Air travel has become more and more stressful. Airplanes are full and queues are growing. The cures are simple and easy but does anyone do them? Noooo.
1. The middle seat: you can't sleep, nobody wants to sit there, elbows in your side, back pain etc.
FIX: Put a pull up wall between each pair of seats that people can lean on. better yet, shape it so it has an arm rest. Now you can lean, get privacy, sleep and rest your arms avoiding back pain. No more elbow wrestling with the jerk next to you and no more frakkin newspapers in your face. Its pull up so it can be lowered in emergencies of course.
2. Security Queues. The insanity of queuing for an hour at security happens now.
FIX: make the exit part bigger and move peoples stuff quickly away so while they put on their shoe, belts, string vests, the next person can go through. Now have a special queue for INFREQUENT flyers. This is a queue for people who simply don't fly more than once or twice a year and don't know all the new rules. Put some helpers on this line and explain things to them BEFORE they reach the front. That way people who fly a lot don't get stuck in a queue with someone saying "I cant bring this bag of toiletries on board?" every five minutes.
3. Run, sweat, sweat, wait , wait , wait. You run for the plane knowing its 3 minutes ot boarding and arrive stressed, dripping in sweat and looking like you are about to have a heart attack.Then the plane is delayed 30 minutes.
FIX: Have screens at security announcing delays on planes. It will reduce stress at security, allow gentle strolls instead of mad dashes and keep people cool and happy.
4. Boarding takes too long.
FIX: Board by strict row number. A large board outside the boarding area where you take your position in the queue, next to the board, before boarding will mean people enter the plane in the right order (back to front). If you are out of position, you are sent back.
5. WE dont all eat/like cheese!
FIX: For goodness sake have alternatives for food - serving just cheese sandwiches (thank you LOT airlines) or serving ham sandwiches with cheesey bread (thank you LUFTHANSA) is just bad- even bloody crisps would do. They are light so no fuel worries.
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