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Re:Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘cr... by vonmoltke on Monday March 30, 2020 @01:14PM (#22729922)
How do you properly secure cargo in receptacles intended to secure humans?
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Re:Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘cr... by namibj on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:05PM (#22731155)
German post uses it for next-day letter delivery. They just put the boxes in bags and use the seatbelts to stap the bags to the seats.
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Re:Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘cr... by luckylion on Monday March 30, 2020 @01:40PM (#22730204)
Is that really an unsolved problem in airline business? It can't be that hard to build small containers that fit on the seat and can be fastened with the seat belt system.

Obviously, you won't want to do this for general cargo transport, but for "hey, we have a grounded plane, but transporting air mail gives great rates right now" situations?

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Re:Demand for medical equipment is making air cargo fees ‘cr... by frandroid on Monday March 30, 2020 @03:37PM (#22731474)
So it's not a solved problem on massive scale because there aren't frequent and long worldwide air passenger traffic shutdowns.
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