" The flight would have to be near free for me to sign on with this . "
You may have seen this image circulating in the past few days of a conceptual design for double-decker airplane seating.
The prototype wascreatedby Alejandro Núñez Vicente, a 23-year-old airplane seat designer that is trying to reimagine economy-class flights. His design, “Chaise Longue,” was first presented at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in 2022 in Germany, and after tweaking his original prototype, he returned again this year.
Naturally, the internet had something — well, many things — to say about Alejandro’s innovation. The biggest concern seemed to be with your upstairs neighbors' flatulence levels if you’re traveling on a lower level seat:
Would you care a stranger to fart directly into your mouth?https://t.co / owXD5jYz3J
Honestly , the only matter missing from air locomotion to make it greater was sitting in a fart splash zone.10/10 . No notes.https://t.co/NRSonenge9
Airlines : How can we make flying more wretched for mass with no money and who are larger than normal?Engineers : we made it so you may break wind in their face faces , toohttps://t.co/jyCEiw7Gwn
And just hygiene and spillage issues in general:
I ’ve sat next to the great unwashed that micturate their pants , vomited , spit , spilled drinks and food . Sitting under them sound like a great thought . I intend , how much more greedy can air hose get ?
“Aside from having your head in someone’s ass, what happens to the people on the bottom level when the upper puts their seat back? Besides getting clocked in the head, you can’t get out! All the M&Ms, peanuts, and liquids raining down the entire flight? This is a new level of suckatude. The flight would have to be damn near free for me to sign on with this bullshit,” exclaimed Reddit useru/BeepingJerry.
People were also quick to mention the lack of accessibility with this design. “I’m disabled and there is no way whatsoever that I would be able to get in or out of any of these seats. If any airline does this, they’ll need to be prepared for many lawsuits for disability discrimination,” Reddit useru/blueocean43said.
“This screams, ‘fuck people with disabilities,'” saidu/socialanimalspodcastin agreement.
Alejandro’s design apparently allows for the seats on the lower level to fold “theater style” so that it’s more accessible for people with disabilities and wheelchair users than the upper level. Which means that those who require more accessibility are likely subject to the lower level seats — or what the internet is referring to as the “fart zone.”
No , because breaking wind . But I have to because ♿ .https://t.co/aBUwX0M2Bc
Not to mention, people have safety concerns overall with both levels and aren’t convinced that the double-decker configuration would pass routine safety tests:
Absolutely the nooky not . For a million reason , but primarily : in even a small stroke ( skidding off an polar runway ) , how is the top stratum NOT crushing the scurvy grade ? This is just utterly absurd.https://t.co/uL1U8sWRTE
No thanks . Because imagine if we doss and I live , then the seat falls on me making me stuck , or injuring me bad . I ’ll pass.https://t.co/abPJW4Q9eV
Personally, I would feel VERY claustrophobic in the lower level, and I’m definitely not alone in this. I think it’s going to be pretty tough to convince people to take that lower middle seat unless you quite literally pay them to do so.
“How do you even get in/out from the middle? It looks like you would have to slide your bottom across everyone else’s lap,” Reddit useru/dxh13echoed.
Alejandro doesn’t seem to mind the negative feedback, though. “Most of the times when they show you something new, everyone hates it at first, they’re scared of change,” he toldCNN. “But the more you show it, and the more you develop it, and the more they see it, the more they get used to it.”
It ’s also worth mentioning that Alejandro would n’t completely eliminate all received airplane seats with his plan . The melodic theme is to have the double - decker seating room in the heart with two columns of standard thriftiness stern on either side .
It’s true that some people don’t mind this potential new seating arrangement — specifically citing the increased leg room: “This actually looks more comfortable. People are just having knee-jerk reactions. The guy in the photo has his legs fully extended and his back reclined. Definitely not possible unless you book business class on a regular flight,” said Reddit useru/Shwne.
But the general consensus seems to be that the double-decker design isn’t the direction we should be heading in. Especially as travelers areadvocatingfor more accessible and comfortable seats on planes.
People were just talking diddly-shit about the cleaning woman advocating for more space on planes and size secernment and now they want y’ all to play Lincoln Logs in Group 1.https://t.co/azcRnB2Ced
