Air Travel, Chinese Style: No Seats
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Jul 4, 2009 02:20 JST
- Tags: Aeroplanes, Bizarre, Business, China, Made in China, Public Transport
A Chinese low-cost airline is planning to run flights with standing room only tickets, with passengers being made to stand for the entire duration of their flight, allowing up to a 40% increase in human cargo.
The president of the airline, Spring Airlines, claims the Vice-Premier Zheng Dejiang suggested the idea:
“He suggested that, for a lower price, passengers should be able to get on a plane like catching a bus, with no seat, no luggage consignment, no food, no water, but very convenient.”
The plan would entail discounted standing room only tickets, which has apparently been previously mooted by aircraft maker Airbus, with passengers strapped to boards during takeoff and landing.
Approval has not yet been granted, but with the blessing of so senior a figure the president is confident of approval.
Via Wanderlust.
What could possibly go wrong…
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Human catapult seems like a better idea.
That's actually plan B.
in flight groping キタ━━━━(゜∀゜)━━━━ッ!
... the most retarded thing ever. Have they even considered the take-off scenario for standing ? not to mention the disruption for balance once it manuevers. I hope they don't learn from a huge massive tragic accident just to realize life is not that for a risky flight.
standing?!
well good luck on that..
I cant take that news for real, i mean, if they could stuff more people in the plane, that means also more stuff to load in the back.. that would be too much weight, WOULDNT IT?
Another wacky idea from China I do hope that this will not go into effect because there are some people can't stand in a long period and what about food & water?
Traveling by plane will cost more time than traveling with a bullet train.
What could possibly go wrong…
D E A T H
that's not the only airline. if others don't what to take this they cant take other one. the result doesn't have to be death.
would anyone dare to stand for 24 hours or more?I don't think so..
its for local flight only i think...
stupit chinan with stupit idea.
don't judge the whole race just by 1 person's doing deep shit
that's not our idea, don't you know? you trust sancom more than google?
卧草泥马勒戈壁TMD一群不长进的
Darwin @ work
how come not being able to sit for the entire flight duration is very convenient??
to me,, THAT is tiring....-_-;
It reminds me of series Good Luck with Aya Ueto, it was all about passenger services.
Good luck China, or should I say "Goddo roku" hihihi :P
Sounds dangerous during turbulence.
Maybe they were tight together to the bar steel mount inside the plane… to avoid such that kind of things...
"This is Spaaaartaaaaaaaa ..."
This Is madnesS.... (.), (.)
(O)
maybe this is one way to reduce chinas population XD .... think of it ... if they add 40% more passengers in one plane and crash it .... more people die XD
That simply can't be. It's against international flight regulations.
A plane like that just couldn't land on any non-chinese airport. It'll never be allowed to simply taxi in those conditions.
Not to worry, the PRC will just tell nations that object to either accept it or they will stop trading with them. Similar to how they bully nations not to deal with Taiwan.
And some nations are up to their eyeballs in debt to the PRC (Sri Lanka, name one.) that they accept it not matter what law get broken.
Hmmm... You've got a point there.
What the hell..What are they going to do when there's turbulence??..??
What are they going to use as support???..
Their own feet perhaps?
All the passengers are gonna be dead by lead-poisoning by the time they get to their destination anywayz >.>
"human cargo"
Reminds me of a particular movie: First class seats are overly done complete with spa blah blah blah I can't recall (call it the epitome of luxury), while economy class is a bus-style standing place for passengers, uses old-school TVs that depend on aerials and blah blah blah.
Feels like the Mile high club.
just add wings :
http://img2.mlstatic.com/s_MPE_v_O_f_16853558_7475.jpg
Which anime is that image from?
You know what, why don't we just get everyone to pile in the plane. No clothes, because they take up space. Just shove them all in like sardines, on top of each other, they can have air holes to breathe with. We can put a net over them to keep them in the fuselage (no roof, that costs money too).
Hell, why don't we all just fund matter transportation research? Screw airplanes/cars/buses/motorcycles/bikes/simmilar-things. Beam me up. XD
In before accusations of molestation
This is obviously a conspiracy to kill off people to reduce China's population.
Come on Artefact, even Wai wai filtered their "news" more than this sensationalist rag....
Haha, while I do find news like this funny, I can't help but feel that you do indeed have a strong bias against China (coming from a Canadian). It's not so much that anything is being distorted, but just from reading the related news headlines, it seems that negative news about China usually emphasizes that it happened in China, while news about other countries often only briefly touch on or neglect the location altogether.
Anyways, on the topic at hand, while certainly there has been a history of safety negligence in China, I highly doubt this sort of thing would be implemented.
The article only pointed out that the airline was Chinese once.. and that was for obvious reasons..
unless you include the title.. but again.. obvious reasons.
but this kind of idea seems to be brought up from British before. so why target China?
but you hardly see any thing like
-men in (which country) raped a school-
Just look at the 4 related articles... I don't even remember any articles that included titles those that for any other country. It's obviously implied that this sort of negative thing is widespread in China when you use titles like 'Chinese Style'.
but that is boring is it not..?
forgive me I regret replying with those examples.. and maybe that was a pointless thing to do, and I admit my opinion was wrong tehe~..
but again.. this site is probably trying to get as many page views as possible.. maybe not in the 'nicest' methods.. but does it really matter? people don't come on this website to read articles of world peace and other idealistic things like that.. well i myself don't..
fundamentally if you are offended with these articles.. why are you here?
ah sorry.. to be honest i didn't read your first comment fully.. it seems you take no offence from this argument..
I have kinda embarrassed myself today..
yeah. tehe~
I think Ryan air got the same idea back in Europe. But CHINA IS BAD SHIT AND SHOULD BE NUKED, right ?
