![]() This raises the question of how people will be able to effectively store and access their carry-on luggage. Airlines will doubtlessly attempt to cram as many people as possible onto these planes, packing them in as tightly as possible. Bob Seidel, CEO of Alerion Aviation and an experienced pilot, explains that one of the biggest contributing factors to this is a lack of pilots, something that doesn’t seem like it will change any time soon. To even stand up out of your seat you need to bend backwards and then shuffle past your other neighbors now extended legs.įurthermore, it’s a simple fact that planes are becoming more crowded. Imagine that you’re at 30,000 feet and have to use the bathroom, or suddenly realize your seat mate is attempting to breastfeed a cat. One photo from CNN’s article implies that the aisle seat can be removed for easier access, but this seems impractical when boarding or mid-flight. The middle seat, already a cramped experience for whichever unlucky soul ends up there, now looks to require a few advanced yoga techniques to access. There are also practical concerns with which to contend. A fraction of additional leg room and a footrest hardly seem worth catching three hours of crop-dust, especially as more and more flights are foregoing mask requirements. Planes do not offer the ideal sensory experience to begin with, but it’s hard to see how that can be improved by facing directly down the barrel of someone’s fart cannon. The lower seats are also unavoidably faced directly into the butts of the passengers in the higher seats. Even the CNN travel reporter, clearly doing her best to demonstrate the benefits of the design, looks wildly uncomfortable in the lower seats, desperate eyes and tight smile silently pleading for escape from a tightly meshed array of plastic and fiberglass. First of all, the prototype seats are way more cramped than their original design. Seriously, yikes.ĪHHHHHH!!! Everything about this design sets off every mental alarm bell we have. Photo: courtesy Alejandro Núñez Vicente Yikes. Núñez Vicente (as you are likely an avid reader of Nerdbot articles, like the rest of the cool kids), please take the following as growth opportunity. ![]() “”I grow more from listening to the critics and listening to the bad comments, than from listening to the good comments and the flowers that they throw me,” Núñez Vicente told CNN. ![]() ![]() A prototype was put together and tested at the Aircraft Interiors Expo, and is now being shopped around for various types of planes. It eliminates the overhead baggage compartment in favor of storing everything below the seats. In Núñez Vicente’s proposed design, there would be a dual-level seat cabin, with each row alternating between on-floor seating, and seats elevated a few feet above ground. To solve this problem, he proposed the Chaise Lounge Economy Seat Project. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.Īccording to CNN, 21-year-old student Alejandro Núñez Vicente got fed up with the lack of leg room on commercial flights. Without thinking too much about it, what’s the worst part of flying? Did you say “feeling like a sardine inhaling the smells of fellow passengers?” If so, also you’ll be thrilled about the new seating prototypes. ![]()
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