Friday, September 1, 2023

Adults Only

Corendon Airlines, a Turkish-Dutch carrier, has introduced adults only section in all their flights. This is to save adult passengers from crying babies and uncontrollable children. Now adult passengers can sit in an area where children are not allowed. That airlines says that this is to facilitate travelers without children and business travelers who want to work quietly. 

Good idea. But where will this end! It used to be smoking and non-smoking area. Now adults only section. Since I have nothing else to do, I came with a few suggestions for the airline industry. Here are some examples: 

How about separate drinking and non-drinking area. (Some passengers may not want to sit with people who drink alcohol.) 

How about separate vegetarian and non-vegetarian area. (Some passengers may not want to be near those who eat non-vegetarian.) 

How about separate male and female area. (Orthodox male passengers belonging to some religion may not want to sit with female passengers. Their religion forbade even inadvertent physical contact with a woman.) 

How about separate Heterosexual and LGBTQ area. (There are some people with homophobia)

How about separate area for passengers with different political affiliation. (It can be done in USA and UK where there are only 2 or 3 main political parties. No need for this in countries with military rule or dictatorship. But problem with countries with many political parties.  For example, India has 37 different political parties in India’s parliament). 

If you can come up with an idea for any other separate area in a plane, please let me know. Thanks.

13 comments:

  1. How about providing a separate seating area based on nationality. So, that it will be much easier for them to communicate with the neighbors in the flight.

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    1. Thanks for your comments seema. This is a good idea, but the problem is it will make easier for any would be hijacker to identify the nationalities of passengers.

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  2. Turkish Airlines should provide an adult only special flight (no baby on board). Or cry baby flight :-)

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    1. seema, this is a super idea. I like this. Flights, ala ladies bus or students bus, for passengers with babies only or passengers with no babies with them to board.

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  3. That political affiliation segregation is an ingenious idea ;)

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    1. Thanks for your comments Rajesh. But it is not workable in India. Cannot have 34 different areas in a single plane.

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  4. You have covered almost all categories.
    I feel geriatrics need special consideration with aisle seats in close proximity to toilets and their exclusivity.
    One should not grudge, however, when they come with additional cost

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    1. Thanks for your comments Mr. KP. This is a good suggestion.

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  5. Interesting ideas :)
    Airline staff will have a tough job taking care of all these requirements!

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  6. Hahaha, funny as it may seem the one with political ideology is actually a good idea. Less hate and arguement, everyone is in their own echo chamber.

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  7. Calling it "Adults only" might send out a wrong meaning to people who don't know what that section is actually meant to be!

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