They have deck chairs on blimps? :-)
I don't know if they ever did put deckchairs on top but had they thought of it and wanted to do it, it might have worked out ok. (View was likely better inside, looking down).
[1] https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Repairing-the-hull-of-the-... - one of the people is sitting on the side of the photo. They were large enough, stable enough in-flight, and the top was accessible.
Weird. I thought Bush finished out his term.