Airbus' detachable cabin concept could save you time at the airport

Maybe the airlines just need to get organised. We flew Lufthansa cattle class and they had the A380 planed and deplaned in typical German style. No shagging spiders organised and prompt. Air NZ was good too. A few other airlines well you wonder how they actually make money.

The usual ne'er-do-wells will still be late.

You keep seeing stories about Airbus patenting all kinds of crazy designs for aircraft lately. Do other companies (Boeing) do this as well? Or is Airbus trying to patent everything they could possibly think of to stop the competition from innovating anything?

This particular patent makes me question whether Airbus's designers have ever boarded a commercial aircraft and traveled coach.

Does it help the passengers? I don't know. You still have to board and trudge down the narrow isles, and be buckled in before your pod is loaded onto a plane, connected and secured. I can see this actually taking more of the passenger's time than today's boarding process takes.

However, there are advantages for the airlines. Time at the gate would be minimized, you could unload a pod and load the next flight with already boarded passengers. The airlines could also have a freight pod and use the same airframe for that.

While this has the advantage of quick turn arounds, as it says in the article its impractical for the airports. Airbus also has to consider how it will attach and lock to the aircraft, otherwise you could have problems like the DC-10 cargo door failures.

Patent ANYTHING no matter how ridiculous or stupid or impractical or impossible it is NOW. In future if anyone tries to make anything that has even the tiniest feature that your patents cover... You get lots of royalty bucks. Hey not so stooopid after all!