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Airbus 'mezzanine' patent has passengers stacked on top of each other
Cramped seating arrangements on economy flights could get significantly worse if Airbus' latest design ever becomes a reality. A patent filed by the plane manufacturer envisions stacking passengers on top of one another -- a bit like blocks in a game of Tetris. "In modern means of transport, in particular in aircraft, it is very important from an economic point of view to make optimum use of the available space in a passenger cabin,"...
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I cannot see a situation where this would be comfortable. I think it would be worse on the bottom as you have someone potentially laying down on top of you (I'm thinking how the top bunk is always better kind of thing). But the top would be awful for getting up and down or being too close to the ceiling. Just around uncomfortable situation.
Companies patent random weird shit all the time. Stuff like this helps bulk up their 'patent portfolio' without having to construct any of it. Since the patents have to be public, they can also use it as a sort of 'litmus test' for design ideas. Lots of responses from social media loving it? Well, then. Let's build it out. Lots of angry people? Well, just leave it in the portfolio for now.