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So the above picture is a mock-up of what Pan Am planned as the economy interior of their first Boeing 747.
Look at it … it’s huuuuuuuuge.
Please note, this is not the ‘advertising’ version of their interior, this is literally what Pan Am expected their interiors to be.
Either they were utterly delusional, didn’t care about in-flight safety or they had kept their accountants out-of-the-loop and when they were finally allowed in and saw what they planned … they went mental and informed management that they’d make far more money if they packed the people in like this:
… and as we all know – where money is concerned – most companies will let it trump everything and anything, be it strategy to loyalty to moral judgement. Ooooh, I’m so political.
[Don’t worry Lee, I’m not expecting you’ll comment, I know you’re Mr Silent on matters like this]
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Fortunately I am too engrossed in the Belgium/US match to comment on this Robert.
Comment by Lee Hill July 2, 2014 @ 6:27 amcoward.
Comment by andy@cynic July 2, 2014 @ 7:26 amHow unsurprising. Ha.
Comment by Rob July 2, 2014 @ 7:59 amBut the fares were eye-watering.
Comment by John July 2, 2014 @ 6:36 amFYI – fares being the price regular people pay to fly on planes.
Comment by John July 2, 2014 @ 6:36 amoh i wonder who the fuck youre talking about doddsy.
Comment by andy@cynic July 2, 2014 @ 7:26 amThey call him Mr. Freebie.
Comment by John July 2, 2014 @ 7:39 amI pay for my flights thank-you-very-much. Sure, I pay with my shitload of points that have been gathered over the years thanks to generous benefactors, employers and clients … but I still [sort-of] pay. Oh yes. Ahem.
Comment by Rob July 2, 2014 @ 8:01 amExcellent point John. Based on average household incomes, air travel has proportionately and consistently become more affordable over many decades. To the US fans among the commentators, my condolences. You put up a brave fight.
Comment by Lee Hill July 2, 2014 @ 6:43 amYes – well played. Though apparently a US commentator said Tim Howard’s was “the best performance by any player in any World Cup, ever, in history”.
Comment by John July 2, 2014 @ 6:55 amBelgium is only famous for chocolate and pedophiles and they only invented chocolate to get to the kids.
Comment by Billy Whizz July 2, 2014 @ 7:04 ami know where that came from. dont try and claim you fucking came up with it. you wouldnt even fucking know where belgium is with a neon fucking arrow pointing at it. good fucking quote though.
Comment by andy@cynic July 2, 2014 @ 7:27 am3 words. World Series Baseball.
[And yes, I know the real story behind that name and that it’s not really about ‘the world’, but I’m not going to let that stand in the way of a bad put down]
Comment by Rob July 2, 2014 @ 8:02 amthe delusional fuckers really thought they could win it all. they think that about everything which is why they force themselves into wars that are none of their fucking business, because they think theres a fucking medal at the end announcing theyre world champions of war. someone should tell them their recent record shows they wouldnt even make it on the fucking podium.
Comment by andy@cynic July 2, 2014 @ 7:25 amThat might just be the best cultural takedown of America since John Pilger.
Comment by Rob July 2, 2014 @ 8:03 amOn the other hand, it’s the first time in the universe that America has been cast as the plucky underdog.
Comment by Northern July 2, 2014 @ 4:56 pmWith added music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pECyaYUUns
Comment by John July 2, 2014 @ 8:19 amI did some work for an airline last year. The thing that really stood out (and you can see this in the two photographs above) was how smartly dressed people were back in the glorious days of travel.
Comment by Marcus July 2, 2014 @ 2:35 pmSo you can imagine how the hostesses feel when they see me boarding their gleaming jet. Poor sods.
Comment by Rob July 2, 2014 @ 3:55 pmHiding the outward signs of your affluence. Intriguing.
Comment by John July 2, 2014 @ 4:23 pmThey just shake their heads woefully at your dizzying decline into mid-life crisis.
Comment by Marcus July 2, 2014 @ 5:09 pmThat makes it sound like I was once normal. Thank you Marcus, I take that as a massive compliment.
Comment by Rob July 2, 2014 @ 7:34 pmI was once upgraded to First Class, I still believe that’s a clerical error. Never have I had such an experience.
Comment by Northern July 2, 2014 @ 5:00 pmHowever, I fly so little I still retain an sense of genuine wonder from flying. The first time my little boy he was more excited than I would be flying in the Millennium Falcon. Sometimes I think airlines should make the most of this.
But then again I’m a Northern monkey, electricity is amazing to us.
I still love flying: that is to say the bit where I’m sat in the machine which then takes to the air. Everything around that is horrifying: check-in, baggage drop, security, etc etc – those bit’s are awful.
Comment by Marcus July 2, 2014 @ 5:23 pmI won’t comment anymore for reasons of self-protection.
Comment by Rob July 2, 2014 @ 7:35 pmYes, it’s simply dreadful that they don’t delay takeoff for late arrivals any more.
Comment by John July 2, 2014 @ 9:27 pm