The Future Of Airplane Seats?

inside-digital.blog.lonelyplanet.com:

Man has made large metal people carriers fly. From here on in, it's all just a tweaking of the original concept: fly it faster, make the plane bigger, put a gym on it, or make it see-through.

Recently, the changes seem to have been all about airline seating -- whether luxury-ing them up or trying to give new meaning to the term cattle class -- and let's face it, the subject of seats tends to get a passenger very fired up. So we thought we'd take a look at the most recent developments (possibly) coming to a plane near you.

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Comments

[DanSc]

08:03 PM on 10/20/2010

This will never happen, and not just because passengers won't stand for it. Airline seats undergo crash testing just like cars, and this would never pass.

[SaddieMcCall]

12:01 AM on 10/18/2010

How would anyone bring an infant with them?

I guess they are lucky that they aren't planning to force you to hold your luggage in your lap for the entire trip.

[nsmavrik]

09:37 PM on 10/17/2010

Gees,

Why have any seats, then. How about a pole where we hold onto it while on the plane. Maybe a hand rail. or a sling.

Unbelieveable

[MikeDu]

02:13 PM on 10/17/2010

Well, you've got a typical jumbo jet that burns *fifty thousand gallons* of fossil fuels between fill-ups. I'd imagine Prius owners cheering on airlines who were trying to get more utility out of each gallon! Not that I'd want to sit in one of those darned seats, though.

[tiredofpc]

10:59 PM on 10/15/2010

uh uh, no, nein, nada, forget it; need more?

[uncc49er]

12:21 PM on 10/15/2010

cattle class, that is what it is called.

[angrymanspokane]

11:37 AM on 10/15/2010

A couple of hours riding on my schnuts? No thanks.

[ScottSutton]

04:41 AM on 10/15/2010

NO......NO NO NO NO NO

[Marc NL]

08:16 PM on 10/14/2010

Looks comfy for about 5min. Even the guy showing it off looks like he is in pain.

[Hardyman1966]

04:29 PM on 10/14/2010

When the d*ck who invented this does a 10-hour stint on this cr*p THEN we can talk.

[whowhatwhywherewhen]

04:20 PM on 10/14/2010

If this really happens, they better start training flight attendants to say..."coffee, tea, or preparation H"...cause if I have to sit in those bad boys for a cross country flight, my hemmorhoids will be barking.

[Max Shaw]

04:19 PM on 10/14/2010

Haha, saddle seats? You must be joking sir. Would rather sit in the overhead compartment. At least then I could stretch out.

Although the 'cuddle class' sound awesome, unless someone decides to get frisky on the couch right next to you..then its just an 'awkward class'.

[JScott]

03:48 PM on 10/14/2010

Sleeping pods? Hmmm why don't the just give passengers a sleeping pill and then stack em like they do drawerlike in a morgue, hey then they could cram a lot more people in, and no one has to be fed, get blankets/pillow or even maybe not even furnish bathrooms (except for maybe the crew/staff.)

[mlkx]

09:52 AM on 10/16/2010

I have been thinking the same thing for years. When I tell other people this, they always point out what happens in case of an emergency evacuation. But given the odds, I would rather still be asleep and stacked.

[derrickhoyle]

02:19 PM on 10/14/2010

I'd rather flap my arms.

[chiara12]

02:57 PM on 10/14/2010

Time to push for more high speed rail lines!

[derrickhoyle]

04:09 PM on 10/14/2010

In the US, you can drop "more" from your sentence.

[normanx]

01:00 PM on 10/14/2010

Uh... actually, that is the future of me only taking trains and boats... end of story.