Air travel

[blackfive]

I am fascinated by artists impressions of the propsed new generation airbuses where passenfers are shown strolling through shopping malls, eating in restaurants etc, etc. My question is, are cabin staff going to be issued with special tools for scraping passengers off the ceiling when the plane hits clear air turbulance?

[Pinotage]

Its an artists impression and bears no realationship to what will really happen, which is that it will be packd with seats as close together as they are now so the airline can pack more and more people in.

 

They had similar artists pics of the insides of 747's showing people wandering around, spacious seating, cocktail bars etc, but you know what economy is really like.

 

The artists are employed by the aircraft manufacturers; the airlines choose inside fittings and seating configurations.

[Spellmaster]

Pinotage my old friend, don't forget that your use of 747 as a plural means no apostrophe is required.

[blackfive]

Thanks Pinotage, my question was of course tongue in cheek as I'm well aware that the sardine syndrome will prevail. Your comments about 747s (that OK Spellie?) are interesting though as the very first models actually had a cocktail bar in first class!! It was upstairs in what is now normally business class and on BOAC machines was called the 'Captain Cook Lounge'.

[Pinotage]

Once again that sad individual who calls himself Spellmaster has nothing better to do, and nothing whatsoever worthwhile to contribute, than waste space on this site.

[Pinotage]

I well remember the cocktail lounge upstairs. It got considerable publicity but lasted just about long enough to be covered in the news media before being replaced with more profitable seats. Meanwhile for years passengers booking economy seats for the first time on 747's were under the impression that they would be enjoying 'the comfort of a wide-bodied jet' and would be sauntering up to the bar.

 

They soon found out that 'the comfort of a wide-bodied jet' meant sharing 6 toilets between several hundred others and long queues at checkin and arrival.

[mufi]

Make no mistake the airline's will buy this aircraft to carry more passenger's. They will not want folk's wandering around in free space. Lot's more passenger's to die in a crash though. Mufi.