• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Why don’t they do lay-down-only seats?

    Bigger and older passengers would find it more difficult to get into the top bunk than to ride a standing-only seat.

    But it’s all shit regardless. Boeing can barely even make planes that don’t fall apart on the runway. The American airline industry’s fleet is increasingly defunct. The FAA is gutted. Airports are falling into disrepare due to mismanagement. You’ll be lucky to get any kind of air travel in another decade.

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      23 hours ago

      Bigger and older passengers would find it more difficult to get into the top bunk than to ride a standing-only seat.

      Wouldn’t the same group have trouble standing for an entire flight?

      If only there was some sort of halfway point between lying down and standing up, something which would be easier to than lying down, but wouldn’t be as physically demanding as standing up.

      Oh well.

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          20 hours ago

          Hmm…

          Well that’s one thing I can’t really complain about in Finland, access to physically disabled people. Its honestly pretty great, it’s been in the infra-design and all design mentality for decades.

          Anywhere there is public access, you’ll probably also find disabled access.

          Like just today, I felt a little bit proud, as I spotted an outhouse built to specifications allowing wheelchair access.

          We aren’t the utopia people seem to think we are, but if you’re in a wheelchair, you’ll still get access to nice nature paths on which to be depressed on. So that’s nice.