The 20-Hour Flight Is Coming, and It May Have a Gym and Bunks

Re:The 20-Hour Flight Is Coming, and It May Have a Gym and B... by jonknee on Thursday August 30, 2018 @05:05PM (#17880748)

> It's not going to happen, because airlines want to cram as many seats as possible, even in business class.

Obviously this seems far fetched, but Airbus seems to be pushing the idea of putting the bunks underneath where cargo would normally go. Not sure the FAA approval requirements to have people down there, but this wouldn't take up any existing seating:

> Airbus in April gave a glimpse of the future when it unveiled at a Hamburg exhibition the sleeping modules that could slot into an aircraft’s cargo compartments. The berths will initially be available on the A330 from 2020, and potentially on the A350, the company said.

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Re:The 20-Hour Flight Is Coming, and It May Have a Gym and B... by jedberg on Thursday August 30, 2018 @07:32PM (#17881746)

If the FAA allows it, then why would they put bunks when they can put more seats?

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Re:The 20-Hour Flight Is Coming, and It May Have a Gym and B... by kbenson on Thursday August 30, 2018 @07:46PM (#17881815)

More seats means more people, which means more weight, and possibly more requirements for emergency escape given that number of people. Bunks mean just shifting existing people/weight to different areas, and even then only temporarily. During an emergency if there's time they could try to shift some number of people back to seats (some emergencies play out over many minutes, not just seconds).

All speculation, of course.

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Re:The 20-Hour Flight Is Coming, and It May Have a Gym and B... by jonknee on Thursday August 30, 2018 @08:01PM (#17881883)

I would assume it would not be allowed for takeoff/landing (no emergency exits) which would mean no ticketed seats.

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