in. I've seen a few, but usually access, safety, or PR have served to kill them. I'm guessing this will be the same. One I recall is way back in 2012, Ryan air got as far as going for flight testing for "standing" seats for short flights (they run a lot of under 1 hr flights in Europe). But safety issues and lack of seatbelts killed it.

 

[James]

Wonder if Boeing has anything like this at their museum at the factory in Everett. They used to have mock up interiors with timed seatings for people to evaluate. You go in, take a seat and then they ask questions. When I was there ten years ago you had a little box to answer on. At that time they were testing lighting colors.

 

[crosscountry]

lack of seatbelts killed it.

Seatbelt should be able to be included even for standing "seat"!

 

[James]

Seatbelt should be able to be included even for standing "seat"!

Guess they couldn’t get past “seat” for a belted standing position.

 

[slow-line-fast]

I want bunk beds

 

[Sibhusky]

I want bunk beds

At the age of 70, I finally flew business class across the Atlantic with lie-flat seating and I'm never going any other way.

 

[Itinerant skier]

I want bunk beds

Too late. They came and went:

https://www.cntraveller.in/story/sleeper-class-when-airplanes-had-bunk-beds-just-like-trains/

This double decker seating has almost no chance of ever being anything more than a mock-up. Likely wouldn't meet evacuation requirements.

 

[Paul Lutes]

At the age of 70, I finally flew business class across the Atlantic with lie-flat seating and I'm never going any other way.

This, a thousand times this! Now I get grumpy on flights over 3 hours that I can't lie down on. There should be senior discounts for such amenities.

 

[James]

How about looking out the roof?


I think they’ve forgotten you’re above the clouds, so daytime would be a nightmare.

https://simpleflying.com/next-level-luxury-glass-pod-concept-puts-passengers-on-top-of-the-plane/amp/

 

[Sibhusky]

Not conducive to sleeping.. or watching the inflight movie.

 

[crgildart]

Good luck getting off this plane in an emergency. Not going to happen. I guess they would need to have some 'standard' seats that are handicap accessible as well.

How does in flight service work with these? Or are they getting rid of that too?

Window side upper level needs to use the bathroom twice an hour for the duration.. FUN!

 

[Wilhelmson]

We flew Delta from Boston to Dominicana. I was comfortable for the full 4 hours.

 

[neonorchid]

saw that this morning on GMA and i was like great i get to have someone's butt right in front of me.

Don't sit behind Dan on Taco Tuesday!