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Qantas Tests 20-Hour Non-Stop Flights to See If Passengers Can Bear It
Qantas Airways Ltd. will run marathon ghost flights from New York and London to Sydney carrying just a few staff to see how the human body holds up before commercial services start. Qantas said Thursday it will simulate the world’s longest direct flights with Boeing Co. Dreamliners as soon as October. The payload of 40 passengers and crew, most of them employees, will undergo a host of medical checks and assessments. (www.bloomberg.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
20hrs non stop is hard work in cattle class.business and above ok.someone will take it up.for me 7hrs is about my limit
Ithink progress should be aimed at making the jets go quicker so spending less time in the air.
I can see the London-Sydney route, but New York-Sydney might run afoul of the 8th Amendment:“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”
If the target is longer flights, they should change the design of the airplanes. There must be somewhere to stand and spend time etc. I think that no one can't sit 20 hours long, without any activity.
Maybe this is the reason why Airbus thought the A380 was the future. Hub-to-Hub, instead of 20 hour plus flights. I, for one, will not fly that long. All my flights are Business Class (or, as Americans call them, "First Class) - but, even in a full-flat bed, with pillows and duvets, and a noise-cancelling head-set, and plenty of room, I find 17 hours is pushing it. Just my opinion. Who cares about a 2 hour change-over at a hub, to break up an extremely long (20 hour) flight? I'd rather do 10+10 hours, and a 2 hour change, than 20 hours straight. Just my opinion.
accomodations must be tailored so those with the least luxurious seating can be "comfortable" enough so as not to stage a mutiny. bigger seats, more space- just like back in the 80's... regular food and guilded exercise periods might help too. The
quantas shuffle: stand up, line up, walk around the plane, sit down. shut up, do it again.....
quantas shuffle: stand up, line up, walk around the plane, sit down. shut up, do it again.....
Who wants to bet than in less than 15 years the same news will have "Airline company tests 24 hours non-stop flight from X to Z in Commercial Drone"