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Small planes and no business class: will flying ever be the same again?
- mikestew 7y agoAin't no 2m/6ft between these "socially distancing" ladies: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/16/small-planes-and-no-business-class-will-flying-ever-be-the-same-again-covid-19#img-2 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/16/small-plane... As to the topic at hand, I dunno, either we just don't fly anymore unless we have to, or we collectively decide to go back to "normal" and changes will be minimal if at all noticeable. But from where I stand, it's all supposition and we'll just have to find out as we go along.
- redis_mlc 7y agoI have a commercial pilot rating, and travelled on business for years. The trust needed to travel in the pre-SARS-2 days will never fully return. We got a glimpse of that a decade ago when an American had a virulent form of TB in Italy and had his passport revoked by the US govt. But corona is a 10/10 on the disruption scale. All I can suggest is that Boeing and Airbus put their heads together and figure out what it means to protect pax from a pandemic It might mean hepafilters, more bleed air and pax wearing masks. FYI: the recent fuel-efficient airliners appear to re-circulate cabin air far more than previous designs, for fuel efficiency reasons. Engine bleed air used to be injected into the cabin, but recirculating is several percentage points more efficiet. And lethal if even one pax is sick.