Future of air travel when fuel is $300/b

[FL360]

If we let our imagination run wild, what will air travel like
if fuel hits $300/b ? or for some reason in the future we
would like ultra cheap air travel for extra long distance ?

1. luggage will be charged by weight.
2. pax will be put into sleep (more like an induced coma) before flight
3. pax will then be put into a capsule (more like a coffin)
4. then capsules with pax will be loaded into most fuel efficient aircraft, much more pax (I guess 3 times?) can be carried on one flight because of their "travel configuration", no in-flight entertainment and food required.
5. when flights arrived. pax will be woken up in beds... waking up in the hotel you have booked will be optional ..

Benefits:
1. Cheaper flights because much more pax on one flight.
2. No bad flight attendant services
3. No IFE broken down
4. No children crying
5. No stress from flight delays, actions can be pre-selected for flight delay scenarios
5. Added safety from terrorist attacks.

 

[Travel Guru]

What an interesting imagination you have!!

I guess if that does ever happen, i'll be taking the private jet option.

TG

 

[FL360]

Haha of course you can take that option, it probably cost 300X more !

also one more benefit...

7. you can travel anonymously.

if you decide to pay $X more, you will be the first to be waken up

 

[NM]

I guess they will save money by not needing to print the "please wake me for meals" stickers.

 

[dajop]

Well of course your suggestions depend on what happens to the USD in that time ..... $300/b could of course be less than $150/b today in Euro, AUD, CNY or GBP terms .... so your proposed way of flying may just be relevant to domestic travel in the US, not terribly different from today......

 

[Skoogle]

5. when flights arrived. pax will be woken up in beds... waking up in the hotel you have booked will be optional ..

I was thinking that waking up in my hotel room would be great, but I am not sure about the customs pat-down while asleep. :shock:

...and what if my capsule is sent to the wrong airport, waiting in storage for me to pick me up.

 

[straitman]

I immediately thought of the wake up scenes from the 'Alien' series of movies and can't seem to shake the thought.

As for

I was thinking that waking up in my hotel room would be great, but I am not sure about the customs pat-down while asleep. :shock:


...and what if my capsule is sent to the wrong airport, waiting in storage for me to pick me up.

I guess it depends who does the pat-down and then there is the perfect opportunity to reverse the current problem of the baggage going astray. We could have the baggage at the correct destination and the passenger at the wrong destination.

Would you have to buy another ticket to get to the correct destination :?: :shock:

 

[FL360]

That should be easy to take care of,
you enter a password before you "go",
and when you arrive at the correct airport
you enter the password to "tick" yourself off,

then they will know if you become a lost luggage..

 

[thegurio]

You really have thought about this havent you? he he he... A slow time at work perhaps?

 

[FL360]

Actually this idea came to me when I was packing for my trip,
if I can pack tight and take more why can't the airline do the same
for pax ?

Also for me during long distance flights ~15 hours the best way is to sleep through it, but children can be crying, and you wish you were in a coma....


For my work high imagination / innovation is required.... not surprising that I
come up with this idea !

 

[codash1099]

I was thinking that waking up in my hotel room would be great, but I am not sure about the customs pat-down while asleep. :shock:

Of course if you are going to the sort of business meetings I used to attend, you could always arrange not to be woken up until you get back home.

 

[straitman]

Of course if you are going to the sort of business meetings I used to attend, you could always arrange not to be woken up until you get back home.

.... or at the very least until you reach your final destination :!: :shock:

 

[FL360]

This can be easily solved, at the side of your capsule there is a compartment
for your luggage. Of course extra will need to be charged if the luggage size does not fit the compartment.

As forI guess it depends who does the pat-down and then there is the perfect opportunity to reverse the current problem of the baggage going astray. We could have the baggage at the correct destination and the passenger at the wrong destination.

Would you have to buy another ticket to get to the correct destination :?: :shock:

 

[NM]

This can be easily solved, at the side of your capsule there is a compartment
for your luggage. Of course extra will need to be charged if the luggage size does not fit the compartment.

Or if the passenger does not fit in a standard sized compartment :shock:

 

[FL360]

Compartment size influence pricing,
It is calculated by length + width + height.

The airline will have about five common capsule sizes,
the sizes depend on the demographic of the departure destination.
of course it will be very inconvenient for conjoined twins,
as they will need to buy their tailored capsule.

but they are only a very small part of the population.

 

[coco50]

When I first started driving in 1965, petrol in Sydney cost 3/6 a gallon (or 35 cents for those of you too young to remember the old pounds etc.) That is about 9 cents a litre. In those days, I couldn't afford to fly or even catch a train to anywhere other than the Sydney suburban network. Flying is now so much cheaper. For example SYD-BNK is $69 (JQ). You couldn't drive it for that. I reckon that if the price of fuel continues to rise as it will, transporting people by air will be the go. Anyway, it's all relative

 

[JohnK]

Some interesting thoughts on this topic.

If I had to travel in a capsule/coffin then I would not want to be travelling. I just hope that the cost of airfares does not increase too much in the near future....

 

[codash1099]

.... or at the very least until you reach your final destination :!: :shock:

Well I don't know about Heaven, but I do know some airlines that I wish would go to Hell :idea:

 

[serfty]

Of course you can always take AY from SIN to HEL ...

(To steal NM's thunder )

 

[vilemerchant]

I just hope that the cost of airfares does not increase too much in the near future....

You can hope all you like but the fact is that global demand per day will soon outstrip supply per day and the price of oil will begin to rise exponentially.