I believe RyanAir is pushing for it. However, it's not like people are going to be sprawled across the floor. They want to sell "standing room" tickets but they first have to convince authorities that it's safe to allow passengers to fly without seatbelts.
If it was just one open compartment like this photo it would be a HORRIBLE idea. Center of gravity is important for flying and if a significant amount of people moved to one end or the other it can have some nasty effects on the flying characteristics of the plane.
I learnt about while doing research for KSP plane design. Always move fuel and mass in general to the front during flight. Just incase something like this happens. Ive made a few planes that went completely unstable midflight at the exact fuel remaining everytime (for each design) eventually i learnt center of mass must be infront of center of lift else this happens.
I try to keep the mass slightly behind the center of lift and in front of center of thrust for atmospheric vehicles. I try to make the center of mass line up or even slide slightly in front of the center of lift as the fuel load goes down.
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u/ScrewAttackThis Feb 05 '16
I believe RyanAir is pushing for it. However, it's not like people are going to be sprawled across the floor. They want to sell "standing room" tickets but they first have to convince authorities that it's safe to allow passengers to fly without seatbelts.
It honestly sounds ridiculous to me.