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American’s new 737 MAX won't have seatback screens
Last week American Airlines joined the pack of airlines offering no-frills basic economy fares with carry-on restrictions. The no-frills theme continues this week, with the announcement that when the Fort Worth-based carrier takes delivery of its new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft later this year, the plane will have no seatback monitors for viewing in-flight entertainment. (www.usatoday.com) More...
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Passes American Airlines a can opener..you will need it to remove the sardines after each trip.
The seat back screens add weight. Everyone has a device that connect to the internet. Let them use that if they want inflight entertainment. The screens are going to disappear just like the ones in a minivan. The world has moved on.
Not only the weight they add, but I suspect there is a big cost in maintenance. Replacing screens, cleaning etc.. Add to that dealing with pax when something goes wrong in flight and they don't work 100%
Except if they want to connect to the internet, they will have to pay for it..as Taylor pointed out, to use the "on-board library" to stream to a device is hit or miss..what gets me is the screens are staying on the A321's
No frills, shorter seat pitch, narrower seats, lower baggage allowance = less of a chance that I will ever get on one of their airplanes.
And at some point in the future when enough pax say enough is enough they'll have to go back and spend large amounts of $$$$ to refit the entire cabin.
What these bean counter forget (as company profits soar) is that they provide a service, when that service falls below a certain point in customer satisfaction they lose customers and the way they're going that point is fast approaching.
And at some point in the future when enough pax say enough is enough they'll have to go back and spend large amounts of $$$$ to refit the entire cabin.
What these bean counter forget (as company profits soar) is that they provide a service, when that service falls below a certain point in customer satisfaction they lose customers and the way they're going that point is fast approaching.
The service they provide is to their stockholders and Goldman Sachs. The customers, who come in a distant fourth, will go elsewhere iff there is a better elsewhere to which they can go.
As the legume enumerators say "it's a 737-Max, not 737-IMAX"
As the legume enumerators say "it's a 737-Max, not 737-IMAX"
Giving you an upvote simply for "legume enumerators".
I agree that airlines are crowding passengers into more and more uncomfortable seats. However the last times I flew the no frills economy section was full and the expanded economy had empty seats. So passengers are voting with their dollars for the cheapest, most uncomfortable, seats. So the airlines are supplying what sells. I don't like it either but can you really blame the airline?
