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I’d love a capsule-hotel-style option. I don’t care how cramped it is. I feel like you could stack some bunks that take up the same cubic-space-per-seat as exis

I’d love a capsule-hotel-style option. I don’t care how cramped it is. I feel like you could stack some bunks that take up the same cubic-space-per-seat as existing seats. I only need enough space to lie sideways with my phone in front of my face and a USB port and I’d travel a lot lot more. Context: Physically disabled and have issues sitting on chairs for longer than 1-2hrs before my legs are in excruciating pain, but also, before I had this issue I would’ve loved a submarine-bunk option.

saagarjha 7y ago
> I only need enough space to lie sideways with my phone in front of my face This sounds like it'd get a lot more uncomfortable than sitting pretty quickly.
- ObsoleteNerd 7y ago
  Each to their own. I sleep on my side so that’s all the space I’d need to rest and read or watch something on my phone for a while then sleep for the rest of the trip. I’d rather sleep through flights than sit uncomfortably crammed into the pathetically small chairs they give you these days.
  - seanmcdirmid 7y ago
    Beds in Asia often don’t have a lot of padding, they aren’t designed for side sleepers, you would be on your back quickly. Incidentally, a wooden chinese bed will cure you of side sleeping in a few days if you ever want to go that route. I found my sleep was better, but I reverted back to side sleeping quickly after getting to use a normal western bed again (after about six months of using the Chinese bed).
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    If you're just sleeping I can see it being fine. I'm just concerned that doing anything other than that will be uncomfortable.
fivre 7y ago
You could, and you'd likely create an evacuation pathway nightmare in the process.
- systemtest 7y ago
  You could eject the sleeping pods out the side of the plane with a small thruster rocket and a parachute.
- d33 7y ago
  Ignorant question, but: do we actually have at least one (preferably more) documented cases of where the evacuation happened and was successful?
  - jcranmer 7y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549 ?

saagarjha 7y ago

> I only need enough space to lie sideways with my phone in front of my face This sounds like it'd get a lot more uncomfortable than sitting pretty quickly.

ObsoleteNerd 7y ago
Each to their own. I sleep on my side so that’s all the space I’d need to rest and read or watch something on my phone for a while then sleep for the rest of the trip. I’d rather sleep through flights than sit uncomfortably crammed into the pathetically small chairs they give you these days.
- seanmcdirmid 7y ago
  Beds in Asia often don’t have a lot of padding, they aren’t designed for side sleepers, you would be on your back quickly. Incidentally, a wooden chinese bed will cure you of side sleeping in a few days if you ever want to go that route. I found my sleep was better, but I reverted back to side sleeping quickly after getting to use a normal western bed again (after about six months of using the Chinese bed).
- saagarjha 7y ago
  If you're just sleeping I can see it being fine. I'm just concerned that doing anything other than that will be uncomfortable.

fivre 7y ago

You could, and you'd likely create an evacuation pathway nightmare in the process.

systemtest 7y ago
You could eject the sleeping pods out the side of the plane with a small thruster rocket and a parachute.
d33 7y ago
Ignorant question, but: do we actually have at least one (preferably more) documented cases of where the evacuation happened and was successful?
- jcranmer 7y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549 ?