owl 105 points a year ago

These standing seats have been coming next year for the past decade, but they always failed safety tests. Planes need to be evacuated within a certain time frame, which does not work when the plane is too densely packed.

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Honytawk 25 points a year ago

Can't they go Middle Earth on them and just create more doors?

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owl 1 point a year ago

Pilots were asked about the problem and one said "I sen guards to the exits to help with the evacuation."

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Jimmycakes 7 points a year ago

Did the stronger younger people try pushing the frail and children out of the way during these safety tests? Because I feel like the plane world empty quickly in that scenario

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owl 6 points a year ago

"Do you feel capable of opening the exit in case of an emergency?"
-- Yes.
"Do you feel capable of throwing the old woman behind you of of the window in case of an emergency?"
-- What?
"Do you know how to punch someone unconscious if they fall to hysteria in case of an emergency?"
-- I would like to leave the plane now.

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isolatedscotch 2 points a year ago

dont give them ideas!

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Ek-Hou-Van-Braai -13 points a year ago

I think we should relax rules on how quickly it is to evaluate a plane, and focus more on keeping the plane in the sky. (looking at you Boeing)

I'd love sleeping pods or bunk beds on a plane and accept the higher risk of not being able to get out quickly.

Cars and probably even train are infinitely more dangerous and we accept those risks every day.

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Saleh 33 points a year ago

There is no legitimate reason why trains or cars should be more dangerous modes of transport than flights. It is just that the lobbies for cars and capitalist train operations successfully desensitized everyone to it, so "deadly car crash" is just shrugged away. In the US we see similar attempts to make planes less safe and just accept the numbers of people killed in preventable events.

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owl 3 points a year ago

I don't think loosening regulations in one place will help in other places.

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Jimmycakes 2 points a year ago

And if we are making rules about exiting a plane it should apply to when the plane lands normally. There is absolutely no reason it takes 30+ mints to get the fuck off the plane once we've arrived at the gate

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Akasazh 2 points a year ago

Why not both?

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