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Have you done an 8 hour flight in economy? It's absolutely miserable. Noise pollution over the Atlantic affects literally noone.
by bongodongobob 2y ago
Have you done an 8 hour flight in economy? It's absolutely miserable. Noise pollution over the Atlantic affects literally noone.
- kachapopopow 2y agoYes and if you're talking about economy you will never be able to set foot on a plane like this either. There are proposals to have this over land as well which I am very strongly against to the point of not wanting a company like this to be successful.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> There are proposals to have this over land as well which I am very strongly against to the point of not wanting a company like this to be successful Air NIMBY! On a serious note, the only way this gets overland approval is if it’s comparably loud to existing options. Which given the work that’s been done on sonic booms, and some of the old kit that still flies, isn’t as hard as you’d think.
- rockemsockem 2y agoAre you unfamiliar with the work NASA is doing on sonic boom reductions? Or are you too cynical to care?
- kachapopopow 2y agoVery familiar, but even regular planes are loud as hell already since I happen to live between the airport and a holdover route.
- rockemsockem 2y agoIdk what altitude planes are at in a location like yours, but there is certainly going to be an altitude limit on supersonic flight over land.
- bongodongobob 2y agoI don't care if I can't, some people can. Good for them.
- Peanuts99 2y agoIt likely has an affect on whales and other marine animals as shown by a number of studies previously.
- kachapopopow 2y agoI've completely forgot about this! It also affects other airplane systems (mostly pito tubes) which can cause the autopilot to disconnect or master caution to go off which have been known to lead to confusion and major incidents in the past.
- postexitus 2y agoIt's not like they are flying at 1000 feet above the ocean. at between 30-40k feet, if you can hear the jet engines, you are a lucky whale!
- kachapopopow 2y agoYou can in fact hear super sonic flight above you even at 30 to 40k feet, think of the noise that spacex falcon rockets produce, but it's hard to compare legitimate explosions going off every millisecond to a needle piercing the sky.
- mmustapic 2y agoYou can pay for business or first class. Supersonic flights won’t be cheaper.
- bongodongobob 2y agoDidn't say they would be.