![]() If more people are packed on flights, then fewer actual flights get booked and depending on how that affects the bottom line, airlines might feel the need to gouge prices to compensate for fewer flights, or if they don't, then people may start pushing back against high prices when they're still flying out half empty planes and the one they're booking is packed to the gills. ![]() You think disembarking is a nightmare now? Imagine it with double the humanity! It could also lead to prices potentially skyrocketing. For the vast majority of air travel this would just create more danger during an event, more annoyance to passengers who have to deal with people climbing up and down from upper seating, and the fact that they've suddenly doubled the number of people you have to wade through to get on and off the plane. In the end, these ideas would cram more people into a plane for sure, but flights already go out partially empty all the time, so it's not really solving a problem except for certain specific routes and times that might be super popular, like from one huge city to another during the day, allowing for more people to travel at once for less fuel. ![]() Yeah, that takes up more space, but let's not pretend that those people aren't paying a premium for the luxury that makes up for the lower number of seats on the plane. It also seems sort of unnecessary when lots of trans-atlantic/long-haul flights already have set ups for personal "cabins" that can have the door shut and be converted into a bed. Lord help you if you're up there during a crash event. A little turbulence and someone could go flying. The idea of the sleeper bunk is novel, but also begs the question of how frequently that's actually gonna get cleaned, and having to climb up and down a ladder mid-flight. When fully half the seats on the plane can't be accessed by disabled people it seems like just asking for a lawsuit, and even the "ground level" seating looks to be troublesome for them. That's not to mention the fact that it looks like an absolute nightmare for accessibility. It also robs the upper seat people of the ability to stow a carry-on bag, which makes traveling long distances much more of a chore. And we’re letting the market come and tell us what we need to do next,” he says.While I'm sure it could be made plenty comfortable, it looks like a torture device. “Right now, we’re showing the market what we have. Núñez Vicente is hoping to partner with an airline or seat manufacturer to bring the double-decker seat concept to market. That’s the goal of the airline at the end of the day,not to make your flight better.” “So if passengers still fly in the worst economy class seats, why are we going to give them a better option? It makes money. “One of the phrases I get a lot, is ‘If it’s not broken, why change it?” says Núñez Vicente to CNN Travel. Economy seats haven’t drastically changed in decades although there have been other progressive concepts by designers. There are many rules and regulations along the way. The double-decker could be installed in medium to large wide-body aircrafts such as a Boeing 747 and Airbus A330. “My purpose here is the change the economy class seats for the better of humanity, or for all the people than cannot afford to pay for more expensive tickets,” says Núñez Vicente.
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