[moovova]

Just reading the article has my claustrophobia SCREAMING.

[o_1_2_3__]

It’s always easier when you can treat people like little interchangeable things.

[bert]

Boeing

[Tupelo]

I see some big time advantages to a passenger container or pod.
I also see lots of mostly self serving nay saying.
One thing guaranteed though, there will probably be a long noisy debate.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

Passenger's wouldn't wait to board, but would have to sit in a cabin pod for possibly prolonged periods while they get transferred onto the plane. Anything the airlines do is not anymore for the comfort/convenience of the passengers. It's for the bottom line of the airline. If they want to speed up boarding, then don't allow any carry ons (with the exception of small things like diaper bags, and computers), and do a much better/faster job with baggage handling.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

This actually seems like a good idea.

Why did Europeans come up with it?

[prisoner6]

I think something similar was tried a while back.

A better ideas might be a bus like vehicle without engine that could be winched or pushed into the bay of a cargo plane. Virtual Windows and it might be possible to make the vehicle able to be jettisoned in an emergency.

[jmcenanly]

Gerry Anderson had the idea 50 years ago.

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[Covenantor]

Heck, why bother with all that take off and landing cycle. Passenger pod drop off, easy peasy...Multi destination drop-offs, continuous flight.

A real E-ticket ride puts delicious fear back into air travel

[Vinnie]

Integrated bathrooms?
What about transfers? Standbys?
Most trips today include flying to a hub, transferring to another plane.

Lose a pod similar to losing luggage. LOL

[SampleMan]

The extra weight of a double body and associated increased fuel costs would totally negate any savings in time.

[Don Corleone]

Mooooooo!

[headstamp 2]

They used to call them cattle cars.

[Mister Da]

I have no urge to enter the plane earlier than I have to. The seats are cramped, the passengers often stink, & the ambiance is that of a cattle car.

Loading passengers into pods then loading the pods on the planes means I have to spend even more time in this hell.

No thanks.

[broken_clock]

This concept would be great when used to ship out of the country all the illegals.

"Your deportation hearing is over. Have a seat right over here. The flatbed truck will be here to take everyone to the airport"

[mikey_hates_everything]

What I want for those >6 hour flights (sleep chambers, but the flight attendant wouldn't be bad either):

[C. Edmund Wright]

Who knew we had so many genius aircraft engineers on this forum, all of whom are apparently superior to the engineers that Airbus has. Afterall, Airbus builds crappy little planes....../s

I call it the arrogance of the unknown. People assume that because their particular concern is not addressed in this little article, that they are the only ones smart enough to contemplate the concern.

[Soul of the South]

The wealthy elites all travel on private jets. More evidence the rest of us are just cattle.

[P.O.E.]

Overheard in crate 957A:

"You should have thought of that before you left the house"

[PoloSec]

One thing for sure whatever scheme’s they come up with, it is going to cost more to travel by air.

BTW I haven’t flown for about 3 years now, have the price of air travel got cheaper with the decrease in fuel costs??? I know there was time when lower fuel prices meant lower ticket prices.