• Stamets@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    Everytime I see these I always take solace in one simple fact. This would never be able to pass any disability or accessibility act.

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      “We’ll just put the disabled passengers in the cargo hold. Problem solved.”

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        Though tbf, with planes how often do emergencies fall between the “it’s dangerous to stay here” and “you can get off the plane safely if you’re quick” thresholds? I’d think that due to their nature, most situations will either be “no rush” or “not much we can do about it now”. Things like emergency exits seem more like safety theatre than anything else IMO.

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          DVT is an issue if you’re immobile for any decent length of time. Your position doesn’t really matter too much. That’s why they want you up and walking immediately as soon as possible after a surgery and why they will often put patients with an extended stay in the hospital on blood thinners.

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          True, though it would be horrifically uncomfortable to be forced to sit like that for 4 hours without the ability to shift positions.

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      They only put them down the center with regular seats along the windows.

      First class, second class, cargo class.

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        I’m gonna be real, I totally forgot that planes have middle lanes. Every plane that I’ve ever been on has been a relatively small in comparison. Some of them fucking frighteningly so. When my knees are touching the back of the pilot I’m usually having concerns other than the legroom.

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        1 year ago

        These will not see the light of day until the industry coughs up enough money to buy off enough legislation oversight to make the FAA egress rules “agreeable”.