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Are those windows on top of the plane? Would seeing the empty sky above you be a good thing for passengers?
by idontwantthis 3y ago
Are those windows on top of the plane? Would seeing the empty sky above you be a good thing for passengers?
- bakies 3y agoDefinitely want them closed on long-hauls, but would be nice for light on domestic flights... Could also wear eye covers I guess.
- someplaceguy 3y ago> Would seeing the empty sky above you be a good thing for passengers? I would imagine seeing the ground above you to be much worse for passengers...
- i5heu 3y agoMaybe a looping from times to times would reduce the fear of space above the passengers.
- pwagland 3y agoAnd it would make those warnings about your baggage maybe having moved in flight much more notable.
- MadnessASAP 3y agoA proper loop will maintain constant positive G's. Wouldn't anticipate too much shifting. You wouldn't even need your seatbelt. Although I can say from experience, walking around at 1.5 G is uncomfortable, 2 G is downright tricky.
- canucker2016 3y ago...until all those people, who don't wear seatbelts while seated, end up falling to the ceiling and then falling to the floor. Anything not held down - imagine all the laptops and electronic gear - flying around the cabin...
- forgetfreeman 3y agoExcept for the sociopath in B3 who gets off on all the screaming...
- Arelius 3y agoThey are called skylights in buildings, I have to imagine being able to let in more natural light into the cabin, especially in a plane with such a wide body and corresponding distance between side windows is a generally good thing for humans.
- sleepybrett 3y agoI always thought you didn't want to do this because of UV exposure and heat reasons...
- itishappy 3y agoSurprisingly so! Humans really don't like being confined, and travel is stressful enough as it is... One of the options for my senior design project (~5 years ago) was designing an artificial skylight for a hyperloop-style vehicle. Evacuated tubes make natural lighting difficult, and they'd already determined this was going to be a major hurdle for making the thing an attractive option for passenger transit. They wanted it to respond to the vehicles movements as well. Cool project!