And here is a shot taken by a reporter:
Notice the difference? Yeah. In the press release photo, the model is smirking in the front row, with no one in front of her. They're not fooling anyone. In the The New York Times' Getty Images photo, the people are where they would be in a plane.
In between the seats. Seats that are only 23 inches apart.
In between the seats. Seats that are only 23 inches apart.
You're thinking this is a practical joke, aren't you? You think I've been had. Here are links to more news articles from reputable sources in case you think The New York Times and The Telegraph are usually wrong:
I'm not going to keep listing more because this is getting boring. I hope you don't actually click on all those links just to make sure I know what I'm talking about because if you do, Seriously? You have that little faith in me?
I guess beyond the absolute horror I feel just looking at this thing (and the horror I felt reading in the USA Today article that Ryanair is hoping to get approval to have a standing-only area on its planes), is the desire within me to figure out what their slogan should be. Because you need a good slogan to sell this kind of thing. Let's help them out.
"SkyRider. Because your flight isn't that long, and you haven't been taking good care of your knees anyway."
"Sardines have the good life."
"Claustrophobia is all in your head. Good thing too, cause there's not much room for it anywhere else in this chair."
"SkyRider. Because you should have checked why this seat was so cheap."
"SkyRider. Because you lied to yourself when you bought the ticket."
"SkyRider. Because you should have checked why this seat was so cheap."
"SkyRider. Because you lied to yourself when you bought the ticket."
"SkyRider. Because some people really are this cheap."
"SkyRider. Because your boss bought your ticket for you."
"SkyRider. Because we might not be the only people who are delusional."
"SkyRider. If you'll submit to a full body scan before even stepping on the plane, you'll submit to anything."
"SkyRider. This is why we do full body scans. To make sure you'll fit."
That is complete craziness!
ReplyDeleteIt'd depend on how much cheaper a ticket we're talking here. Are we talking a western-america flight that was $250 becoming $99? Cause I could put up with one of those things for like 3 hours before I wanted to die, I bet.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't look like it would be that much less comfortable than riding a horse...problem is, though, they'd have to compensate for the extra passenger weight with more fuel, which would cost more; so I'm not certain how much less expensive the tickets would be!
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