r/pics • u/omicronwarrior • 1d ago

Interior of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane before the seats have been installed

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u/cactusplants 1d ago edited 1d ago

Airlines all around the world (incl Ryan air) "I bet we could fit a whole lot of standing passengers in there"

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u/Gloomy-Employment-72 1d ago

DJ, lights, couple of bars…I’d sign up for that.

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u/Throwawayhrjrbdh 15h ago

Bet you the singular reason they’ve not tried that yet is because with a free standing crowd it can just choose to move to the front or back of the plane massively shifting the load. They’ll sometimes rearrange passengers to keep things even. Now just imagine if that load could change mid flight

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u/manystripes 11h ago

You've just gotta pack more people on the plane so they don't have room to move. This also provides natural padding in case of rough air

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u/Throwawayhrjrbdh 10h ago

Put on some heavy music for the upcoming turbulence and you got your self a mosh pit at 35,000 ft!

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u/DRW_ 1d ago

Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair did float the idea: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_AcTQrGKUnA

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u/cactusplants 1d ago

Yeah, I saw it in the past. I mean even on short haul idk. I did a Bristol to Edinburgh and I just can't imagine standing, despite me being a big stander as it is.

Also seen the sardines seats where you literally get someone else's ass in your face for the sake of budget and efficiency

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u/PuffyPanda200 19h ago

I think the standing thing would be ok with a couple adjustments/conditions:

Max 1 hour air time with minimal turbulence (accelerometer on the plane to measure turbulence and financial penalty on the airline if it is exceeded).

Guarantee 20 min taxi before takeoff and 20 min taxi after landing. If exceeded on takeoff the plane can either deboard within 30 min of pushback or financial penalty.

On landing if time goes to between 20 and 30 min then (in addition to financial penalties) an 'exit where you are' protocol is enforced. Basically wherever that plane is is now the exit. Airline has to get buses to get people to the gates. At 35 min the emergency exit slide gets pulled and financial penalties increase.

If the flight crew doesn't allow passengers to e-exit at 35 min then personal penalties kick in with a fine and 1 week suspension. At 40 min the flight crew legally unbecomes a crew and passengers are not punishable for attempting to exit.

Standing room people are allowed to leave through the rear exit.

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u/greentrafficcone 18h ago

He does have a track record of suggesting rediculous things, like charging for the toilets, or weighing passengers, so that he gets free advertising in newspapers. Say what you want about the airline, the guy knows how to not spend money

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u/hoobsher 1d ago

i'd take standing room over coach seating any day

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u/rxinquestion 1d ago

Lots of people would be pregnant upon takeoff and landing.

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u/blofly 1d ago

More on landing I think.

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u/spambattery 1d ago

Standing for 2 (or more) hours would be way worse than sitting.

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u/SarcasmGPT 1d ago

Hear me out, treadmills, extra energy powers the engines so plane goes 0.1% faster.

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u/Lietenantdan 1d ago

This type of plane would be doing about ten hour flights minimum. Sounds pretty awful imo.

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u/hoobsher 1d ago

I’m a bartender and bar manager so 10 hours on foot is barely anything

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u/Lietenantdan 1d ago

I’m on my feet all day, but standing in one spot for hours when I was a cashier made my legs hurt.

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u/Rustyfarmer88 1d ago

Yup same. Can walk around doing jobs all day but 20 minutes in one spot and my back aches like hell.

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u/jpiro 1d ago

Standing is so, so much worse than walking.

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u/hoobsher 1d ago

I’d rather be able to mill about or lean on a rail or something instead of the same amount of time in what amounts to a torture position

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u/TheAuraTree 1d ago

Maybe not on a cross Atlantic flight...

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u/donalmacc 21h ago

I regularly fly from Scotland to Ireland - the flight is 25 minutes on a good day. The bus to the airport is longer and I often have to stand on it. I’d be perfectly happy to get a cheaper standing ticket for those flights

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u/INeverLiedToYou 1d ago

Jokes on you. I‘m in a wheelchair. I‘m unryanairable. 

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u/cactusplants 1d ago

I heard they'll tie a rope to the chair and tie you up to the exterior of the plane for £50.

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u/INeverLiedToYou 1d ago

Oxygen supply paid for by the minute I suppose? And googles just 19.99 extra?

But hey the flight was cheap.

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u/Curiouso_Giorgio 1d ago

Just hang some of those subway handles from the ceiling.

