Low coster soon to introduce "standing" seats
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Low coster soon to introduce "standing" seats
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/south-america/colombia/articles/colombian-airline-wants-to-introduce-stand-up-flights/
Well, AirBUS will finally live up to their name.
Well, AirBUS will finally live up to their name.
GB Airways were doing it in 1981 on the Tangier - Gibraltar Viscount; kids standing in front of their parents during takeoff and landing.
I did it in a Viscount too; BEA from Inverness to Sumburgh. I was invited to the flight deck but there was no jump seat fitted!
I did it in a Viscount too; BEA from Inverness to Sumburgh. I was invited to the flight deck but there was no jump seat fitted!
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I did it in a Viscount too; BEA from Inverness to Sumburgh. I was invited to the flight deck but there was no jump seat fitted!
As for an entire plane load of pax standing up, naaah!
Last edited by Hotel Tango; 27th Jun 2017 at 17:20. Reason: oops, wrong IATA codes
I did it in a HPR7 Herald too
BIA Blackpool to Lossiemouth circa 1980. In order to sit down I had to fashion a throne out of bales of the Scottish Daily Mail (printed in Manchester). I'm sure the Mail is regularly used on the throne but not as a throne.
BIA Blackpool to Lossiemouth circa 1980. In order to sit down I had to fashion a throne out of bales of the Scottish Daily Mail (printed in Manchester). I'm sure the Mail is regularly used on the throne but not as a throne.
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This will happen only happen when approved by the regulator. For that to happen, someone will have to demonstrate that standing passengers can be safely restrained and capable of withstanding certain g loadings in various directions. So who will cough up for that? Mick the Gyp has the cash, but he has decided not to do so. A seat manuafacturer? It might be worth it but I doubt it. So that leaves the aircraft manufacturer. If this was a good idea they would have done it by now. Even for the greediest this might be a step too far.
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so comfortable....
Standing room flights: Will VivaColombia pull it off?
Maybe the plan is to make the PAX seats more uncomfortable than the pilot seats - then the pilots cant complain any more....
Standing room flights: Will VivaColombia pull it off?
Maybe the plan is to make the PAX seats more uncomfortable than the pilot seats - then the pilots cant complain any more....
