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Standing Room Only

Posted: Friday, July 02, 2010 by nonamedufus

Here's something that should delight weary airline passengers who had to stand in line at check-in, security, and while waiting to board their airplane.  You're going to be able to continue standing until you reach your destination.


Ryanair flight with majority of passengers standing at rear of plane


Who could have seen this one coming when we started paying for food and booze - well except those high-flying elitists in first-class - headsets, pillows, blankets and what have you?


First there's no leg room and now there's no seat room!


Ryanair in Great Britain wants to introduce a standing area at the back of their 250 planes. The idea is to remove the existing seats and install more rows of so-called "standing seats". Now, I'm sorry.  You can't have it both ways.  You either sit or you stand.  Call it what it is. Standing room only.


The vertical "seats" would allow a passenger to be strapped in while standing up.  Of course, this would replace flying stand-by with flying stand-up!


Is that a tray table or are you just happy to see me?


Oh, and to add insult to injury, the airline would charge passengers to use the bathroom.  


Now a smart passenger would pay the discounted fare - about $7.50 - to stand and then pay $1.00 to go to the bathroom and...sit! (That's s-i-t.)


There's no window, but you get to take a load off...in a manner of speaking.



 

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