#Airlines and Airplanes

[reasonsforhope]

"This week, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a new rule requiring airlines to make bathrooms more accessible for disabled people. All new single-aisle aircraft will be fitted with fully-accessible lavatories.

Most flights inside the United States are single-aisle and as technology has improved, they are used more frequently for long flights, including coast-to-coast trips that can last as long as six hours. Double-aisle plans are already subject to the regulation but are primarily used for international flights.

Out Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced the new regulations, saying, “Traveling can be stressful enough without worrying about being able to access a restroom; yet today, millions of wheelchair users are forced to choose between dehydrating themselves before boarding a plane or avoiding air travel altogether.” ...

The secretary has made it a priority to improve service on airlines during his tenure. In 2022, six airlines were forced to pay millions of dollars in refunds to hundreds of thousands of customers and were also fined millions for causing the issues. The department’s firm stance on the side of customers has continued through this year after multiple companies have had meltdowns, stranding thousands of travelers.

All planes delivered to airlines starting in 2026 must include several upgrades. Planes already in service will not need to be retrofitted unless the plane is renovated.

“These aircraft must have at least one lavatory of sufficient size to permit a passenger with a disability (with the help of an assistant, if necessary) to approach, enter, and maneuver within the aircraft lavatory, to use all lavatory facilities, and leave by means of the aircraft’s onboard wheelchair if necessary,” the DOT said in a statement.

Accessible faucets and controls, grab bars, accessible call buttons and door locks, minimum obstruction to the passage of an onboard wheelchair, and an available visual barrier for privacy are also required upgrades."

-via LGBTQ Nation, July 28, 2023

Wayyyyyyy fucking overdue but I'll take it!! Also, very nice curb cut effect: We all get to be less miserable on airplanes, and older people don't have to worry as much about airplane bathroom fall risks.

[vexwerewolf]

Saw this on reddit and it genuinely felt like a Tumblr post that ended up on the wrong website by accident

[gentlemanmotorslifestyle]

[planeyboys]

plane liveries in 1974 🟧🟥🟦📏🖌

[coolthingsguyslike]

[thererisesaredstar]

IL-86, a new comfortable airbus (ca. 1980s)

[ishibashisumi]

AIRPLANE airline *A4 size (297x210 mm)

[matchalovertrait]

Off we go ✈️

Transcript

Noemí: I can’t believe it’s time already. Do you have everything? Money? Toothpaste? Underwear?

Dulce: Yes, Mami. I have everything that I could fit into my luggage.

[Noemí starts crying.]

Noemí: We’ll miss you so much.

Erick: We will, but she’s got this. She’s better prepared than we ever were.

Erick: Well, Bug. We don’t want you to miss your flight. You’ll call everyday, right?

Dulce: Yes, Dad. I will. You know I’ll miss the both of you too.

[satans-little-helper33]

[nocternalrandomness]

1940 photo of a TWA Boeing 307B Stratoliner

[captain-flanders]

American Airlines Boeing 727.

[coolkoinu]

Some of my favorite commercial airliners as plane dragons :)

[enriquemzn262]

Handley Page H.P.42

British four-engine biplane airliner of the 1930's, only 8 aircraft in two variants were built, and all were lost to accidents by 1940.

[planeyboys]

Airbus A340-600 nose arrives at any destination before the tail section ever leaves the runway

[aviatrix-ash]

She said: ^u^✨️💕

[vintagepromotions]

Travel poster for Dublin by Scandinavian Airlines (S.A.S.) and Aer Lingus (Irish Air Lines) featuring an illustration of Dublin Airport (c. 1950). Artwork by Raymond Teague Cowern.