{"id":1804,"date":"2014-07-16T05:30:45","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T15:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2014-07-15T20:55:01","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T06:55:01","slug":"message-to-hawaiian-airlines-dont-you-dare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1804","title":{"rendered":"Message to Hawaiian Airlines: Don&#8217;t you dare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once in a while I stumble across something that you&#8217;ll want to know about.<\/p>\n<p>This qualifies.<\/p>\n<p>There are stupid ideas and there are very stupid ideas.<br \/>\nThis falls firmly in category number two.<\/p>\n<p>And if this doesn&#8217;t make you grumpy, we should have coffee because you&#8217;re obviously a very rare individual and I need you in my life.<\/p>\n<p>Airbus is the European company that makes planes in competition with U.S. made Boeing.<br \/>\nYou most likely have flown on one.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, if you get on a Hawaiian Airlines flight to the mainland, that&#8217;s an Airbus.<\/p>\n<p>The folks in the top corporate towers of Airbus think they have the answer to jamming more people on a plane.<\/p>\n<p>Look at this&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AirBus-seats-sized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1803\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AirBus-seats-sized.jpg\" alt=\"AirBus-seats-sized\" width=\"270\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AirBus-seats-sized.jpg 270w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AirBus-seats-sized-250x243.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Airbus has filed a patent for a seat that packs people in without those pesky space wasting cushions, folding tables and leg space.<\/p>\n<p>What it has is basically a bicycle seat, and when\u00a0a seat isn\u2019t being used, it folds vertically to save space.<\/p>\n<p>Just genius.<\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine plumping your butt into that thing for your yearly six-hour pilgrimage to the mainland?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flying-on-the-plane-sized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1802\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flying-on-the-plane-sized.jpg\" alt=\"Flying-on-the-plane-sized\" width=\"270\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flying-on-the-plane-sized.jpg 270w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flying-on-the-plane-sized-250x169.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>The idea is to cram more people on the plane and make more money.<\/p>\n<p>Capitalism at it&#8217;s best.<\/p>\n<p>Since we&#8217;re talking about stupid ideas, I offer this to Airbus.<\/p>\n<p>This could be the next big thing.<\/p>\n<p>Airbus says most people would go along with it if it makes the flight cheaper.<br \/>\nThe scary thing it&#8217;s probably right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/feet-on-plane-sized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1801\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/feet-on-plane-sized-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"feet-on-plane-sized\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Some of you folks are really cheap.<br \/>\nAnd weird.<\/p>\n<p>In a further rare bit of honesty, Airbus says packing more people on board is going to result in &#8220;reduced&#8221; comfort.<br \/>\nDuh.<\/p>\n<p>It goes on to say &#8211; the goal is basically to figure out how far they can push things without causing an airborne revolt.<br \/>\nDuh again.<\/p>\n<p>Who came up with this stupid idea?<\/p>\n<p>The French side of the company.<br \/>\nM<span class=\"hps\">ais bien s\u00fbr<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>It figures.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re on the mainland you can drive or ride the train.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not doing that here.<br \/>\nConsider yourself stuck with whatever they give you.<\/p>\n<p>Listen up Hawaiian Air &#8211; don&#8217;t go there.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t want to see me get any more grumpy than I am.<\/p>\n<p>For the curious, here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/worldwide.espacenet.com\/publicationDetails\/description;jsessionid=ADC1FE442E3C3DF931104BB6234D93EC.espacenet_levelx_prod_2?CC=US&amp;NR=2014159444A1&amp;KC=A1&amp;FT=D&amp;ND=3&amp;date=20140612&amp;DB=EPODOC&amp;locale=en_EP\" target=\"_blank\">patent application<\/a>.<br \/>\nRead it and weep.<\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m in a bad mood.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1804\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1804&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1804\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1804&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1804&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once in a while I stumble across something that you&#8217;ll want to know about. 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