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[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

For what it's worth: this was apparently a concept created by an airline seat company called Aviointeriors who showed the idea off at trade shows in 2010 (as the "SkyRider") and 2018 (as the "SkyRider 2.0" pictured here.) Pretty much all the news articles about it are about Aviointeriors claiming vague unsourced "plans" for them to be adopted by some future date, steeped in Aviointeriors' corporate PR speak, but the articles mostly end up being about the intense public backlash to the idea. No airlines have announced any plans to buy and use these seats, not even those lunatics at RyanAir, and in the years since all SkyRider mentions have been quietly removed from Aviointeriors' own site.

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[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The fact this company is still around makes me think someone with a lot of money is trying to promote the concept every so often just to see if the public might finally accept this ludicrous idea. A company being around for 15 years with 0 sales and just a concept means someone wants this to happen but thinks the only problem is that they haven't figured out the right pitch.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The company sells normal airplane seats and has been around for a long time. This pitch seems to have been an unsuccessful attempt to create a new market they could rule with their crappy invention.

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[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Next stage: inject you with strong sedatives and pack the plane with the bodies

[–] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I mean honestly though, I'm kinda here for that. It's essentially teleportation at that point.

[–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I am reminded of The Jaunt where animals and humans can survive teleportation only while unconscious.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 3 points 6 days ago

There's sci-fi show (I think it's "Foundation") where passengers have to be sedated for their high-speed space travel. Not teleportation, but I think it's approaching light speed.

Some alien race can handle it, so they are used as pilots and crew of the ships.

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[–] andybytes@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago

Lowest common denominator...capitalism in crisis. It's not a joke, man. If they can get away with it, they will.

[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean, I'm broke as shit. So if it halved the cost of the tickets I'd do it, but I'm 99% sure I'd be paying close to the same.

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 6 points 6 days ago

You must be a wizard. Of course the savings aren't transferred to you. When they fuck up. They put it on the consumer. Time is unwinding. The poor pay more.

[–] Manticore@lemmy.nz 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Standing still in place for a few hours is waaay more uncomfortable than pacing and walking around. Shifting the weight on our feet really helps

I can't imagine how awful these would be, especially with how cramped they'd be packed in (otherwise they're no smaller than chairs). God, you couldn't even bend down to scratch your knee.

I remember seeing pictures like this a looking time ago so I'm pretty sure they're fake bait. At best it's an idea somebody prototyped but won't use.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Cowards just need to go all in and hang us under the plane like an overhead roller coaster.

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[–] Talonflame@lemmy.cafe 2 points 6 days ago

It can even be dangerous for some people to be in a standing position for too long. I have a severe case of POTS caused by a genetic disorder. My heart stopped during a tilt table test, which is where I was forced to remain in a standing position. If I'm expected to pay more for a normal seat just because I'm disabled, that's ableism.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 points 6 days ago

Shifting the weight on our feet really helps

This is why some people use wobble boards with standing desks. Makes a big difference.

[–] ImmersiveMatthew@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I don’t get it. Why not just have bunk beds and everyone gets to lay down like those sleeper busses in Asia. They get way more people on those busses than with just seats

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

First it'll be the seats. Next they will remove the floor. Now it's one of those dangling roller coaster rides without rails! 😃

[–] tzrlk@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Apart from the deadly practicalities, and the boring route, that does sound kinda fun ngl.

[–] Talonflame@lemmy.cafe 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What about people like myself who have POTS and can't be in a standing position for too long? My heart can legit stop causing me to pass out if I'm standing for too long.

[–] threeduck@aussie.zone 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Then don't book standing seats?

[–] Talonflame@lemmy.cafe 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Why should I have to be forced to pay more for sitting seats just because I have a disability? What if all the sitting seats are fully booked or the plane has no sitting seats for passengers? It's like intentionally designing a shop with several tall steps at the entrance that would make it impossible for wheelchair users to enter, and the wheelchair users have to pay each time they shop there to have a ramp extended at the entrance so they can enter. It's an example of ablest design.

[–] slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 9 points 6 days ago (4 children)

This extreme capitalism is absurd and needs to end. People like to pretend that the state taking over industry is some radical thing, but it’s the only way to make it function correctly. Capitalists have not demonstrated an ability to handle anything, they’re like toddlers.

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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

"Second hand coffins, cheap!" -Stan, slaps lid of coffin

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I'm over 40 and I usually stand up about half of my working day. But I wouldn't want to stand in an airplane because it's cramped.

[–] dankm@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago

I'm tall enough I can't stand up on any plane I've been on in the last several years....

[–] kraftpudding@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Not really worse than standing on the train for hours. But, standing on a train doesn't make the ride cheaper. So, in some ways better than standing on the train

[–] nixcamic@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I've stood on the bus for 4-5 hours before. When I was younger I could sleep standing on the bus. Not sure if I could pull it off now.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 3 points 6 days ago

I hate air travel so much. I have non-local family so deal with a single r/t per year, but that's about my limit.

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