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A few years ago (like 9) there was an article in the NYTimes claiming that Airbus was working on replacing seats with standing posts.

"One Day, That Economy Ticket May Buy You a Place to Stand" By Christopher Elliot on April 25, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/25/business/25seats.html

Airbus backpedaled like crazy and the web version of the article included a "correction" as follows:

"... the article said the company would not specifically comment on the upright-seating proposal. The company now says that while it researched that idea in 2003, it has since abandoned it. A correction of the article appeared on this page on Tuesday. It should have acknowledged that if The Times had correctly understood the history of the proposal, the article would have qualified it, and would not have appeared on Page A1."

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Both the NYTimes and Airbus are inveterate liars, so I assume this is still a working proposal.

Go to the link and click on the graphic. it is très amusant.

I will never fly again, unless I own the plane, so — never.

Once I walk through the front doors of any airport I surrender control to incompetents and surrender any "freedoms" I thought I had.

Time does not mean that much to me that I can't drive wherever I want to go, which in any case will not be outside the borders of this country.

Thanks!

And the thought of enduring forced eye contact throughout a flight is even worse than the cramped space.

I've flown in some pretty miserable airline seats over the years. A Turkish Airlines flight from Amman to Istanbul in the late-80s "wins" the booby prize for the worst seats I've experienced; I don't remember if it was an Airbus aircraft or not. But this latest "idea" is absurd. Which means there's some bean-counter at some airline trying to sell it to management as a great idea to pack more paying cattle into the plane.

And the reason sardines are packed so tightly is the high cost of the oil they're packed in.

(Seemed appropriate.)