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  • BusterBoy5

    Economy Class seating on a Pan Am 747 in the late 1960's.

    • ? the plane looks wide afBennn
    • i dont get it, planes were not wider in the 60sBennn
    • no luggage compartments in the middlespl33nidoru
    • Nowadays 747s are 3 - 4 - 3 seats. This picture shows 2 - 4 - 3 seats. That one missing seat is the extra space.Longcopylover
    • looks like the planes nowadays have much larger cargo spaces underneath the passenger area. so the passenger space lies much higher > less space sides/abovea_aachen
    • just a guess ...a_aachen
    • biggest difference is, back then, companies gave a shit about the customer.Fax_Benson
    • why did they changed it? this look comfty as fuck!sureshot
    • lol that's a concept, you know to show the investors how awesome it will be :Dsted
    • reality: https://2.bp.blogspo…sted
    • ^^ true, i guessBennn
    • also true, the roof is super high, lots of head room. Our head almost touch the roof now.Bennn
    • Space Optimisation = $$$$
      Fuck the people, $$$ first.
      Bennn
    • The airfares have doped by 50%. If you fucks weren't so stingy, you still would get the services.pr2
    • i hate flying so much. a real pain.Bennn
    • all the process is a real pain; airports, customs, the plane, flyingBennn
    • Imagine how much cigarette smoke there would have been in there.monospaced
    • to be honest it does suck that you can not find one decent airline anymore. Even if you want to pay premium.pr2
    • lol, that's a ferry. dover to calais. I've been on it.fadein11
    • pr2: business class is nice, what are you talking about?zarkonite
    • zark: when shit flies even economy seats are nice. the sucky part is how unreliable schedules are.pr2
    • people are well dressedchukkaphob
    • where are the black, asian, lationo, etc. passengers?chukkaphob
    • hello: http://images.says.c…sureshot
    • We're so packed up in modern airplanes, i just can't imagine an emergency escape...Bennn
    • 300 persons that can barely move all running for their life at the exits. Fuck that.Bennn
    • I don't see one seatbeltPonyBoy
    • Also the middle class is poorer now than it was then. Flights are cheaper and shittier nowsarahfailin
    • One day, someone will post a pic of 'plane from 2017' and people will not believe how shitty it was back then.Bennn
    • I remember flying Pan Am as a kid. They gave you a gift bag with toys and a bunch of activity coloring books. They attendants were so great and well paid.hotroddy
    • Concept, fuckin hell, starwars be the new bible according to yoda next.

      http://paleofuture.g…
      Bullitt
    • pr2: yeah, the constant rescheduling is getting to me too.zarkonite

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