malkie

Ok, a bit tongue in cheek as it’s Friday, but there is so much angst with short hauls about the amount of carry on, and asking/forcing G3+ to check their carry on luggage.

So I’ve got the solution to take advantage of the ‘deadspace’ between your seat and the overhead bins.

I’m neither an aviation engineer or an engineer of any sorts, but tell me I’m wrong and this can’t be done!


Literally drew this on a piece of paper following a conversation with a colleague

etiene

BRB, retraining as a personal injury lawyer.

orbitmic

Or better - put it instead of the seat bottom on which we put our bums and save seat and maintenance money!

malkie

I sort of see it as an entirely new floor level with flaps in the footwell you open and drop your carry on case into.

alex67500

You must have a really short upper body. There isn't as much deadspace there as you think. I hit my head when I get up most times. Or are you suggesting that we flget rid of the overhead lockers?

malkie

I’m 6foot4 and don’t fit in the space between the seats and the bins as things stand, but I’m only standing for seconds in any given flight vs time spent seated.

Thats why I’ve gone for the 45-degree angle rather than vertical.

JapesUK

Easier solution, charge for cabin bags.

mmogdan

BA could retrofit the larger cabin baggage bins on the short haul fleet - like the US airlines have been doing.

https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2022/06/airbus-develops-new-light-refit-larger-overhead-bins-for-a320-family/

saintsman

Someone would still try and fit too big a bag in the slots and just imagine dropping your phone and trying to get it out from a window seat!

Besides, they would just fill up with crumbs and other undesirable rubbish.

Mekko

Curvature of the fuselage would make this fun for anyone sat by a window.

As long as they switched to the other side of the aisle for their return leg, their neck should just about have normalised by the time they get home.

DXB2745

Everything checked in. Sorted 🙂

cbyrne92

Which should then be automatically locked in an emergency situation preventing people from attempting to take them, same with overhead bins.

CB

malkie

I’ve got an answer. 45-degrees forward *and* 45-degrees towards the centre.

timlewis808

Open everyone's bag and scan every item and then buy the equivalent in the destination country - hey presto! no need for hand luggage! :-)

yula380

It’s not as outlandish of an idea as you may think! I discovered very similar seats on Canada’s Via Rail from Ottawa to Montreal about a year ago. The underseat storage was angled in the opposite direction from your sketch, ie. your bag goes angled under the seat you’re sitting on, but otherwise it was the same idea.

Unfortunately it didn’t strike me as particularly effective. My small roller bag didn’t fit. Perhaps the underseat volume was larger than average but usable volume wasn’t. More importantly, it seemed that cleaning the storage area was impractical due to the odd angle.

I can’t post pictures but you can search Via Rail Renaissance car walkthroughs on YouTube. Most Via cars have normal seats, and at this point I don’t know if the Renaissance cars still operate. They’re the ones with 1-2 economy seats.