CABRERA: All right. You're going to love this next one. Of course, planes are already a bit of a tight squeeze, especially if you're a frequent flyer, you know what I'm talking about. But listen to this -- Airbus now has a new plan to maximize seating capacity. Here's their idea. They're filing a patent this month for split-level seating for use on wide-body planes. Sort of a double-decker approach. Ultimately, passengers would be stacked, as you can see, above other travelers' heads. Let's bring in CNN's Cristina Alesci, joining us with more on this. This just seems like a crazy idea.</s>CRISTINA ALESCI, CNNMONEY CORRESPONDENT: It's nuts. It's nuts, because it's kind of like a double-decker but without the floor in the middle separating the seats, right? These passengers would literally have to climb into their seat. And there's no separation between the people underneath you, right? This is all in an attempt to get another two seats and make the row go -- the row goes from six to eight seats, so you maximize seating, right? But let's put this into perspective. Companies file patents all the time for all sorts of crazy things that never make it to the market. And if this isn't offensive enough, there's another company out there that wants to turn the middle seat of the airplane in a 180 direction so you're literally staring at the two people next to you for an entire flight. I mean, that is horrendous!</s>CABRERA: That's a little awkward.</s>ALESCI: Right? But listen, I called Airbus, and they said we file all sorts of things. Doesn't mean they're going to make it to market.
Airbus Proposes Split-Level Seating on Planes.