Researchers armed with Ikea furniture, board games, and plastic-wrapped meals, wanted to know how people would handle themselves if airlines swapped those cramped rows of miserable seats for something more imaginative. They tested something A3 [the California-flavored startup-within-a-multinational-corporation at Airbus] calls “Transpose”—a conceptual modular cabin that offers a bevy of in-flight activities: a facial over here, a latte over there, a spin class up front. — Wired
Think that’s weird? Well, once the plane lands, a crew can pop out one interior and toss in a new one, moving things about to create the next flight’s passenger experience.
According to the article, this idea might not ever actually take off. There's a host of regulatory as well as logistical issues. But it's a serious project that Airbus has a dedicated team working on!
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never gonna happen: bodies = cash, that's just a bunch of wasted space meaning less profit for the corporations.
this is a decoy for their real intentions http://www.wired.co.uk/article/airbus-seat-patent-passengers-stacked
Lower passengers get crop dusted with farts the entire flight...just make sure you get upper deck on burrito night.
HA, I actually found out that you can fart freely on planes, the pressurized air movement takes them away fast enough to not be ashamed.
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