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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by timewizard on Monday February 10, 2025 @07:48PM (#43007467)
Insane idea: Load people like cargo.

Seriously. Just have the whole passenger section setup like cargo pallets and wheel them in and out of the plane. Why bother walking up and down a narrow aisle? Just have a "passenger marshalling facility" away from the airport, have the interior section in parts there, have everyone comfortably load up, put that on a bus, wheel that straight to the plane, then load them in like large scale cargo through a huge side door.

Lock them down and send them wherever. Do the same in reverse at the destination.

Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by alwa on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @12:38AM (#43009357)
I’m reminded of Eero Saarinen’s “mobile lounges” at Washington’s Dulles Airport

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dulles-airport-mobile-lo...

Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by robotresearcher on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @02:28PM (#43017200)
Each one has to be a pressure vessel, so either we have a bunch more pressure doors on the plane, or each one has its own toilet, galley and staff. Sounds expensive.
Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by timewizard on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @02:42PM (#43017387)
One giant pressure door vs several small ones. The sacrifice, and why this wouldn't work all that well, is evacuation.
Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by robotresearcher on Friday February 14, 2025 @01:47PM (#43051660)
Just realized a plane already has a few extra pressure doors I'd forgotten about for emergency exit.

And yes, evacuation issues kill the idea.