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u/Tupcek 20h ago

give me an open bar and good music and i’ll take it

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u/Ambitious-Position25 13h ago

Id rather stand 3 hours than sit in the ryan air seats, so whatever

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u/Cap_g 16h ago

honestly, if it’s a short flight, <2 hrs, i would book a standing flight if it meant i could save 50% of ticket price

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u/cactusplants 13h ago

It's cheap enough as is.

Flew back from Marco polo on Ryan air, the landing was horrifying. But it was like £34 +(the extra baggage etc) which idm paying that much for a seat for a few hrs.

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u/fossilnews 1d ago

So much room for activities!

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u/Eyekon16 1d ago

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u/thejudgehoss 1d ago

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u/greenbastard1591 1d ago

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u/YippieKayYayMrFalcon 1d ago

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u/blofly 1d ago

Dont touch my drums!

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u/catheterhero 1d ago

I know you’re lying because Cops doesn’t come on until 4.

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u/Yaboymarvo 1d ago

Man I wish I could watch this movie for the first time again. So great.

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u/EatYourCheckers 1d ago

I think ive watched it twice but I was really drunk both times so I remember none of it! Only the "activities" line because my friend and his sister were quoting it all day when they were helping their parents clean out the basement.

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u/xPhilt3rx 1d ago

Hey! I never asked, do you like guacamole?

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u/Walterkovacs1985 1d ago

WHY'D YOU LET UA DO THIS?????

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u/ViolinistMean199 1d ago

I said no power tools

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u/TiresOnFire 1d ago

Hey, I never asked you this. Do you like guacamole?

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u/Utterlybored 1d ago

Bowling alley!

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u/jknl 1d ago

Every time you miss a pin you tell the captain to pull up hard.

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u/Firestorm0x0 1d ago

Hey Cousin! Wanna go bowling?

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u/vahntitrio 1d ago

Looks like we've hit some turbulence. The ball goes way off target but he gets the pinfall anyway.

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u/Ryder24 1d ago

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u/salme3105 1d ago

Ah yes, the affectionally nicknamed Vomit Comet.

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u/wingmaneffect 1d ago

Did we just become best friends?

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u/Noxious89123 1d ago

Aaahhhh, get out of my head!

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u/Ok-disaster2022 1d ago

You notices that's only the top half of the circle? 

Airlines actually have started making more money on cargo on passenger flights than for the passengers. Cargo movement is much more stable income and you don't have to worry about getting hotel rooms for boxes if a flight gets cancelled due to weather. The box just says in the plane until it gets to the destination. 

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u/EatYourCheckers 1d ago

You say that as if old planes were the full circle

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u/jwg529 23h ago

Back in my day…

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u/P00slinger 22h ago

Planes had an onion for a belt

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u/not-Q8i 1d ago

It’s like a whole ball room in there

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u/ConKinc 1d ago

Yep Lady Gaga would love it!

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u/notahouseflipper 1d ago

Looks like a MRI machine with a weird photo perspective.

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u/One_Economist_3761 1d ago

I think it would be a great idea to make a hotel that looked like that, without the airplane. The aesthetic is fantastic and futuristic.

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u/Ruadhan2300 20h ago

Disneyworld used to have a Star Wars themed hotel i that vein.. they closed it down fairly recently.

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u/TeutonJon78 17h ago

Yeah, because people found it less than fun and it was like $6k/night.

I don't think the idea was necessarily wrong, just not priced to be succesful.

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u/ZopharPtay 2h ago

Yeah, I think it was the price, honestly. I know a lot of star wars fans who would have LOVED to go to an ion-character star wars resort... but not at that price.

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u/gnrc 1d ago

Star Trek Coded

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u/YougoReddits 1d ago

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u/Dd_8630 1d ago

My thoughts as well!

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u/KingOfLife 1d ago

I was thinking The Orville

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u/EveroneWantsMyD 1d ago

Oh! The show that’s heavily inspired by Star Trek? That Orville? The one that looks like Star Trek? The Orville tv show that is a comedy version of Star Trek? That one? The Star Trek looking show called the Orville?

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u/wuZheng 17h ago

Cool they're related shows, the aesthetic is similar. We get it, you know your Trek, don't need to be a huge dick about it.

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u/knox902 1d ago

Yes, the show that is far closer to how Star Trek should have been done rather than the mess we got.

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u/TeutonJon78 17h ago

Imagine dragging The Orville about being a comedy version of Star Trek when Lower Decks exists.

