Perhaps it could be used as a search plane since it would give the passengers great views of the area?
It seems really neat.

It's really stupid to base an aircraft design on minor niceties for it's passengers. The thing is looking extremely ugly to anyone who have basic understanding in aerodynamics and principles of aircraft design. It has huge wetted surface, enormous interference drag, will weight about 2.5 times more than normal airplane, and boarding this thing is a torture. You need 60M$ - to engineer this shit - are you crazy?

If the pilot has a heart attack or just gets really sick from the bad sashimi she ate for lunch...
The passengers are locked into their separate pods with no hope of even trying to keep the plane from crashing.

I'm thinking a blended wingbody would do the same thing at a lot less complexity and cost, without the drag penalty.

It has often struck me that the Airbus 380 could have been designed with a front windscreen for the top deck. I bet they could charge premium prices for a seat in the front row. It might even make it look nicer, too.

I agree with G.E. about the pilot having a heart attack. It seems like it would be easier to simply put larger/additional windows/windscreen on a plane than to to increase the frontal area of the plane so much. The windows you can see on the design aren't so great.

just put a land me button and let ground control take over common already

I think I could get claustrophobic in that little side pod and there would be no moving around either. The center of the plane would also block a good portion of the view for both the pilot and the passengers. This might make an interesting cargo amphibian design but not for passengers.

If you want the passengers to have a forward view then put LED screens on the back of the seats. Seems you good people at Micronautix have money, time and skills but sketchy ideas. Join the Minimalist Airplane Study Group and put your resources to good use - we have some great ideas.

The Triton is designed around a Ballistic Recovery System which will lower the entire airframe to the ground by parachute for cases such as a pilot heart attack. There is also a passenger behind the pilot. The outer pods are 36" wide, giving the occupants plenty of comfort. The design compromises made for the passenger views, comfort and safety cost a 35 kt decrease in cruise speed, about the same as adding floats to a landplane. The Triton is designed for air tours, where speed is not a priority. Looking at an LED screen for your outside view can be done in your living room.