Chinese airline planning ’standing-room only’ flights
Air travel is never pleasant – not in my opinion anyway. I hate being sealed into a gigantic, claustrophobia-inducing metal freight car and then hurled thousands of miles above ground level only to deal with hours of helpess anxiety and bad food (which is no longer included in the ticket, and must now be paid for separately thankyouverymuch).
Now one airline, Spring Airlines in China, wants passengers to do all this standing up for the duration of the flight.
Two words: fuuuuuck that.
By herding passengers onto the plane like cattle, the airline will be able to squeeze on 40% more people. They will still have to wear safety belts, however, although it sounds like they’ll be strapped in somewhat uncomfortably. “It’s just like bar stools,” Spring’s Zhang Wuan told China’s CCTV.”The safety belt is the most important thing. It will still be fastened around the waist.”
The bar-stool analogy is apt, since the only way I’d comply is if I were totally shit-faced.
(via Wired)
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