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The thing all the examples shown in the article have in common? They are designed for teeny tiny baby sized people. I'm 6ft 4in and I am willing to bet that non
by jccalhoun 3y ago
The thing all the examples shown in the article have in common? They are designed for teeny tiny baby sized people. I'm 6ft 4in and I am willing to bet that none of the designs are for accommodating tall people.
- novok 3y agoEconomy class as it is doesn't accommodate tall men properly either on a pure shoulder width basis as it is, with ever shrinking seat widths and economy+ doesn't fix this either. It's also an airplane only thing, vast majority of seats are wide enough for an extra inch or two of shoulder width from the male average.
- culebron21 3y agoI'm not tall, just 175 cm, but even for me it looks like you'd have to travel with no dignity. Those 2-level chairs where you have to shunt your body in... This is happening even in sleeper train designs too: instead of a coupe with 2 sofas with a table in the middle and 2 (or 4) folding berths above them, you're getting non-convertible suitcase to throw your body in, and lay down all the way, probably looking into a phone. No serious window, no sitting at a table, no standing upright. Plus, for some reason all the stuff is really thick. Like earlier there were cases for bags under the sofa, with wall made a sheet of steel. Now they're desinging them like 4 cm (2") thick, probably of cardboard, and they just eat space (because train cars have no place to expand, they've been at max widths already). I have to add that a berth with a rectangular wall behind to lean against, is a torture for anyone's spine -- whether for lower back or for the neck.
- AndrewKemendo 3y agoMaybe it’s just not for everyone I think we have this idea that something can be designed to accommodate anyone and it’s just wrong You can’t fly a fighter jet if you’re too tall or too short Should we change the requirement so that anyone can fly it? No, we just say you can’t fly if you’re this size Not everything is for everyone
- adastra22 3y agoMaybe it's okay to exclude 6' 4" people from being air crew. I don't think it's okay to exclude them from being air passengers though.
- tempestn 3y agoCertainly not from being air passengers at all. Perhaps some seating/bunking options could be unavailable though?
- goodnewstallman 3y agoGood news! Statistically, you're likely to make hundreds of thousands of dollars more just in wages/salary over your career compared to someone of average height, to say nothing of the compounded effect of that extra income if you're savvy about investing it. Paying for premium cabin seating when necessary ought to be within your means, and frankly seems only fair given the height/wage premium is wholly unearned.
- akozak 3y agoWhat a bizarre thing to say to someone!
- FourierEnvy 3y agoAgreed! Statistics can be very bizarre!
- dzhiurgis 3y agoYes, not in any way sexist or racist!
- ryanwaggoner 3y agoQuite literally…
- loeg 3y agoIt's not like regular economy is designed for tall people, either.
- 2-3-7-43-1807 3y ago> teeny tiny baby sized people seems like the air is pretty thin up there ...