Airlines Behaving Abominably I
I decided to rename the category formerly known as Airlines Behaving Badly to Airlines Behaving Abominably because it just sounds cooler. And in the case of Ryanair, well, they really deserve a category all their own, but in this case I'll let them share it.
In the latest, via USA Today, the airline in question, besides, of course, Ryanair is a low cost Chinese airline called Spring Airline, which would like to sell standing room only seats. Or something. I mean if you're standing you aren't sitting so you don't have a seat, right? So what would be the right term for the space where you stand while flying to exotic destinations? Stall? Booth? Cubicle? Death slot?
Ryaniar would like to follow suit, or precede Spring Air, it's all a little vague. But they want to sell you a place, maybe a rail that you can strap yourself too, much like mariners facing a hurricane back in the days of sail. Logistically, I can see some issues. Like you can pack a lot more people into the same area if they're standing then when they're sitting, but where does all the extra carry-ons go? When a plane has to ditch or crash land do the flight attendants pass out next-of-kin cards for the standees? The list goes on.
