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What would u prefer for a 15 hr. flight?

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How would you like to fly?

  • In an ABH cabin.

    Votes: 7 53.8%
  • In a conventional cabin.

    Votes: 6 46.2%

  • Total voters
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Here’s a concept for commercial a/c passenger cabins that can provide every passenger with a fully reclining seat:

www.airbornehotel.com

I'd like to know—bottom line—how my fellow travelers would prefer to travel, this way or the old fashioned way.

Cheers! :)
 
I'd rather be in the front seat flying the plane. I hear the pay is good up there.
 
As an interim solution, I'd prefer hammocks, gently swaying to and fro like hanging cocoons, or at least bunkbeds stacked on either side of the aisle.

But long-term, we should pursue a design that consists of floor-to-overhead banks of beehive-hole tubes that we could crawl into and lie down for the entire flight. Inside each, we could adjust the lights, temperature, and volume of the PAs. Music and videos could be selected to an individual's taste. Pillows would be supplied, and each would be stocked with basic drink and foodstuffs. A well-padded interior would protect the individual from effects of turbulence. At one end of each tube would be a sliding door you could lock from the inside, and at the other a window with tint and polarization controls. First class passengers would occupy the top row, each of these being afforded a large skylight window in addition to their side one.

Each hive compartment would be soundproof, fireproof, (and since they are constructed individually) designed to break free, scatter, and bounce across the ground in the event of an off-aiport landing that results in an aircraft hull breakup. Inside their respective compartments, the passengers remains comfortable and unharmed as they cartwheel and scatter in all directions, away from the chaotic inferno of the crash site proper. Of course, each one would also float and thus serve as it's own flotation device (no more rummaging around for those cheapo, so-called "life" vests).

When boarding, anyone holding up the line because their carry-on won't fit through the opening of their hive-hole, would be shoved through a door at the rear of the airplane and ejected from the hive.
 
Dead Horse

How long are you going to keep beating this ABH drum? Do you work for the company? I will stand by my opinion that the airlines will not change unless ordered to.
 
Get real. Engineering wise in existing aircraft, there is probably insufficient room between the main deck and ceiling, crash worthiness of such a setup would add huge amounts of weight to the aircraft, and climbing up and down ladders would almost certainly result in pax injuries and susequent liabilities. In addition, such a setup would result in a much more caustiphobic look to a cabin, unless large numbers of seats were removed. It's obvious to any blithering idiot that such a configuration would result in cost so astronomically high as to render it absurd.

Hey, I got an idea!! Why not have a library, hot tub, gym, and hairdresser salon onboard. OOPs, I forgot, the Airbus 380 is going to have all that stuff, right? . . . . . just like the 747 Piano Bar.

As for CATYaak's suggestion . . . .we could have the beehives in the terminal. You board your beehive at the luggage checkin, then are loaded container style in the aircraft. Just think of it . . . no standing in line to board the aircraft . . . . sort of like a dog kennel.
 
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Draginass:

There is sufficient room between the main deck and the ceiling of the aircraft; these factors have been taken into consideration already.

Weight: Conventional seats are only attached to the aircraft’s structural elements at one point, which means they must be highly reinforced and, thus, heavier. The modules’ monocoque construction design, with multiple union/fastening points allows for very light yet highly reinforced and flexible structures. This ensures that the ABH design will be at least as light—if not lighter—than conventional seats and hand baggage bins.

Ladders: I feel I must point out that both the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380 aircraft have stairways in their design. Also, sudden severe turbulence is extremely rare. The ABH integrated ladders’ design avoids injury and offers plenty of ergonomic grip points.

Space: The modules’ design itself has plenty of open elements, which allow for good air circulation and a comfortable, open environment.

Costs: It’s well known that airlines spend large amounts of money entertaining their passengers (estimates for 2001 are at about US$2.2 billion). This entertainment is provided to ease passenger discomfort during long flights, which means that if passengers are comfortable airlines will not need to spend these amounts to entertain them. Moreover, the ABH concept’s materials and mechanisms are designed to be simple and of low cost, both in their production and maintenance.

By the way, many people have expressed their approval and positive views about this concept; most of those who have expressed their concerns or negative observations have done so in a polite and respectful manner.
 

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