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Airline exec wants to stick passengers in the cargo hold
Alan Joyce, chief executive officer of Australian airline Qantas Airways raised the idea of someday using the cargo hold for a new class of cabin, where some passengers could sleep in large pods and exercise. (nypost.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
In the old cruise ship days, wasn't that called "steerage"? :)
Instead if diverting flights due to unruly passengers I would just throw them in the brig. Then we can enjoy coffee and bad food.
You are quite correct.
Maybe Uber will have self driving pod mobiles to pick you up at home, let you get in your pod and deliver you straight to the cargo hold. That way you never miss a moment of Facebook.
Fits right in with the Millenniums age of implanted smart phones
Not a new idea, years ago (in the dawn of jet age) there were ideas of "air bus". Where a Simi truck like bus come to pick you up in cities, then drive to the airport, then the passenger compartment detaches like a cargo container, and straight attached to the air frame.
This idea had been revived after 2000s where people suggestion that way there will be no chance of hijacking and in case of emergency, parachutes can bring the passenger comparment down safely.
Ultimatly, because the extra mechnisum will cause the overall weight become very uneconimal and complicated, these idea never left the paper...
This idea had been revived after 2000s where people suggestion that way there will be no chance of hijacking and in case of emergency, parachutes can bring the passenger comparment down safely.
Ultimatly, because the extra mechnisum will cause the overall weight become very uneconimal and complicated, these idea never left the paper...
Funny! Like a freight forwarder.