Standing Up on flights

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Originally Posted by wixard

oh ok better than what i thought which was standin up like on a train

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i thought that too

i hope this happens, it looks fun

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Originally Posted by Jordesh

because of take off and landing, and tbh it is a stupid idea, it basically is a seat.

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It has elements of a seat but which would you rather do, lean on that or sit on a seat? They're quite different :P

I'm not against the idea, it's not like you're forced to stand up on flights, it's your choice. For any flight less than 90 minutes I'm sure it'll be fine.

it would proberbly something for short flights to places such as across the country, or to france or ireland

they look very uncofortable, i won't be flying on these planes if those seats are introduced.... i'll sit on the floor first

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Originally Posted by Mathew

I think you're all being pessimistic and can't handle letting go of the past. We need to go forward and try new things rather than sit around (or in this case, stand around) and not progress.

I don't know if it's just me, but I really don't see why everyone is hating these new "seats" so much? Your feet push against the floor so you're not going to go anywhere during take off and landing; not to mention it is their intended use to be on short-haul flights, so your feet aren't going to ache. Again.. maybe it's just me, but if you could go from Manchester to Amsterdam for a mere £5, I'd be booking in a heartbeat, regardless of whether I had to stand up or not. You have feet - use them.. and stop shooting everything down!

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Airport taxes make it so it isn't £5 though. I don't want to go on an aircraft that will fly above 10,000ft and stand up (in a way) for my whole flight, I would want to sit down in comfort but then again I wouldn't' go on RyanAir so the chances of me actually using these types of seats are quite slim. Either way, if they get banned on UK Airlines then way to go CAA!

RyanAir is crap sitting down, why would anyone "stand up" on them flights?!

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/...72_634x594.jpg

Better image of the seats above, they look much better in this image then the one in the first post of the thread. I'm not too sure about them really, I would rather have a normal seat over anything really. They also need to be certificated by the European Aviation Safety Agency before any airlines start putting these in! (well for Europe anyway)

they are basically bloody seats just you lift up a little

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Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx

Airport taxes make it so it isn't £5 though. I don't want to go on an aircraft that will fly above 10,000ft and stand up (in a way) for my whole flight, I would want to sit down in comfort but then again I wouldn't' go on RyanAir so the chances of me actually using these types of seats are quite slim. Either way, if they get banned on UK Airlines then way to go CAA!

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Still works out cheaper than now though!

Despite how crap RyanAir are, I still give them credit for wanting to go ahead with something like this. I suppose they can't make their reputation any worse though :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/...72_634x594.jpg

Better image of the seats above, they look much better in this image then the one in the first post of the thread. I'm not too sure about them really, I would rather have a normal seat over anything really. They also need to be certificated by the European Aviation Safety Agency before any airlines start putting these in! (well for Europe anyway)

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I prefer the ones in the main post tbh, not sure how they can label these "stand-up" seats when you're sitting down!
The ones above look incredibly uncomfortable, especially with that lump coming up between your legs!

It won't happen, at least in the UK and USA, we have sane safety laws in terms of air travel thank God.