Originally Posted by
Catweazle
I was just wondering this morning, after noticing the bathtub in the bathroom still full of water ready to be bucketed out to the garden, do you think they'll ever have a swimming pool of sorts on long-haul international flights one day? Or, at least, perhaps a warm, bubbly spa-bath?
They do on cruise ships, but that's obviously because the ships nowadays are so darn big. Space on a plane, even for a 747 or an A380 is very limited, but I was just wondering what you think?
If something like this was to happen one day in, say 20 years, I wouldn't be surprised if Emirates would be the one to do it. Their first class suits look like they beat other airlines hands down (having said that, I've never flown in F with them)
While the technology probaby exists, there is no way to make it an efficient proposition. Water is VERY heavy and the fuel costs soar..they would unlikely be offset by the fees associated with using a pool.
The only way this could happen would be if there was a cheap source of energy for the aircraft. Fusion or something like that.