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AA MD80s To Get MCE?

PDX88 From United States of America, joined Mar 2012, 88 posts, RR: 0
Posted (5 months 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 2644 times:

With the MD80s being phased out of the AA fleet, I was sure these weren't going to see the addition of MCE. However, 4YR is now showing seating layout of 16/119 instead of the standard 16/124, suggesting a row of seats has been removed. Does anyone know how far across the fleet they will do this?

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flyfree727 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 571 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (5 months 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 2491 times:

American announced plans to outfit the entire mainline fleet with Main Cabin Extra (MCE)

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PDX88 From United States of America, joined Mar 2012, 88 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (5 months 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 2462 times:

Never heard that it would be 100% fleet wide. Surely the 762s and vastly older MD80s will not receive it, or am I wrong there too?

N737AA From United States of America, joined Aug 2008, 268 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (5 months 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 2073 times:

MD80's are getting MCE, not sure of the numbers though. Mods have already started.

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NYCAAer From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 660 posts, RR: 4
Reply 4, posted (5 months 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 1637 times:

16F/119Y is the new configuration of the Super 80s. All of them will be reconfigured.

TSS From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 2870 posts, RR: 5
Reply 5, posted (5 months 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1534 times:

Quoting NYCAAer (Reply 4):
16F/119Y is the new configuration of the Super 80s. All of them will be reconfigured.

Can I assume this will finally get rid of the odd layout which left the A/B seats in coach with less leg room than the D/E/F seats?

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FlyASAGuy2005 From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 6507 posts, RR: 11
Reply 6, posted (5 months 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 1428 times:

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Quoting PDX88 (Thread starter):

IDK how/where AA is doing the mods but DL was doing EC on an overnight. They didn't add the more comfortable, padded seats until later on. I'm sure it's the same thing with AA. A relatively cheap upgrade that will see instant ROI. Only makes sense.

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qqflyboy From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 2198 posts, RR: 14
Reply 7, posted (5 months 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1354 times:

The MD-80s weren't included in the original announcement IIRC, but they are indeed getting MCE. As others have mentioned we're not sure of how many will be reconfigured.

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american 767 From United States of America, joined exactly 14 years ago today! , 3320 posts, RR: 14
Reply 8, posted (5 months 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1051 times:

Quoting qqflyboy (Reply 7):
As others have mentioned we're not sure of how many will be reconfigured.

I think it depends on how many are to leave the fleet this coming year 2013. The ones that are due for their D Check soon are the ones to leave the fleet, so those ones would not get the MCE layout.

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