As I boarded a flight last night, I tweeted that airline boarding is the new caste system.
It could be worse. Suresh Naidu pointed me to Kieran Healy’s terrific illustration of the Air Gini. Here’s what seating in an Airbus A330-300 would look like if space were proportional to the US income distribution:
If there were more than three classes, I have to imagine the people in the back would be sitting four to a seat.
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合 合 মাত্র 8-10 মিনিটে 500 টাকা
ফ্লেক্সিলোড পেলাম। এতদিন শুনেছি ফেইসবুকে টাকা আয় করা যায়, এখন আমি
আয় করতে পেরেছি। একটু আগে ফেইসবুকে অতি সামান্য কাজ করে 500 টাকা আয় করতে পারলাম তাও মাত্র 8-10 মিনিটে!! যেকোন দেশ থেকে টাকা ইনকাম করতে পারবেন। ফ্লেক্সিলোড বা বিকাশে টাকা নিতে পারবেন। প্রতিদনই ৫০০ টাকা ইনকাম করছি। ☞ 100 % গ্যারান্টি দিচ্ছি আপনিও 500 টাকা ইনকাম করবেন। আমার কথা বিশ্বাস না হলে আপনি নিজেই আমার মতো 8-10 মিনিটে 500 টাকা আয় করে ফেলুন…..
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Umm, talk about a dysfunctional framework and misleading analogy.
We are forgetting that the plane isn’t a given. The plane has to be built prior to each flight, and is built by the passengers. The space given to each passenger is thus a function OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO ITS CONSTRUCTION.
Indeed you could, for arguments sake, flip this analogy around and whine about how little the passengers in the back were contributing to the costs and inputs necessary to build the plane. Considering the point of the plane is to travel, they are unfairly traveling on the cheap.
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RT @cblatts: What plane seating would look like, laid out on the basis of the U.S. income distribution http://t.co/4ZGPNYDrCv
RT @cblatts: What plane seating would look like, laid out on the basis of the U.S. income distribution http://t.co/4ZGPNYDrCv
RT @cblatts: What plane seating would look like, laid out on the basis of the U.S. income distribution http://t.co/4ZGPNYDrCv
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@cblatts This difference in space seems only a bit more dramatic than the actual seating arrangements on a typical passenger plane, no?
.@cblatts The only time I ever feel class angst is when I’m boarding a plane. Red carpets & the curtain in 1st class just enrage me.