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Airline May Introduce Standing Room Only Section
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Posted on 07/06/2009 1:29:00 PM PDT by Scythian

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary wants passengers to stand on the budget airline’s flights, in a bid to pack in more people and boost profits.

Passengers would pay less to huddle next to what have been described as “bar stools”, with seatbelts around their waists.

O’Leary got the idea from Chinese airline Spring, which put forward similar plans — estimating they could pack in up to 50 per cent more passengers and slash costs by 20 per cent.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airline; ryanair; standing
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I can hear it now, Jet crashes, 1,230 perish ...
1 posted on 07/06/2009 1:29:00 PM PDT by Scythian
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2460.2567 in Europe ....


2 posted on 07/06/2009 1:30:20 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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I can hear it now, Jet crashes, 1,230 perish ...

1,300 survive. :-}


3 posted on 07/06/2009 1:30:27 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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What about turbulence?


4 posted on 07/06/2009 1:30:27 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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No way, Jose!


5 posted on 07/06/2009 1:30:48 PM PDT by theknuckler_33
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I thought weight used to be an issue with these large metal things in the sky.


6 posted on 07/06/2009 1:30:50 PM PDT by BipolarBob (It takes a Kenyan village to raise a US president.)
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7 posted on 07/06/2009 1:31:04 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (...and never forget that!)
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Terrorist class.


8 posted on 07/06/2009 1:31:12 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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I’ve seen this first hand on Ariana Afghan Airlines, but without seatbelts or stools. Instead, just grab onto the piles of luggage in the back of the plane and hang on!


9 posted on 07/06/2009 1:31:19 PM PDT by JeepInMazar
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That’s just so they can charge more for heavier passengers and more or densely packed baggage.


10 posted on 07/06/2009 1:32:07 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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I’d do it, if they had some decent beers on tap.


11 posted on 07/06/2009 1:32:08 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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And the ambulance chasers are already lining up!


12 posted on 07/06/2009 1:32:19 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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O’Leary got the idea from Chinese airline Spring,

That's all you need to know! Feeling a bit 'leery' yourself flying in such a clap trap?

13 posted on 07/06/2009 1:32:57 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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This sounds like a job for Japanese subway packers.


14 posted on 07/06/2009 1:34:23 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Chrysler and GM are what Marx meant by the means of production.)
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What about turbulence?

What about flatulence?

15 posted on 07/06/2009 1:35:00 PM PDT by sourcery (Obama Lied. The Economy Died!)
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Obviously, this must refer to flights in the UK of 40 minutes or less.

Typical incompetent story, not mentioning that crucial detail.

I just don't see this for transatlantic flights, if it allowed at all.

16 posted on 07/06/2009 1:35:20 PM PDT by Publius6961 (Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
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What about turbulence?

Consider it an opportunity....

17 posted on 07/06/2009 1:36:14 PM PDT by r9etb
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18 posted on 07/06/2009 1:36:31 PM PDT by Leisler ("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged."~G.K. Chesterton)
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I think they’re going to parachute folks off over destinations to save fuel, no need to land for touch and go’s ...


19 posted on 07/06/2009 1:37:06 PM PDT by Scythian
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I just don't see this for transatlantic flights

Really?


20 posted on 07/06/2009 1:37:55 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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