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This is the future of airplanes. Windows add cost and reduce the structural integrity of the plane. Commercial airlines are already removing them. https://www
by bgorman 6y ago
This is the future of airplanes. Windows add cost and reduce the structural integrity of the plane.
Commercial airlines are already removing them.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44383220 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44383220
- mortenjorck 6y agoWow, this is a literal nightmare for flight anxiety sufferers.
- flak48 6y agoNot being sarcastic, my claustrophobia kicked in and my breathing literally became a bit heavier as I imagined sitting in a metal tube without windows. Had never considered how psychologically important windows are, before.
- Someone1234 6y agoOnly if they don't replace them with even larger digital "windows." There's also been work towards electronic windows in aircraft.
- sirk1882 6y agoYeah but it'd be cooler if the sides were completely digital "windows". What should these be called? Dindows? Digidows? Digdows? I live in the arctic and I was thinking of building a home without windows but with same idea. It allows you to remove convective heat loss from windows almost entirely. Not to mention it's much cheaper than shipping up glass windows.
- EricE 6y agoI could see airlines charging more for "thrill" planes that have 360 immersion "windows" wrapped all around you. Wonder Woman eat your heart out! (Her flying in that invisible jet in the cartoons always freaked me out when I was a kid)
- epicureanideal 6y agoOr special flights where the windows make it seem like you're flying into space and landing on Mars.
- jeffreyrogers 6y agoThe last flight I was on had the window shutters down and lights off almost the entire flight.
- jacobwilliamroy 6y agoCommercial airlines have a future? In the near future, only the wealthiest people will be able to fly, and good luck denying them windows. As for everyone else, Im thinking theyre taking the windows out because they are planning to convert over to cargo flights or something.
- romski 6y agoYou can fly right now if you want to - flights are very cheap! What point are you trying to make?
- jacobwilliamroy 6y agoYou can buy a cheap ticket on an empty plane. Do the math. This is a passing thing, and airlines are either going to raise prices or go out of business.
- Kliment 6y agoYou can buy a cheap ticket on an empty flight that then gets cancelled.
- smabie 6y agoWhy do you think that?
- jacobwilliamroy 6y agoBecause COVID has completely rejiggered the economy. Airlines legally are not allowed to pack hundreds of people into a cramped cabin. They're selling fewer tickets at lower prices, and they were already losing money on poor passengers to begin with. Plus, the oil crash is still coming. Fracking has delayed it for a short time, and the covid lockdowns also have slowed consumption, but it is still inevitable. Before fracking, the U.S. army expected peak oil to happen sometime around 2015. Keep in mind, fracking is less efficient than old methods of oil extraction, and produces fewer barrels for the same amount of energy, and the energy for that extraction process comes from... oil. So we're burning the house down from both ends. Airlines don't stand a chance, in their current form.
- ricardobeat 6y agoWhy not keep a thin horizontal sliver of glass instead of removing it completely. In most flights the blinds will be pulled down anyway. You can still peek outside, and no need for fancy electronics all around the fuselage.
- radmuzom 6y ago[Off-topic] In the Mass Effect games series, Geth (a synthetic race) warships don't have windows as they are considered a structural weakness. In the game, there are some interesting conversations based on that.