Following up on my blog on seat discomfort and Airbus's attempt to create saddle seats, there is a new development. Yes Airbus strikes yet again. In an attempt to make a uncomfortable, stressful and intolerable flight desirable to the passenger; it has patented a seat with a VR (Virtual Reality) helmet that in a way partially hypnotizes your senses away from all that is bothering on a flight like crying babies, badly behaved co passengers, lack of legroom, possibly no recline, tight seats, no entertainment or reading material, bad food (if at all served), and the list can go on.
The intentions may all be right but then if the flight or craft is not designed with real passenger comfort in mind; then, everything on the plane can break down except the VR helmet cause if it does then all hell may break loose on the aircraft.
Think of it; airlines can stop serving free booze, limit a passenger's need to take loo breaks, hit on the stewards (any sex), offer almost no choice in entertainment, have no cases of air sickness, and possibly even air-rage. I smell profit.
Thank God my travel days are waning now. It is frightening what an airline could do if permitted to mandatorily force passengers to keep the head gear on as soon as the doors are secured until they let the passengers out again. Influence loyalty, spends, likes, dislikes, and what not. Of course this is just guess work and the head gear may be a few years away and may not be cheap for airlines to implement. But if airlines weigh the cost of carrying 250 persons on saddles with such VR helmets that take away the pain as against just 160 on the same craft using normal seats - then that may not be just a thought anymore.
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