the Airline, which during the epidemic of the coronavirus worldwide, almost completely ceased passenger services, are now preparing to emerge from the crisis. Management of carriers working on how to protect passengers from possible infection on Board during the flight.
a Number of designers have proposed options for the renovation of aircraft interiors in the style of “stop-coronavirus”. For this purpose, in particular, it is proposed to equip chairs transparent hygienic plastic screens separating the seat in the row from each other. Or, for example, in the row of three chairs, the middle chair to expand in the opposite direction – face to the tail of the aircraft, which, according to experts, can minimize contamination.
This topic is now widely discussed in aviation circles. So the British tabloid the Sun I’m sure that these security measures can be implemented in the very near future.
However, there is one question: what about ventilation system? In the cabin it is one at all. It turns out, what the fence between the seats is not put, the air still breathe have in common.
With this question, as well as a proposal to evaluate the possibility of such anti-virus measures in air transport, “MK” appeal to leading Russian Aviaexport, the chief editor of the portal Aviary the Novel Gusarova. He at once sharply negatively expressed on this account:
-the ventilation System is not important here. But I have the impression that those who propose such a re-equipment of salons, generally know little about aviation. Let’s start with the fact that when airlines will come out of this crisis, they will not have to re-equipment of salons and rearranging chairs. They only want to take off. Where to take money for such conversion? And that requires not just large, but huge money.
in addition, any change to the cabin configuration requires certification. This is not only an additional huge amounts of money, but also time. And certification require any plastic parts used inside: partitions, screens, caps… And so until then they need to explore and test. Testing and certification require even the materials of which all this will be made. Who would? Who pays for all this?
If it was that easy… now many airlines have to use passenger planes for cargo transportation. It would seem, remove the chairs and rebuild the entire interior to ceiling boxes. But airlines don’t do. They seat gently covered with blankets, which, by the way, for this purpose specially bought from special materials. And only on the closed seat put of the box. Why? Yes, because even the basic dismantling of the seats will cost a pretty penny.
Each changed the salon even foreign airlines flying in Russia will have to certify to the Federal air transport Agency. Otherwise, no one to fly will not allow. So I can say that all of these design “dancing on the coronavirus” –sheer idiocy.
Although the proposals for a “post-coronavirus” era of flying, there are more common. There is one airline recently introduced a new cabin crew clothing – masks, gloves, overalls more like white coats of doctors. And it has all been designer decorated with symbols of the airline. Here it looks more realistic. Immediately after the quarantine, in this form they will be able to fly.
the Second airline, too, I hear, goes down this same path. That is, so they want to show that themselves are not dangerous for passengers. But I have a suggestion: personally, I as a passenger would react to such a design with a grain of salt. I have the feeling that I am not on Board the aircraft and in the hospital. Around me the doctors and I was the patient and he is dangerous. The impression that these people in masks now cut off from me. And so I don’t think that this design decision will add comfort to our passengers.
