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News, due to advertisers, is not always unbiased, but this is being covered by multiple organizations.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/17/travel/airbus-saddle-seat-patent/
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-planning/travel-news/airbuss-bicyclestyle-airline-seat-revealed-20140715-3by5m.html
http://www.latimes.com/business/travel/la-fi-airbus-seeks-patent-for-bicyclelike-airline-seat-20140711-story.html
http://business.financialpost.com/2014/07/15/airbus-files-patent-for-bicycle-style-seating-on-airplanes/
For starters.
Realistically, you also need to provide something beyond speculation to support your assertion.
I trust none of those news sources either. You on the other hand put way too much faith in news organizations.
It is being reported on every other news source too. I just saw it this morning on CBS and I said "yeah... no". I could not believe what I was seeing. I am imagining how uncomfortable it would be for a lot of people. Definitely NOT recommended for pregnant women! And I am thinking all kinds of other things such as "whose 'brilliant' idea was this?"
The problem with design is that it's a safety hazard. Such seats would not be expected to survive under a belly landing conditions. The bars will snap and everyone would be trying to leave the plane with broken feet. Also I do not trust anyone.
I won't be surprised that this section is able to be jettisoned at the first sign of trouble.
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Realistically, this is a safety hazard with ot without the jokes. If this were a real idea, then odds are it will only end up on African flights.