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I stand up every hour to stretch all limbs, and I always sit aisles.
Erm, maybe it's recommended, but that is really annoying for other isle passengers on long haul flights. Well I find it annoying if someone keeps standing by my seat and stretching. I was once in front isle of economy: someone thought it was fine to keep appearing and standing in front of me at regular intervals.
> I like to board last. I’ve never understood the appeal of being on the plane any longer than I need too (I’m yet to travel in business class). I don't understand that opening at all. We all want to get on so we get space in the overhead bins, don't we? Maybe he just never has a bag, but the reason should be obvious regardless.
I've never been so tight for time that gate-checking if I need to isn't an option. The stuff I want during the flight is in my personal item under the seat in front of me. So long as seats are assigned I'll board when it's convenient. Same with standing up once we pull into the gate btw. 95% of people shoot out of their chairs the instant the seatbelt sign turns off, which is still 5-10 minutes from actual deplaning.…
That uncomfortable angle is often less uncomfortable than the seat is at that point.
Don't forget about taxes and fees. When you look at the price of a domestic (US) ticket, it's surprising how much of this is taxes and fees that the airline is passing through and not directly profit.
https://www.airlines.org/dataset/government-imposed-taxes-on... Seems fuel taxes are next to nothing? Not sure how to read this...
Since a plane can easily fly from country to country, any country who taxed airline fuel would simply deter planes from visiting.
Probably the biggest climate move that could have happened at COP26 would have been a global agreement on $1/liter aircraft fuel tax. But it didn't happen.
There's still money on the table for airline operators where routes are concerned. It sounds a bit fringe, but most of these flights take off and land at airports in large cities. International airports are often zoned around industrial centers that are typically set off away from the city core. Coupled with the high frequency of inbound and outbound traffic depending on the airport, commercial flights are excellent…
That's a neat idea, and something I'd never thought of before. I'd imagine the customers here would be looking for a way to keep an eye on competitors? Ford would like daily overhead shots of GM's factories and parking lots, McDonalds would like to check on the length of average drive-through queue at competitors, etc? All in near-real time, without waiting for quarterly earnings. On the other hand, weather might ren…
I've been trying not to get too in the weeds with use cases right now as we're building because they really are endless, but supply chain intelligence and insurance are massive categories based on those who have expressed interest.
Weather is certainly an issue, but one that is shared with optical imaging satellites. SAR definitely helps with clouds and night shots, but with 100k flights per day the odds of getting at least one usable shot from a plane is far greater than a satellite due to revisit rates in orbit not matching weather changes in the troposphere.
Don't forget about taxes and fees. When you look at the price of a domestic (US) ticket, it's surprising how much of this is taxes and fees that the airline is passing through and not directly profit.
They are expenses, and like all expenses they are the business's problem, not yours. Somehow, people are conditioned to think that they should pay the airline's taxes (some of them) and 'fees' for them, and somehow customers mentally remove that from the bottom line price. If only they could get customers to believe they should cover other expenses, like income taxes, fuel (oh yeah, they did that), maintenance, and lunch the other day with the Boeing salesperson, they could itemize those too. And where are the discounts when the expenses are less than expected? When profits are high? Oh, suddenly that's their business, not mine.
The pro tip is this, for anything: Just look at the bottom line. Businesses can itemize things however they want, including discounts ('special for you today - 50% off!'), the price of item A can be marked up, the price of item B marked down, it's all meaningless.
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https://www.airlines.org/dataset/government-imposed-taxes-on... Seems fuel taxes are next to nothing? Not sure how to read this...
Aircraft fuel is pretty much untaxed in most countries in the world. Since a plane can easily fly from country to country, any country who taxed airline fuel would simply deter planes from visiting. Probably the biggest climate move that could have happened at COP26 would have been a global agreement on $1/liter aircraft fuel tax. But it didn't happen.
> I like to board last. I’ve never understood the appeal of being on the plane any longer than I need too (I’m yet to travel in business class). I don't understand that opening at all. We all want to get on so we get space in the overhead bins, don't we? Maybe he just never has a bag, but the reason should be obvious regardless.
> I like to board last. I’ve never understood the appeal of being on the plane any longer than I need too (I’m yet to travel in business class). I don't understand that opening at all. We all want to get on so we get space in the overhead bins, don't we? Maybe he just never has a bag, but the reason should be obvious regardless.
> We all want to get on so we get space in the overhead bins, don't we? No. Overhead bins are terrible and bad. It baffles me that anyone would want to fight for overhead bin space. It's a terrible game, and the winning move is not to play. I always gate-check my luggage if it won't fit under the seat in front of me.
I've watched the gate checked bags thrown down the chute, and missed, one too many times to ever gate check anything. Maybe a duffel bag of clothes, where nothing can break on the fall, but nothing else.
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Aircraft fuel is pretty much untaxed in most countries in the world. Since a plane can easily fly from country to country, any country who taxed airline fuel would simply deter planes from visiting. Probably the biggest climate move that could have happened at COP26 would have been a global agreement on $1/liter aircraft fuel tax. But it didn't happen.
The 'race to the bottom' argument against all taxes is mostly insignificant: First, airports, air traffic control, etc. have to be paid for somehow; taxes are how it's done. Second, taxes don't determine profits to that extent. Will an airline discontinue service to the EU because of a gas tax?
Carrying extra weight is bad and causes more CO2.
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Erm, maybe it's recommended, but that is really annoying for other isle passengers on long haul flights. Well I find it annoying if someone keeps standing by my seat and stretching. I was once in front isle of economy: someone thought it was fine to keep appearing and standing in front of me at regular intervals.
Other people1? how ghastly.