CHARLES N. MONTEITH, chief engineer at Boeing Airplane Company, was upbeat when he gave his presentation at the May 1929 aeronautical meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He suggested that airplane passenger cabins would soon afford the same amenities as rail travel. Parlor-car comfort, Pullman style, was the aesthetic aircraft designers hoped to emulate. With prophetic certainty, Monteith proclaimed that "...sleeping compartment, smoking rooms, an observation platform and arrangements for serving meals" would soon be standard features in commercial air travel. The engineer assured his audience that safety was also at the top of Boeing's agenda. Parachutes-once contemplated for passengers-were rejected, the proposal nixed by American and European carriers. "As for safety belts," he said, "British and Dutch opinion is against their installation. Most of the transports operating in the United States today do not provide belts for the passengers, but it is being demonstrated rapidly that they are sometimes very necessary."
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机译：波音飞机公司的首席工程师Charles N. Monteith在1929年5月在美国机械工程师协会的航空会议上发表了他的演讲。他建议飞机乘客小屋很快就能提供与铁路旅行的相同设施。客厅舒适，普拉曼风格是审美飞机设计师，希望模仿。通过预言确定性，Monteith宣称“......睡房，吸烟室，观察平台和服务膳食的安排”很快是商业航空旅行中的标准功能。该工程师向观众提供了安全性也在波音议程的顶端。降落伞 - 曾经考虑过乘客 - 被拒绝了，由美国和欧洲运营商扼杀的提案。 “至于安全带，”他说，“英国和荷兰人的意见是反对他们的安装。今天在美国运营的大部分运输都没有为乘客提供带，但它正在迅速证明它们有时非常必要。“
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