Posted on 09/13/2010 12:23:53 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
...so some people aren't thrilled with the idea of a stand-up airline seat. How about a saddle seat that threatens injury to your private parts?
That's what one Italian company has come up with, CNBC reports. It's developed what it calls the SkyRider, a seat with a 23-inch pitch or less.
A 23-inch pitch means there's 23 inches of passenger space between the seats. That's at least 8 inches less than what you normally get in economy class, writes Jane Wells.
But that's not the worst part. The company, Aviointeriors, says sitting in the seat is similar to riding on a "touring motor-scooter."
..."Meet the airline seat that will destroy your crotch," writes Chris Morran on the Consumerist. "One turbulent flight and we're all asking for ice packs."
The company says its seats are comfortable. "Cowboys ride eight hours on their horses during the day and still feel comfortable in the saddle," a company executive told USA Today...
But the pictures just don't make the case. After looking at these, I think we'll all be clamoring for the stand-up seats that European airline RyanAir is proposing...
(Excerpt) Read more at articles.moneycentral.msn.com ...
She looks happy. It must be that part of the saddle? It looks uncomfortable for most men, though.
Smaller, less comfortable seats but ticket prices will go up....
And what about the overweight traveler? How is that person going to fit into the two seats the airline will make him purchase?
-PJ
I am sure people like George Soros, Warren Buffet and William Gates Sr will be putting money into this and lobbying for it as well. According to them, us peons don’t need to travel in comfort !
That’s the funnies thing I’ve read today. Yeah - are we asking for much, maybe your balls get to ride in first class.
That’s the funniest thing I’ve read today. Yeah - are we asking for much, maybe your balls get to ride in first class.
I was at a theater the other day and they had a demonstration of the next greatest thing - seats that vibrate. I kid you not.
Holly-weird has completely run out of ideas.
Oh, it looks uncomfortable for most women, too. Those things look awful.
And then imagine how it would be when Fatso sits in the seat next to you...gaaaah!
In time for the next Sex In the City movie?
Well, you know old men and their balls....lotsa time spent figurin out how they’re gonna sit, straddle, etc....
I thought for a minute I dreamed that so I googled it. Sure enough, they are calling this innovative new technology D-Box chairs:
http://consumerist.com/2009/05/moving-vibrating-chairs-creeping-into-movie-theaters.html
I don’t know, she seems to be enjoying herself.
This seat has the full endorsement from the NOW !
> Must have been designed by a woman....I don’t see no place for a pair of balls....
How about a seat with hip and leg room great enough to accomodate somebody 6 foot tall or more. Planes are too cramped as it is, and they’re still looking for more ways to cram more people on board.
A plane seat should have, at a minimum, the same amount of hip, head, and leg room that is available in the front seat of a full-sized Dodge pickup truck with the seat in its farthest-back position.
I wish the airlines would just come clean and say: “To the traveling public. WE HATE YOU.”
Oh No! Hitlery won't like THAT!
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