Re: Cowboys herding cats

On May 15, 11:33 pm, Kip Williams <k...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Keith F. Lynch wrote:
Kip Williams <k...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Keith F. Lynch wrote:
Perhaps, but his original statement was, "I'm not sure my body
would like going sideways for a whole trip."  He'd only be aware of
it during takeoff and landing, so the length of the trip in between
doesn't matter, at least not as to whether he was going sideways
versus some other direction.

You assume there won't be windows.

Since the beds would be stacked, there probably wouldn't be windows
for everyone, unless the plane was re-designed to have more or taller
windows.  Some passengers would be too high or too low for the
existing windows.

If they were in the configuration I mentioned, a single row of windows
would suffice.

Those who are at the correct height would have the choice of facing
the window or facing the aisle.  Or they could switch from one to the
other as often as they liked (except perhaps during the brief "fasten
seatbelt" periods).

I'm thinking open-sided angled bunks now. And not that sideways crap.

I've been trying to think of what this reminded me of, and the
appropriate neuron finally kicked in. Its like the sleeping
arrangement
of the Minbari on Babylon 5, which was definitely played for laughs
when a human had to use it.

I don't think you're going to get much accptance of a resting
arrangment
which has never been found comfortable in the entire history of the
human species.

pt
.

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