i'd be willing to believe it's an economics thing more-so than a physics thing. one could envisage a '747-like' sized plane with many passenger escape-pods sim

i'd be willing to believe it's an economics thing more-so than a physics thing. one could envisage a '747-like' sized plane with many passenger escape-pods similar to the pod from an B-58 Hustler -- but who would pay the astronomic cost for such a ticket? and similar to what the other person in this thread mentioned : those escape pods won't help during takeoff/landing phases.