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and.. I think you have mistaken the purpose of this site..
and.. what would you name this article if you couldn't include China in it..
Air Travel, Fail.. maybe? - not so eye catching
a title that is devious, brings in more page view i guess..
At the same time, none of those except the Korea ones had any hint that the news was representative of the entire country. The last few simply pointed out the opinion or actions of a person. I wouldn't even consider anything about the Rozne Aso one negative.
The equivalent of that in this article would be "Airlines Vice-Premier Zheng Dejiang suggests seatless air travel in China.", or something to that degree.
“I suggested that, for a lower price, passengers should be able to get on a plane like catching a bus, with no seat, no luggage consignment, no food, no water, but very convenient.
oh, and safety are not guarantee.”
-Vice-Premier Zheng Dejiang
srsly... he deserved to be kill by Kira
he is helping kira by killing the sinful
It might be a reasonable idea if it's only local flights (500km max) and on small planes (not jumbo jets). I approve.
knowing china, overloading weight limit, fuel switched with cooking oil, cut cost parts...
wonder how long it can last if the plan has launched
It's only a reasonable idea if it never takes off from the ground.
ok theres economy class but what should this class be classified as?
Certain Death class.
LOL!!! That's very funny!! It certainly is death class.
Communist Class?
Are they serious?!! They aren't concerned for the safety of their passenger. Maybe it one of their plan for reducing their population. "Brace for impact everybody. When you hit your head, your dead".
all your seats are belong to us
yet another opportunity for all the gropers out there.
ah technology, first it was buses, then trains, now air planes! can't wait for public space transportation, hopefully by then we'll invent skin tight spacesuits for easy groping access.
Stupid fucking idea...
If this does go through, the pilots better have seats or they're fucked.
they should just hang swings from the ceiling
What the hell?! Chineses treat their own kind like trash? CHINA QUALITY AGAIN?
then throw all your item that MADE IN CHINA out if you have a problem with their quality.
Reminds me of a movie called "Soul Plane"....
"What could possibly go wrong..."
Something very right, like mass orgy
No plane.
They should do a men only room, in case of possible molest accusations.
imagine the US style china girl pointing as you and say: you molested me! now marry me!
i wander what will happen to the passengers when their airplane take off and landing... even when on bus also some time hard to stand when it take a corner…
I can't say too much about the safety of the matter given how China is known for their quality of manufacturing.
However I'm sure it's just as uncomfortable as being strapped to a board would suggest.
cargo -> fatalities
or in case of sea landing, waterboarding
"What could possibly go wrong…"
Pilot: dear passengers, we're going to enter a thunderstorm, so it's possible that we're going to experience some turbulence... please, make use of your safety belts.
Passengers:...
Pilot: "Uhh.. We will be in a turbulence for a moment, everyone please tighten your belts. Yes the one around your waist, if you don't have one you can ask your friends or buy one at our official vendor"
Vendor "Beeeeelts!"
wow....time for some free groping, and for good reasons!
"...please sit down on the floor like good little kids."
That's highly unlikely to happen. As i've been w/ the Chinese society every summer , and having some friends w/ a half-chinese blood but carrying on a strong Chinese cultural background. They are surprisingly conservative in such a matter of public issue (esp the male , they totally disgrace a female if its too casual or esp if its too liberal to look at) and are always money-concerned maniacs (business minded inshort , w/c i think , is too common for them).
They are not allowed to sit...
Let alone there is not enough space to do so xD
Passenger #1: OK, everyone join hands or hug each other, theres a storm coming.
*All Passengers hug one woman*.
lolz
what's that in between her legs?
oh...
It's a wathyoumaycallit...
Scrooge syndrome? ^^;; LOL
...The control Yoke. AKA the Joystick. ;)
The Chinese require their pilots to know how to poledance.
Joy. Stick. I c wat you did thar. (´∀`)
china is huge... you need to fly in air lines if you want to save days in travel time... so basically its is gonna be "like catching a bus, with no seat, no luggage consignment, no food, no water, but very convenient” ....
if u dun hav money to pay for normal ticket, stay in ur own country!
Don't be ridiculous anon, the "FLAP" stick is obviously used to increase your "lift".
Joy stick in the cock pit. Interesting...
[Looks at cockpit instruments]
Hmm... This stick says "FLAP". I wonder what it does...
FLAP down, FLAP up. FLAP down, FLAP up. FLAP down, FLAP up....
"...with passengers strapped to boards during takeoff and landing."
Will they strap them down using shibari techniques??
Something to make the pilot getting used to standing,I think... Considering that the seats will be removed...
Perhaps there's a hidden function for female pilots... Interesting...
This is obvious fake news -.-
It's impossible as China does not even manufacture planes, thus they can't change much of it.
Also with that many people the plane won't even fly as it would be overweight. 40% increase in passengers means 40% increase in luggage too. Also, the escape route would be blocked as well.
Who ever believes in this news is really stupid lol
You're forgetting though that the weight of the seats would be eliminated, and it seems you missed the bit about no luggage consignment, again a loss in weight.
Still seems like a late April Fool's joke to me, but eh.
its china and what are they famous for when not in manufacturing of course what else copying <_< PIRATE POWAH
http://www.ge.com/innovation/shanghai/index.html
China does final assembly for Airbus A320 and they also designed and built their own jet the ARJ 21
also...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKL_EpnSp8
its good for you and itll help you with your misinformation problem
YAAAA CHIKAN ACTION TAKEN TO A BRAND NEW LEVEL!!!
Or you never know they could all (men) just wait until the plane departs and molest/rape any hot chick endlessly until the plane stops just like they do on trains in japan..... just a thought though.
soon there will be an eroge for this
there will also be hentai, av, adult novel, 2d pics, 3d pics, doujin, mangas, for this....provided it is not ban by then