#transport planes

[stone-cold-groove]

Air transport Cannonball. Douglas Aircraft - 1944.

[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.

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C-5 Galaxy next to C-130 Hercules and a couple of fighters.

[nocternalrandomness]

1943 C-60 "Goodtime Gal" prepares to deploy jumpers at the Vandenberg AFB Air & Space Show

[emojibankrepository]

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[fluffyblue-multifandommess]

things trains have that airplanes don't:

leg room

windows you can see actual scenery out of - even when you're not in the window seat!

get up and walk around whenever you want

keep your luggage where you can see it

take as much luggage with you as you can physically carry

take your own beverage and snacks

accessible pricing

things planes have that trains don't:

turbulence

disproportionate environmental impact

[scarletkaoru]

Nynaeve, in a ship: we should have taken a carriage

Nynaeve, in a carriage: we should have taken a ship

[usafphantom2]

Lockheed “Hudson” at Bassingbourne, Cambridgeshire, 1943

@ron_eisele via x

[momotonescreaming]

Bucktommy library date when

[wspinpics]

Marines jumping out of V22 osprey

[nocternalrandomness]

C-5 Galaxy over California - 2011

[vintageadsmakemehappy]

1955 Lockheed Super Constellation

[leclercskiesahead]

The way his face just dropped 😂

[pagingdoctorbedlam]

I think if we gave Ebenholz the entire Green Day discography and set him loose in a mall, it would Heal Him.