I hate this kind of 'design' and constantly wonder how these firms that make these kinds of conceptual, artists' renderings stay in business.
It's totally searching for solutions to problems that don't exist, and even worse, creating problems that don't exist now.
A transparent plane would be exciting for one flight, but think about what most people do on planes, especially those that fly often. They sleep, catch up on work, read, or watch the in-flight entertainment. These frequent flyers make up the majority of an airline's business and these designs would only complicate their lives.
If you asked any passenger what they would want to see improved, they would be things like "more space", "wi-fi", "better seats" and "lower cost". All of these designs probably act in opposition to these wishes.
Who want's virtual golf on a plane when that space could be used to widen the space between seating?
>think about what most people do on planes, especially those that fly often. They sleep, catch up on work, read, or watch the in-flight entertainment.
Those are the options currently available, so that makes sense. Personally I do look out the window a lot when I can, so giant windows would be nice.
I agree what they improved seems a bit... I don't know what. The video shows the futuristic shape-shifting chairs positioned in rows about eight feet away from each other. To heck with that, we'd be happy if they'd just give us enough room to back more than 30 degrees or straighten our legs. Seems like there will be an awful lot of in between points from here to this dream airplane... a realistic view of what planes could look like in say, 10 years would be more interesting.
its PR, airbus relies on large cash injections from the EU. this is to make airbus look like a good corporate citizen and a good use of taxpayers money.
It's totally searching for solutions to problems that don't exist, and even worse, creating problems that don't exist now.
A transparent plane would be exciting for one flight, but think about what most people do on planes, especially those that fly often. They sleep, catch up on work, read, or watch the in-flight entertainment. These frequent flyers make up the majority of an airline's business and these designs would only complicate their lives.
If you asked any passenger what they would want to see improved, they would be things like "more space", "wi-fi", "better seats" and "lower cost". All of these designs probably act in opposition to these wishes.
Who want's virtual golf on a plane when that space could be used to widen the space between seating?