Chinese airline may offer cheaper fares to passengers who stand

[Franzia]

The proposal would allow the airline to cram 40% more travelers into its planes while cutting operating costs 20%. Passengers would be strapped to a bar-stool-like stand during takeoff and landing.

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[DJ13]

1. "Welcome to China Air......"

[tomm2thumbs]

14. love that pic

[Wilms]

2. Not a problem.

Hope they lengthen the runways, though.

[dbonds]

3. This is insane,

or do they not have turbulence or weather in China?

[Better Believe It]

5. They will have a strap that you can grab ahold of like subway trains!

That's the ticket!

I wonder if they will make an even cheaper ticket available .... one where they just strap you onto a wing?

[qazplm]

11. oxygen and parka

extra of course.

[OmahaBlueDog]

4. It reminds me of the old Bob Newhart routine about the Grace L Ferguson Airline

[tj2001]

6. Soon they'll have passengers sleeping in the overhead bins

just like on some of their intercity buses

[tblue]

7. And a 5% discount if you don't pee!

This is hi-larious.

[Double T]

8. What happens when the plane reaches the end of the runway..........

and can't get off the ground. I sure hope they serve FREE DRINKS before take off!

[Stinky The Clown]

9. Has anyone ever riden a Tokyo subway?

They employ "pushers" to shove passengers into crowded trains.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. One time when I returned from China, I stood for much of the long flight

It was on a Chinese airliner and the seats were so cramped and close that many passengers had to get up and stand in the aisles for hours just to maintain the circulation in their legs. I'd hate to think of what it would be like to have even more people crowded into the small spaces of their flights. At the rear of the plane, though, I got a big kick out of the fact that a couple of the stewardesses and several passengers were gambling in a card game on the floor.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

12. heavy planes?

[tomm2thumbs]

13. LMAO!!! How did they beat American Airlines to the punch?!!!