Soxfan From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 854 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 years 2 months 22 hours ago) and read 2569 times:
Hi All,
For American Airline's Boeing 762's, SeatGuru indicates that in economy class, IFE consists of mainscreen projectors and overhead video monitors. However, it also indicates that all B and H seats "have limited underseat leg and storage room due to the presence of an entertainment equipment box." Does this mean that the B762 was delivered, or configured at some point, to be capable of having PTVs in economy class? There is in-seat audio, but I believe this is on other planes which do not have this underseat box. Or, is SeatGuru mistaken in its description?
Tommy767 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 6171 posts, RR: 9 Reply 1, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2410 times:
When AA put new seats on the 762s back in the late 90s I believe they had plans to put in IFE in economy but scrapped it after 9/11.
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Soxfan From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 854 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 2339 times:
Quoting Tommy767 (Reply 1): When AA put new seats on the 762s back in the late 90s I believe they had plans to put in IFE in economy but scrapped it after 9/11.
Thanks for the information. Is it too costly, then, to remove these boxes and give the passengers more foot room?
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Tommy767 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 6171 posts, RR: 9 Reply 3, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 2337 times:
Quoting Soxfan (Reply 2): Thanks for the information. Is it too costly, then, to remove these boxes and give the passengers more foot room?
Ah...I think it just might be out of sheer laziness in not removing the boxes. I honestly do not think that AA has any plans to put personal IFE in economy on any 767s.
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OP3000 From United States of America, joined Jun 2009, 1678 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2327 times:
Quoting Tommy767 (Reply 3): Ah...I think it just might be out of sheer laziness in not removing the boxes. I honestly do not think that AA has any plans to put personal IFE in economy on any 767s.
I don't think so. You know how much weight and therefore fuel would be attributable for those boxes? No way they'd leave it in - not in an airline where the bean counters evaluate each year how much revenues the in-flight magazine makes vs. the weight (=fuel costs) it represents on aggregate. And that's not exactly a heavy item.
My guess is that seatguru hasn't updated that information, which would not be a first.
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