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Insane idea: Load people like cargo. Seriously. Just have the whole passenger section setup like cargo pallets and wheel them in and out of the plane. Why b
by timewizard 2y ago
Insane idea: Load people like cargo.
Seriously. Just have the whole passenger section setup like cargo pallets and wheel them in and out of the plane. Why bother walking up and down a narrow aisle? Just have a "passenger marshalling facility" away from the airport, have the interior section in parts there, have everyone comfortably load up, put that on a bus, wheel that straight to the plane, then load them in like large scale cargo through a huge side door.
Lock them down and send them wherever. Do the same in reverse at the destination.
- alwa 2y agoI’m reminded of Eero Saarinen’s “mobile lounges” at Washington’s Dulles Airport https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dulles-airport-mobile-lounges https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dulles-airport-mobile-lo...
- robotresearcher 2y agoEach one has to be a pressure vessel, so either we have a bunch more pressure doors on the plane, or each one has its own toilet, galley and staff. Sounds expensive.
- timewizard 2y agoOne giant pressure door vs several small ones. The sacrifice, and why this wouldn't work all that well, is evacuation.
- robotresearcher 2y agoJust realized a plane already has a few extra pressure doors I'd forgotten about for emergency exit. And yes, evacuation issues kill the idea.