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hunter

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28. Roller coaster type seating and supersonic rockets might be acceptable...

Sun Dec 23, 2018, 02:45 PM

Dec 2018

... traveling anywhere on earth in twenty minutes.

WARNING!

This rocket journey is a high speed turbulent ride through space.

No child under the age of 7 may ride without an adult. All passengers must ride in their own seat.

For safety, you should be in good health and free from high blood pressure, heart, back or neck problems, motion sickness, or other conditions that could be aggravated by this adventure.

Expectant mothers should not ride.

Hours in such a seat? No thanks. I don't fit comfortably in the seats airlines have now -- my knees hit the seat in front of me.

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New airplane seat that claims to make flights cheaper would basically require passengers to stand [View all] EarthFirst Dec 2018 OP

Wonder if it would increase the risk of thrombosis? Pachamama Dec 2018 #1

Why not just use meathooks? n/t delisen Dec 2018 #2

Or just throw all of the passengers in a giant trash compactor. Imagine the cost savings. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2018 #21

They need to be disinfected between flights. Igel Dec 2018 #24

LOL!! peggysue2 Dec 2018 #35

You speak the truth customerserviceguy Dec 2018 #39

......Nope. Nt Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2018 #3

Some version of this nonsense pops up in the news every couple of years. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2018 #4

Yep sakabatou Dec 2018 #36

Just remove all the seats itsrobert Dec 2018 #5

No thank you. badhair77 Dec 2018 #6

Like this! tblue37 Dec 2018 #7

O.M.G. peggysue2 Dec 2018 #37

Kinda sucks if you have extra short legs that dangle Ms. Toad Dec 2018 #8

Install them immediately in AF1 ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #9

Might as well use safe standing seats from soccer ornotna Dec 2018 #10

OMG, soccer fans have to endure that??!! customerserviceguy Dec 2018 #40

LOL Takket Dec 2018 #11

Nope, nope, nope. Not for me. Whenever possible, I plan to travel by train. Aristus Dec 2018 #12

The train route frequency beween Germany and North America still leaves much to be desired. n/t DFW Dec 2018 #14

I will put up with a hell of a lot on a plane if the destination is Germany. Aristus Dec 2018 #17

I won't. DFW Dec 2018 #20

Those will be planes I definitely will NOT be flying on DFW Dec 2018 #13

Looks like someone actually believed Mick O'Leary of Ryanair ! OnDoutside Dec 2018 #15

If anyone thinks that they are going to anchor this to the ceiling of a airplane turbinetree Dec 2018 #16

Evocative of the Southern Airlines commercial - 1970s DemoTex Dec 2018 #18

Ugh was on an airitlaia flight from Frankfurt to Rome earlier this year kimbutgar Dec 2018 #19

So no overhead bins? LiberalFighter Dec 2018 #22

Sure. Igel Dec 2018 #25

Midwest Express, later just Midwest PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #23

I flew Midwest, just once. Loved it Siwsan Dec 2018 #27

Everything changed after 9/11 oberliner Dec 2018 #29

People who like standup desks will choose this. zaj Dec 2018 #26

Roller coaster type seating and supersonic rockets might be acceptable... hunter Dec 2018 #28

How do you fit in there if you are overweight? Polybius Dec 2018 #30

Why are they the same color as a Spirit Airlines plane? jmowreader Dec 2018 #31

Spirit wants to add a First Class CreekDog Dec 2018 #43

This reminds me of a roller coaster crazycatlady Dec 2018 #32

That's killing my balls just to look at it. Dave Starsky Dec 2018 #33

Clearly customerserviceguy Dec 2018 #41

standing would be ok on short flights if they can be really cheap JI7 Dec 2018 #34

South Park called it NickB79 Dec 2018 #38

Next step: rendition seating. Drugged, diapered and stacked like cord wood. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2018 #42

How many more blood clots from flying with legs at that angle? nt pnwmom Dec 2018 #44