Standing Room Only

Have you noticed that every year it seems like there is less and less leg room on a plane? If you haven't, then it must be nice to be sitting in First Class seats. Recently, New York Times reporter Christopher Elliot reported that Airbus pitched a standing room only area to Asian carriers. The idea was that you could fit many more people in a plane if you lined them up and strapped them to what amounts to a padded backboard.

Airbus has denied the claims saying that they are "totally idiotic", but Christopher Elliot is not changing his story, and he has posted a concept image that he received from someone on the whole concept.

Interestingly enough, they don't look too bad, and if it was safe, and cheap, it could be a viable option for short commutes of say half an hour or so, like from Ottawa to Toronto, besides, it can't be any worse than being six feet and two inches tall and being squished into a seat that was designed to be only reasonably comfortable for someone five feet and ten inches tall.

Photograph of Airbus Human Steerage [The Consumerist]

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