thad beier <thadbeier@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Now, slow planes are historically anathema to the airline industry.
> Faster planes carry more people-miles per hour, and the only reason
> people fly is for the speed. If the planes were slow, then rail or
> even driving become competitive.
Not for a flight across the Atlantic, certainly. If a slower, lazily
chugging aircraft could offer fuel savings that made a significant
difference to passenger/cargo prices, then I think that would be viable
- particularly for cargo, which unlike people minds less about having to
spend an extra hour or two in a sardine can.
A slower aircraft would also presumably have to deal with lower
stresses, and could be built and maintained more cheaply.
Daniele
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