Is this actually going to happen or just a proposal? I can't imagine this is going to pass safety standards. You can't even have your bag sticking out in the aisle or a less than able bodied person sitting in the exit row.
Imagine 20 ladders jutting out into the row as passenger frantically exit an aircraft in an emergency.
These are premium economy so 10% of the seats on a 777 or so. This means you can easily avoid any of these at exit rows. Even if these are a huge success, you’d maybe see it on 25% of a cabin.
For safety, it would seem that in order to work you’d just need to show you can evacuate in 90 seconds. Whether that means ladders must be locked in when in an emergency, or that the ladders can be used but the fact you don’t have multiple people in each row makes up for the ladders blocking some space. I’m guessing it’s the former.
Find it utterly bizarre the dozens of comments here about a designer who obviously put a lot of effort in didn't consider the very basics and HN commentators are so enlightened/knowledgeable they can point it out in 15 seconds.
How about this counterpoint: the manufacturer knows exactly about the emergency requirements of an airplane and that's included in the design. An average size male need to half turn sideways going down an economy aisle already.
When not in use these aisles would be a joy due to the buffer space, for both those in transit and those sitting.
The rampant Dunning-Kruger that exists on this forum is honestly quite concerning some days. Take a step back and think whether this company has not dealt with this problem? The onus of proof is on all the commentators saying otherwise.
I was merely asking. But it is not uncommon at all to see marketing drawings like this that have not and have no intention of becoming a reality and so do not go through any kind of safety vetting process.
In other words, in my case, it's not a matter of thinking I know better than some experts. It's that I question whether this has been vetted by any experts at all. It would not be the first time.
Imagine 20 ladders jutting out into the row as passenger frantically exit an aircraft in an emergency.