Steerage, anyone?

Don't these people sell tubes to sleep in, too?

". . . Airbus has quietly pitched the standing-room-only option to Asian carriers, though none have agreed to it yet. . . . The paper, quoting experts who it said had seen a proposal, reported that if the standing room option is used, passengers would be propped against a padded backboard, held in place with a harness."

(Fun bonus fact from Wikipedia: "Steerage is also used a slang for the common working class, or simple-minded folk, i.e. 'You are not likely to find much steerage on international flights.' Really? Better talk to Airbus.)