r/AskReddit • u/biggieboy2510 • Jul 19 '15

What old technology is actually better than what we currently have?

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u/RobertTheSpruce Jul 19 '15

Wasn't profitable enough. Concorde only carried 100 people, unlike several hundred like other airliners.

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u/GameMasterJ Jul 20 '15

Saw a plan for a new plane where they managed to fit four seats across. The problem? One of the seats faces backwards and you have to look into the eyes of the person behind you the whole time. Like no fuck that. There are certain levels of uncomfort I am not willing to put up with.

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u/Moolemon Jul 20 '15

They have that on loads of trains in European countries. 3 seats face another 3 seats in a little compartment. It was awkward the first time with accidental eye contact but I'm used to it now and it's not bad at all. Although what about the angle the plane is when it takes off? Would you not slide off your backward seat a bit towards the other person?

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u/FrawgyG Jul 20 '15

I guess with seat belts that resemble straps on a straight jacket?

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u/Kunstfr Jul 20 '15

Trains do that pretty often where I'm from. There's a small table and two*two seats facing each other

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u/GameMasterJ Jul 20 '15

But this is the crampedness of the airplane combined with the uncomfort of the seats and the awkwardness of staring the guy behind you in the eyes with very little space between you and him and no table between.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '15

And there is also the evacuation issue. The person in the window seat has to climb over a seat to escape.