Thursday 11 October

After listening to Rona's talk I had to get to work but whilst I was there I chatted to a few people trying to get more ideas for my project. I spoke with a Purser who has been with the airlines for 16 years. I asked how things may have changed. We walked about and looked at things such as security and how that has advanced over the last ten years. So has certain aspects of the aircraft such as the electronics for the video but not much else. I was thinking of the idea of interiors in aircraft over the years to come, how advanced can they get. The new A380 has been delivered to Singapore airlines and the pictures show how developed things have become over the years, it looks more like a cruise ship.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/07/business_first_airbus_a380_delivered/html/10.stm

Another interesting article from 2000 about airbus interior:

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2000/06/23/airbus000623.html

An idea I had about the whole flight experience in the future is developing for example what will happen to check-in facilities, there will no doubt have Internet on the aircraft's but with low budget carriers will this go the other way and it become a worse environment for the economy traveller. The cheaper the ticket the worse the experience?. There was also another article I found which I was very interested in which was the BBC news article

"how will we get around?"

The prospect of a revolution in air travel has been raised by Nasa's successful test of a 5,000mph plane. But are we likely to see similar advances in other forms of transport?

The way we get about has a profound impact on the way we live - affecting where we set up home, work and holiday.

Nasa scientists say their experimental X-43A jet has the potential to make the world a much smaller place. It has already led to predictions that passenger planes will one day fly from the UK to Australia in two hours. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3580337.stm