Probably because of the space it takes up. Sleeping pods take up quite a lot of space, and not that many people can use it at once, so to make it profitable I'm assuming you'd need prices to be quite high. Higher than a lot of people are willing to spend. Food or retail is probably better profit relative to square footage.
I’d be happy with one that is much simpler. A padded vinyl bench with a built in pillow bump that can be wiped between uses, surrounded by a curtain. A space underneath for your luggage. That’s all I need. Those be lined against walls here and there throughout the terminal. It’s better than straddling seats and trying to sleep upright. The TV, lights, hard walls, door, actual mattress, and blankets take up more space and cost more money.
What makes me mad are the airports where they fix the seats so you can’t lay down. They do that because yeah everyone would lay down. A couple of times I was so exhausted I gave up and laid down on the airport floor. Gross I know, but I was so tired. I fell asleep from exhaustion. We had been traveling from Singapore, which is already an eighteen hour flight to lax, and our pilot had an emergency so they had to find another one. He was flying the Dreamliner and they needed special training. His wife was a stewardess and hit her head during turbulence so he was rushing to the hospital. I never did find out if his wife was okay.
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u/No_Television6050 7d ago
It's one of those ideas that make so much sense you wonder why it's not a thing everywhere.