I was merely pointing out in a flippant way that the ideal of an unrestricted view is just that, that a view will always be restricted in some way so long as your sitting inside the train
I don't mind flippancy,
I'm all for it in fact.
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Funny thread whilst it lasted, but its getting boring now.
One guy has a chip on his shoulder, refuses to listen to arguments/ evidence, thread goes round and round in circles...
Next time I travel Virgin, I'm going to complain about all of the other seats in the train blocking my view, and the roof that only gives me a restricted view of the sky, and...
You're right it is going round in circles because we're suffering multiple breakdowns in communications and arguing on parallel lines going in different directions, at the same time.
It's very much like arguing with the wife in fact.....
You're absolutely right I've got a chip on my shoulder, I like to look out of the window and very much object to being unable to do so due to poor design.
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So your fix would be to remove capacity in standard class just to get the seats to align to the windows? I would love to see your business case for that
No my fix would be to get some sanity about how safe trains actually are, we don't need windows the size of tea trays and window pillars as wide as garden paths.
Short of that, alter the window spacing between 1st and 2nd class coaches, I really don't see why it should cost that much more. As pointed out earlier BR used to do it with the mk2s.
If I was really cynical, which I am, I'd suggest that the train companies don't want to make 2nd too comfortable so as to encourage people to spend (even more) on a 1st class ticket.
Interesting point.
When BR bothered to produce different window spacings for 1st and 2nd class they referred to passengers as, what was it,
passengers.
No train company now makes different window spacings, yet we've now become
customers, as in the customer is king, the customer is always right etc etc.
Is there some irony in that ?
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JS: "oh hello there Virgin, I was wondering whether or not you'd like to consider removing standard class seats in order to make sure every remaining seat lines up perfectly with a window. It might lose you a lot of capacity, just short of 30% seated to be precise, but I think it's a great idea as it means I will have an unobstructed view all the time and won't have to blabber on incessantly about how poor your trains are"
VT: "why don't you just *** off"?
No my fix would be to get some sanity about how safe trains actually are, we don't need windows the size of tea trays and window pillars as wide as garden paths.
Short of that, alter the window spacing between 1st and 2nd class coaches, I really don't see why it should cost that much more. As pointed out earlier BR used to do it with the mk2s.
If I was really cynical, which I am, I'd suggest that the train companies don't want to make 2nd too comfortable so as to encourage people to spend (even more) on a 1st class ticket.
Didn`t want you to feel left out........