Aisle seat, please. Checking 2. And miss, what's the movie on this flight?

That's just an artist's conception of the interior. In fact it will look like this:

Still the most beautiful and impressive airliner ever built.

I hear this one is made entirely out of black box material

Ou est les baggage?

I want one!

Funny headline

As long as I can travel internationally, I'm fine. I love international flights. Domestic flights, now THOSE are basically hell in a small, tin cabin. But international flight...oh, you get lovely little eye covers and earplugs, and free alcohol, and your own little TV in your seat...lovely.

I am truly amazed, this is onne incredible work of art and machinery.

Those nice, spacious seats and all those amenities...notice that they were in the first class area. Look in the coach section...same sardine-can packaging.

I'd not be so pissed at airlines if the accomadations were at least moderately confortable. Being packed in tighter than on a nuclear submarine (trust me, I know of what I speak) is not worth what they charge.

Muahahahaha!!! Show me the coach cabin, you farking bastards! Show me how I'll be one friggin' iota more comfortable on a 14-goddamn-hour flight from Sydney to San Francisco - in the middle seat, biatches!

Air travel has become the most utterly degrading, dehumanizing experience you pay money for the privilege of suffering... Unless of course it's in first or business class, in which case it's probably a tax write-off so we're ALL paying for it ultimately!

-MBP

MBP2112: Show me the coach cabin, you farking bastards!

You can see the coach section in some of the photos if you look at the back of the plane. It doesn't look as good as first class, that's for sure...

What's up with that 1 seat dead smack in the middle? I'd hate to be the guy there.

Sh*t, I'd pay good money for lighting like that in my office.

/no windows.

Im still savoring my 777flight with AA, that thing ROCKED! Super silent full of features tons of tv chans! AND FARKING GREAT FOOD!.

/777 please.

GOT DAMN... SNakes... on the muthafark'n PLANE!

palexc: Sh*t, I'd pay good money for lighting like that in my office.

Yeah, me too. I'll bet the lighting in the real product won't be anything like it once the customers have had their say.

Nice lights, but do they also have heat lamps for the snakes?

In fact the airlines will order them without the ambient lighting and wide seats. These will be replaced with the same uncomfortable seats we have always had and crammed together so not even a 6 year old could fit. The galleys will be removed and replaced with seating, as will all but one half of a lavatory. You get to pick up a bag lunch on the way down the jetway and use the water bottle to uninate in flight. If you drank more coffee than the volume of the water bottle you may purchase another bottle from the flight crew, or ask if you can "top off" the bottle of another passenger for a slightly reduced fee - all in the name of providing better service.

EEGAH

ok now the big question where in the fark are they gonna land that thing?

Nougat: Still the most beautiful and impressive airliner ever built.

I beg to differ:

wow, looks like an airplane. holy christ almighty.

FarkinNortherner

Might have looked pretty, but it was pretty useless.

To prevent a third swing-and-a-miss, this is the most beautiful airliner in history:



Of course, I'm hardly objective; my grandfather flew on 19903 at least once as a FRO.

Must use preview...



The picture I tried to post: http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Aircraft/Civil/StratolinerLanding.jpg

same shiat different day. the dont do a smaller photo.

Well it looks great, but like the A380, the pictures they use to sell it will never be the end product - Instead of making a confortable plane for 300-- they will jam in 600 with no perks.

WhatYouSay

Unfortunately (as I understand it) US based airlines are no longer offering free booze on international flights - at least not on trans-Atlantic ones. Looks like I'll be sticking with British Airways, KLM, or Virgin for my Stateside visits!

And as far as good looking commercial aircraft are concerned, I'd vote for the Lockheed Constellation.

airbus > boeing

Is it just me or does that interior look like they watched a little too much Star Trek the Next Generation. Colors, curves, lighting, the seats, carpet, everything...

akula:

Granted, I haven't flown that much, but every time they have been 40something hags (not the hot 40somethings- the ugly wrinkled ones) who looked like they would be just as happy if the plane exploded in midair.

The airlines used to hire nothing but hot, thin flying waitresses... stewardesses... flight attendants, but the fatties sued and pitched a fit and the airlines caved in 15 years ago.

Now hot, stupid women only work at strip clubs.

Has anyone seen my daughter?

That design will never see the light of day. The airlines will pack the poor thing with as many seats as it can fit. Too bad they don't realize people will pay more not to fly in a sardine can.

subsailor Those nice, spacious seats and all those amenities...notice that they were in the first class area. Look in the coach section...same sardine-can packaging.

I'd not be so pissed at airlines if the accomadations were at least moderately confortable. Being packed in tighter than on a nuclear submarine (trust me, I know of what I speak) is not worth what they charge.


Agreed.

I have done a lot of air travel in my life, making MVP/MVP-Gold status with Alaska Airlines for at least five years in a row. However, I eventually had to stop because it was so uncomfortable.

Complaint #1: Screaming kids while descending. There is no avoiding it. Both earplugs and noise canceling headphones mainly reduce engine rumble, but the screaming is still clearly heard. After 45 minutes of decent, I WANT TO KILL THEM ALL AND DANCE ON THEIR MANGLED CORPSES!
Complaint #2: Lack of legroom. At 6'3" tall, my knees were always touching the seat in front of me in coach. Even in domestic first class seating, if the person in front of me reclined their seat, Id touch the back of it. The only row that fit me was the emergency exit row.
Complaint #3: Sharing arm rests (in coach). There is just not enough room for two arms. The person next to me could be big or small and it doesn't matter. An arm is an arm and those things are only designed to have one resting on them.
Complaint #4: Middle seats. Wouldnt be an issue if complaint #3 went away. However, Id much rather fly in an aircraft setup with 2/2/2 seating in coach rather than 3/3.

Now this aircraft will help slightly with complaint #1 since it was designed to maintain a higher cabin air pressure. The technology is nothing new since Boeing already has special versions of older models that go even further. The main obstacle has been cost.

This new aircraft does nothing to help with complaint #2 since the airlines have the option of giving us more legroom, but choose not to. Nothing Boeing can do here.

This new aircraft also does nothing to help with complaint #3. Looking at the photos, you're right. The seats still come with only one arm rest, and they look as narrow as ever.

Boeing had a grand opportunity to resolve complaints #3 and #4. Another few inches of width could have allowed for seats with their own arm rests rather than shared ones. Another few feet of width could have allowed for a second aisle in coach.

They blew it for all I care since this appears to be another cattle car express. Give me my AAA road map and dust off the radar detector, because I'm gonna stick to driving.