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Airbus has been working on making the economics of the A380 even better for airlines who buy it: pack 11 seats into a row:
Airbus has found a way to make flying economy even worse. That’s quite a feat, given how crummy the experience is these days. The trick, it turns out, is eliminating one the few remaining saving graces of air travel: better than even odds you won’t be squeezed into a middle seat. Generally, you’ve got a two in three chance of landing an aisle or a window.
But now, airlines flying the Airbus A380, the largest commercial jet on the planet, can reduce those odds. The European plane maker announced this week that it will offer a 3-5-3 cabin configuration, creating rows with 11 seats.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, the future of civilized air travel lies with airships.
(Score: 3, Funny) by subs on Saturday April 18 2015, @07:41PM
Many major western airports are operating at or close to capacity, so more wings in the air isn't feasible. Meanwhile, the demand for cheaper fares has been relentless. Larger airplanes seems possible, but so far, market interest for the larger A380-900 [leblogfinance.com] variant has been weak and it would not necessarily makes fare cheaper (larger planes cost more money).
I've actually ridden in a A380 and I have to say, it's much better than a comparable 747. Much quieter and roomier, and I say so as a Boeing guy myself. I'm not a fan of the 11-seat config, so I'd vote for larger airplanes and fares staying the same.
Who here would, rather than bitch and moan, propose a real solution? And who would be willing to pay for it? And don't say stupid things like "airships!" - airships, for their enormous size, have minuscule passenger capacity, are slow and are gas guzzlers. That's not solving the problem, that's just mental masturbation.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by FatPhil on Sunday April 19 2015, @08:15PM
and you're just blowing off steam ... punk.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday April 21 2015, @07:45AM
"and you're just blowing off steam ... punk."
To blow [something] off is, amongst other things, to dismiss.
And what happens when you interpret the ' ... ' as nothing but a pause? (', ' woudl have been the normal punctuation for the misconscrual)
So you're left with:
"and you're just dismissing steampunk"
Which is precisely what your post, at least the part that I quoted, was doing. The fact that your wording was quite strong made it all the more fitting (but easier to not see the pun).
I don't mind "-1 too devious a pun", but flamebait I refuse to accept. And yes, I know that if you have to explain a joke it wasn't funny.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves