VivaColombia is hoping the move will drive down fares to open air travel to working class Colombians and budget holidaymakers by allowing more people to be squeezed onto each flight. The no-frills carrier annouced that it is adding 50 more Airbus 320s to its fleet to capitalise on the nation's growing tourist market. VivaColombia’s founder and CEO William Shaw told the Miami Herald the airline was looking into vertical travel options. “There are people out there right now researching whether you can fly standing up – we’re very interested in anything that makes travel less expensive,” he said. "Who cares if you don’t have an inflight entertainment system for a one-hour flight? Who cares that there aren’t marble floors… or that you don’t get free peanuts?” At the time boss Michael O'Leary described the standing seats as "bar stools with seatbelts" and questioned whether seatbelts were even needed. He compared planes to buses at the time. "If there ever was a crash on an aircraft, God forbid, a seatbelt won’t save you. You don't need a seatbelt on the London Underground. You don't need a seatbelt on trains which are travelling at 120mph.” https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/3622791...ay-remove-all-seats-to-make-passengers-stand/ This would be a terrible idea. I could imagine it being like the mass transit here and everyone squeezing in worse than any max ride. I'm flying with this airline on Thursday and it's cheap but for some colombians it isn't. They make you pay for everything from choosing the seat to checking in at the airport. But, the first time I flew with them I had a flight cancelled and they gave me a free round-trip flight. I only had to wait a few hours more for the next flight. No flight in Colombia is more than 1 hour. My flight Thursday is only 30 min by plane but 8 hours by bus so it would be more practical for colombians to be able to take planes more often. But it would give a good reason to squeeze up with a nice Colombian lol
Ummmm, seatbelts keep you from snapping your neck on the ceiling when the plane drops suddenly. Also, how many people are they gonna squeeze in and how much weight? Although my big butt has flown with other tankers stuffed into tiny seats and we made it.
This brings to mind several flights from the past, where it would be a disaster to have all the passengers standing instead of buckled in. One was going into LaGuardia on final approach when a small plane ran out onto the runway. The pilot rotated up and gave it full power cussing as well as any ever. It was jolt in your seat, Can't imagine the carnage resulting with 200 passengers standing in that maneuver. Probably blow right on out the back end after knocking out the aft pressure bulkhead.
yeah it would be a disaster for so many reasons. I remember flying into Cusco, Peru and thought I was going to die the turbulence was so bad at the landing. Okay I exaggerated a little bit but it would be impractical with children, elderly, and disabled people. Especially in a country like Colombia where everyone is paranoid of everyone.
Yeah, those happen too. Without a seat belt. Floor, Overhead, Floor, Overhead. Kids would not survive with adults using them as bumpers. I'd probably get pissed with Bodyman landing on me too.
I could touch the ceiling and brace myself. The tiny Columbians would fly all over the place. If they want more people make everyone lay straight on bunks.