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u/SomethingAboutUsers 1d ago

The seat rails are missing from the floor. So either this is heavily photoshopped or fake.

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u/Legerity 1d ago

The galleys and bathrooms are also missing. This was from the original PR pack for the dreamliner. It's very old.

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u/crazy_pilot742 1d ago edited 1d ago

This was a demo cabin that Boeing built during the 787 development. Airlines would come and lay out seating arrangements to get a feel for the cabin in real life.

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u/SomethingAboutUsers 1d ago

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the context!

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u/Those_Silly_Ducks 1d ago

I have been in the building where the interior of this plane was designed.

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u/ACoinGuy 1d ago

Could this be a version intended for a different use than for passengers?

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u/Miss_Speller 1d ago

The image comes from Boeing's 787 business jet page, so seat rails might not be a thing. You'd think there would still be galleys and bathrooms, but maybe they get custom-installed later? Or its just a Boeing PR render to show how much room there is to customize.

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u/crazy_pilot742 1d ago

It was a cabin demo/mock-up for airlines during the 787 development, not a flying plane. Boeing would lay out seats and monuments (lavatories, bulkheads, etc) so the customers could see their seating plans in real life.

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u/Ruadhan2300 20h ago

Apparently every plane is basically a custom job for the airline that purchases it. They pick out all the optional extras and configuration as part of the order, and often fit their own bits and pieces aftermarket too.

But no, this is apparently a demo plane for letting purchasers get a feel for how much space they have to work with, seat layouts. That sort of thing. No plane ever looks like this during the normal process of manufacture.

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u/Missus_Missiles 18h ago

Gallies at least, are typically BFE. Buyer furnished equipment. Seats too. So if you've got a really shitty seat, blame the airline. Not Airbus or Boeing. Lavs, I can't 100% remember. Maybe. But almost certainly for a BBJ.

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u/nzjester420 23h ago

Also the infloor emergency lighting ans signs

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u/5raGa3 1d ago

Just jeep it this way

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u/BestAtempt 1d ago

It’s a jeep thing, you wouldn’t get it. Take the doors off.

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u/timberrrrrrrr 1d ago

It’s a Boeing. One of the doors might fly off.

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u/Funkgun 1d ago

I’m assuming a typo, but “Jeep it this way” would be an interesting idea.

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u/A_Pointy_Rock 1d ago

I'm unsure if that's a typo or a fantastic idea.

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u/ZopharPtay 2h ago

if r/typoorgenius doesn't exist, it should....

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u/nugporn 1d ago

You can park there.

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u/UninsuredToast 1d ago

You can’t park there, you’ll get a ticket

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u/nugporn 1d ago

You mean you can’t park there you NEED a ticket :)

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u/zachtheperson 1d ago

I thought this was a screenshot from the new Subnautica game

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u/The_mingthing 1d ago

Warning. Oxygen. Critical.

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u/queenswake 1d ago

Still not as big as the one on Soul Plane

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u/N2929 1d ago

Totally ready for some indoor football

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u/SomethingAboutUsers 1d ago

I did that once on a metro in Rome at 11 pm drunk off my ass with some buddies.

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u/PomeloPepper 1d ago

So much leg room!

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u/Achilles_59 1d ago

As a fellow tall person I feel ya.

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u/DerEchteDaniel 1d ago

Knees on the front seat, so you can't feel your feet or feet to the gangway, so that everyone trips?

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u/Achilles_59 1d ago

Sounds familiar, after an especially long flight, you’ll feel as if you been on the rack like medieval times. And no sleep on the red eyes.

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u/kamshaft11975 1d ago

Cricket, anyone?

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u/blackxmidi 1d ago

Giant Claw - Mirror Guide 🤝🤝🤝

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u/franky_wish 1d ago

Yeah where’s the mysterious cloaked fellow

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u/PumpkinOpposite967 1d ago

Yea I remember that picture back from the day they presented it as 7e7

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u/DazzD999 1d ago

So much room! Perfect...now watch how many cattle we can crush in this tube!

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u/i_never_ever_learn 20h ago

Basically the set of a Jamiroquai video

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u/MuffinMatrix 1d ago

This photo has been floating around for over 11 years. Post something new.
Its even on Boeing's official site. With a high res

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u/highlander68 1d ago

looks like something out of a scifi movie

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u/brave_vibration 1d ago

Cool music video set

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u/weezyverse 1d ago

Seems as though if they just did middle row, you could get more seats in while optimizing comfort. Sure no one would technically get a window seat, but everyone could be more comfortable. And it would arguably be safer offering two rows for exit and entry.

