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Ryan Bridge: Kudos to Qantas for trying something new · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Kudos to Quantus this morning for introducing a well being
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  Speaker 1: zone on cattle class of their aircraft. Airlines are cramming
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  Speaker 1: us in like sardine'. Anyone who's travelable know this. They
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  Speaker 1: serve you booz you recline your seat, the planes dry
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  Speaker 1: you out, and then as a natural consequence, people go nuts.
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  Speaker 1: Unruly passengers. You would have seen these stories in the news,
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  Speaker 1: ripping open the emergency doors, running up and down the aisles,
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  Speaker 1: screaming like mad people. Globally, physical assaults on aircraft up
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  Speaker 1: sixty percent post pandemic. Air New Zealand alone deals with
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  Speaker 1: two hundred reports a month of abusive behavior, two hundred
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  Speaker 1: a month. So people are responsible for their behavior, yes,
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  Speaker 1: but the airlines are responsible for the environment which you
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  Speaker 1: travel in. And this is long haul. I'm talking long haul. Really,
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  Speaker 1: the wild is full of nutty people, and you have
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  Speaker 1: to cater for nutty people, don't you on aircraft? So
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  Speaker 1: good on Quantus from twenty twenty six. I might don't
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  Speaker 1: go and book them tomorrow, but from twenty twenty six,
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  Speaker 1: a dedicated well being area at the front of economy.
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  Speaker 1: They've got sculpted wall, integrated handles for exercise, stabilizing you
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  Speaker 1: and doing some squats or whatever you want to do.
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  Speaker 1: They've got a cabinet of healthy snacks, fruit juices, smoothies,
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  Speaker 1: self service. Now here's the kicker. It's for their twenty
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  Speaker 1: hour flights. Would you do it? Would you do it?
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  Speaker 1: Even if there's fruit smoothies and integrated handles for stretching
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  Speaker 1: an exercise, The answer for me is a resounding no.
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  Speaker 1: But at least they're trying something others should follow suit.
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