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Originally Posted by Allanf
(Post 32295182)
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/undefinedWouldn’t it be great if congress mandated humane seat width and seat pitch as a requirement for government subsidization. Maybe the silver lining will be reduced seat density offset by increase in ticket prices. Not sure about the math but 1/3 more seat room offset by 1/3 higher ticket prices, or whatever the ratio should be, seems reasonable to me.
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Here's a question for everyone who takes everything "social distancing" as bible. Would you take a plane ride with someone who knowingly has it, but is 6 feet away? All of your slowing the spread and flattening the curve are all useful for the big picture. Be reasonable about your reality though.
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UK budget airline EasyJet has announced that when it resumes services, they will initially be blocking the middle seats on their flights.
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Originally Posted by CarolynUK
(Post 32301518)
UK budget airline EasyJet has announced that when it resumes services, they will initially be blocking the middle seats on their flights.
The airline said the possible move was still under discussion. "Nothing is decided," the spokesperson said. |
I wouldn't mind if the middle seats were blocked off permanently. The airlines would have to fly more planes to serve the demand when it goes back to normal in a year
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Originally Posted by ft101
(Post 32297410)
Rightly or wrongly, most of the traveling public chose on price alone so it's unlikely to happen.
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Originally Posted by Often1
(Post 32258987)
The premise of this thread is that someone read a post on some other website in which some person said that something might happen. It's just another post with no factual basis whatsoever.
Even if carriers do implement some form of distancing for a short period of time, there is no reason to remove seats in order to do that and then restore those seats when this is over. Moreover, as pointed out, these distancing efforts do not even meet minimum guidelines so are just a sop to make people feel better about flying when the real answer is that they should not fly at all. |
Originally Posted by ZZYZXROAD
(Post 32282493)
Way off? The reason I mentioned remove the seat was to ensure no one can sit in it.
Looks like they are blacking them out. If they don't remove them will they tarp them over to make sure? They are going to have to police it if they leave them in, right? |
Originally Posted by CEB
(Post 32292975)
But if people stop to look at the DATA and ignore the EMOTION, you will see that since January, here in the USA, 5 times as many people have died of common influenza (the flu) than have died of SARS-COV-2.
The New York Times is a serious culprit here where they published a manipulated and patently false report, since promulgated across the world, that the common flu only kills less than 0.1 % of those who get it. They took the LOWEST reported death rate in the US from the flu (12,000 in the 2011-2012 flu season) and divided it by the HIGHEST reported flu infection rate (45,000,000 in the 2017-2018 flu season). Estimates for this year are 39 million - 56 million illnesses, 24,000 - 62,000 flu deaths. At the low end for both, that's 0.0615%. At the high end for both, that's 1.1%. At the middle of the range for both, that's 0.09%. I'd say the New York Times numbers are quite reasonable, a lot better than your "five times" claim. Reality is that the death rate from the common flu hovers between 0.9 and 1.2 % on a year to year basis (according to CDC data) which is approximately the same as SARS-COV-2. Those who have taken these draconian military law measures will certainly say, 'look how many lives we saved.' But the reality is that they will have saved exactly zero lives. In the end, most of the people who would get SARS-COV-2 will still get it at some point in the next year or so. And those who will die form it will do so. As MiamiAirport said, the misery index from these government actions (combined with public ignorance and media irresponsibility) already far outweighs the impact of SARS-COV-2. |
Originally Posted by sethb
(Post 32355030)
If the cost of removing, storing, and replacing seats is less than the cost of the fuel saved flying them around, then airlines will remove them. Given current fuel prices, that's unlikely.
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