From: "Erica VD Ginter" <eginter at klgai.com>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fwd: [rec.humor.funny] Solutions for hijackings
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:38:00 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Smith [mailto:sgs at aginc.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:03 AM
To: WSFA members
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fwd: [rec.humor.funny] Solutions for hijackings

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That said, I've always been partial to the idea of replacing the seats
and overhead storage compartments on airplanes with those "seats" used
in the dangle- your- feet- in- the- air roller coasters.  Instead of
having everybody shove and jostle their way onto the plane and try to
stow their luggage, the passengers would sit down and get strapped in in
the boarding area.  The seats would then slide on an overhead rail into
the plane.  No fuss, no muss, no shoving, no fights over storage space.
Since you don't really need an aisle in this arrangement, the airlines
could probably fit in more seats.

There are still a few things to work out.  Rest room use could be
arranged by having a computer rearrange the seats when somebody pushed a
button.  The seats would rearrange themselves to put the person who
needed it right next to the rest room.

Serving drinks/snacks is still a challenge, as is emergency evacuation.

After due consideration, I must comment that if this packing method were to
be used, EVERY trip to the restroom would be an emergency evacuation.

Erica
who is simultaneously very proud and duly ashamed of herself

--
Steve Smith                                           sgs at aginc.net
Agincourt Computing                            http://www.aginc.net
"Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense."