SeatID is an Israeli company set to take your flying experience by storm. Gone are the days of being stuck on a flight next to those irksome plebeians who fall asleep on your shoulder, chat incessantly on topics better suited to Doctor Phil and try in vain to calm their bloodcurdling babies.
According to SeatID, flyers are social savvy individuals; of the 5.2 billion passengers that fly every year, 1 billion have Facebook, 500 million are Tweeters and 190 million are on LinkedIn. Flyers will soon be given the option to opt in for social seating allowing airlines to allocate their pose on the plane based on social compatibilities and the demographic of friends in their social media universe.
Are they attempting to play cupid? Encouraging discrimination? Raping us of one of the last few plays of fate we still have left in our predetermined, app-driven lives? Quite possibly. It’s certainly a bold move and it’s not short of ramifications; but who could possibly say no to avoiding that screaming baby?
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Interesting concept.