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u/Empyrealist 1d ago

Overhead storage would have to be rethought, and headroom while walking forward and aft might be an issue.

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u/WelderNewbee2000 1d ago

You could fit way more people if you leave all those seats out.

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u/ChemistryOk9353 1d ago

Well I guess they can add a few lavatories and some showers and the rest just add beds..

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u/mapcee 1d ago

Imagine just taking a picnic blanket on board with a couple of pillows and snacks. Flying would be so much more enjoyable 😂

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u/HexxRx 1d ago

I can film a music video

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u/Top-Caregiver7815 1d ago

No that’s the starship enterprise.

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u/TacohTuesday 1d ago

I'd be the first to book this airline if they just filled it with huge pillows and bean bag chairs and let passengers chill wherever they want.

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u/TryToHelpPeople 1d ago

Looks like the Olympic Carrier.

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u/pacwess 1d ago

And apparently before the seat tracks as well. Which totally is not a thing.

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u/swift110 1d ago

Great. Now your momma can fit inside

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u/nilkski 1d ago

I did an overseas trip in business class…one of the best flights ever. The frosted windows make adjusting your sleep schedule so easy

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u/Nevadaman78 1d ago

Before they cram it full of tiny seats so the humans are organized like sardines in a can.

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u/Strikereleven 1d ago

Looks like those planes where they simulate 0 gravity

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u/TheDogFather 1d ago

Needs a bowling alley

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u/nalc 1d ago

I think I might have been in this guy last week

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u/discussatron 1d ago

Before seats: It looks so big!

After seats: It looks so small!

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u/snowbyrd238 1d ago

Plenty of room for the chemtrail tanks.

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u/BodybuilderSalt9807 1d ago

That’s cool. Very cool.

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u/parker1019 1d ago

Being able to go for flight and toss the frisbee for a bit…

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u/Holeshot75 1d ago

Thought this was a hallway in the Orville.

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u/buttplugpeddler 1d ago

This is great everytime it's posted 3-5 times a week

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u/Switchlord518 1d ago

Looks like a set from star trek

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u/AstroRiker 1d ago

It’s a Star Trek scene

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u/Grolschisgood 1d ago

Its gotta be nice being able to work in an aircraft you can stand up in

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u/HardestGamer 1d ago

Im getting endar spire vibes

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u/hiirogen 1d ago

You could have told me this was a Star Trek corridor and I totally would’ve believed you

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u/OdeezBalls 1d ago

Literally the space ship from 2001 lol

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u/Wooden_Werewolf_6789 1d ago

R/Liminalspaces

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u/Newinduvidual2700 1d ago

I swear I've seen this in a dream

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u/Domi4 1d ago

Look it has both doors!

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u/2020mademejoinreddit 1d ago

They should just keep it this way and install seat belts on the ground.

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u/P00slinger 22h ago

Kamino ?

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u/InvertedEyechart11 22h ago

Boeling Alley 787

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u/Electrical_Log_9082 22h ago

They should install beds instead

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u/FlyInteresting815 20h ago

I flew first class all the way home from Romania :) Spent 12 months in Afghanistan then my colonel told me to load the belly of the plane…. Then saved a seat for me !!!!!!

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u/L-Malvo 19h ago

Yet, we won't get any legroom...

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u/PAXICHEN 18h ago

I want!

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u/Longjumping_Local910 17h ago

Wonder if the staff play floor hockey in there on their lunch breaks…

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u/Jasoco 16h ago

So much room for activities.

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u/iamblindfornow 13h ago

Boeings are the ones that have been crashing left n right, no?

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u/Bardzosz 13h ago

Finally some legroom

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u/TheGroundBeef 12h ago

is this plane a 3-3-3? or 3-4-3?

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u/l1ve_guru 7h ago

It’s gonna be chicken style fetal position cages. Mark my words

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u/DJDeezy 7h ago

Make sure the seats don’t line up with the windows

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u/Riffola60 1d ago

The interior of a sardine can comes to mind.

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u/albertcn 1d ago

F THAT PLANE, that 9 seats per row configuration makes the worse tourist class ever. It is incredibly tight and the seats super uncomfortable.

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u/kos90 1d ago

Doors are optional

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u/NightOfTheLivingHam 1d ago

how about after the doors blow out?