Moosefire wrote:

Looks nice. Most folks praised this lighting scheme on virgin. Now it’s terrible?

Virgin used purple/pink for a reason.

tjcab wrote:

Hmm, lots of people here seem to know a lot about strip clubs. I think these two colours look great. How dare they be different?

Let’s be different let’s do exactly what Delta did with their md80s. Oh yeah and the current lighting scheme they have on their 350s and 777s only with less harsh blue. Floral in the spring how original. With that being said I don’t mind it

itripreport wrote:

Hey guys, I was looking through instagram and I found this shot which shows American's newest family member in the "Party" mode. Does anyone else out there have more images of the cabin. I've already seen the images taken during delivery maintenance. Also, thoughts? Personally, I love the addition of the mood lighting, as it gives life to a rather dull cabin.

Looks like American was trying to highlight it's corporate logo colors but the effect has turned out to be a little raunchy. Most of the A320/B737 flights are in the sub-two to three hour duration (at least the ones I have taken) so I really doubt that mood lighting would make much difference on how one arrives at the destination.

Amazing how much folks complain about lighting on an airplane. Perhaps you all should buy your own and go back to incandescent bulbs? People want cheap, cheap and more cheap. The seats and pitch are a direct result of Americans being cheap. Stop complaining or better yet, fly with airlines that have more room and/or better service.

Oh God, the ignorance in here.

This is the party mode setting. AA's 787 has a party mode setting that looks exactly like this.

It doesn't mean you'll see it being used by the flight attendants when you fly.

SonomaFlyer wrote:

Amazing how much folks complain about lighting on an airplane. Perhaps you all should buy your own and go back to incandescent bulbs? People want cheap, cheap and more cheap. The seats and pitch are a direct result of Americans being cheap. Stop complaining or better yet, fly with airlines that have more room and/or better service.

Buzz off. Geez, we’re allowed to have an opinion about the pic that was posted. That’s why they posted it in the first place.

Most of you lack any sense of your own hypocrisy. You loved it when Virgin did it, and you’d get hailing Delta as an innovator if this were a Delta 321NEO.

At least AA didn’t go for Delta’s lavatory-in-the-galley configuration where you literally have to walk into the lav backwards to take a crap.

Why does AA need a party mode light scheme? To take your mind off the awful onboard experience? Or are they going to be the official airline of swinger's conventions? Good luck joining the mile high club in one of those cramped restrooms with barely enough room to turn yourself around.

TTailedTiger wrote:

Why does AA need a party mode light scheme? To take your mind off the awful onboard experience? Or are they going to be the official airline of swinger's conventions? Good luck joining the mile high club in one of those cramped restrooms with barely enough room to turn yourself around.

No...AA didn’t cheap out on the lavs the way Delta did. Full-size lavs on the AA NEO....not Delta’s lavatory-in-the-galley setup. I’ll now leave you to your seedy mile-high
fantasies.

TTailedTiger wrote:

Why does AA need a party mode light scheme? To take your mind off the awful onboard experience? Or are they going to be the official airline of swinger's conventions? Good luck joining the mile high club in one of those cramped restrooms with barely enough room to turn yourself around.

Cabin lighting=party=swingers=sex in restrooms=good luck, those restrooms are too small

Luke1994 wrote:

Oh my. It looks like a whorehouse. Not that I would know what one looks like...

omg thats great!!

AAlaxfan wrote:

1. This is one of the millions of lighting combinations possible with the LED lighting. Why are people complaining? It's not like it will be the only lighting used.

This. If you've ever been given the opportunity to tinker with the lighting control panel a bit you can configure it essentially however you want with seemingly endless combinations. There are even buttons for a sort of flashing rainbow that I've seen used during boarding of shuttle or delivery flights.

Detroit313 wrote:

Oh God, the ignorance in here.

This is the party mode setting. AA's 787 has a party mode setting that looks exactly like this.

It doesn't mean you'll see it being used by the flight attendants when you fly.

AA's 77W also has a cool one that makes the little 'star' LEDs in the ceiling twinkle. It's very cool.

ac33e wrote:

Reminiscent of AMS. Without IFE and with their signature 30" pitch, I doubt this bird will ever get there.

AMS?

ewt340 wrote:

Loved it, better than some Boring Uninspiring "White" Lights many airlines still uses.

Also I think some people here are too young to been in strip club though.....

You do realize there are thousands of strip clubs around the world. Many near airports. And those are full of airline employees & passengers on a layover.

What's up with everyone hating on American's party mode, I have to say it looks beautiful, and does give the cabin life, which would otherwise look dull with the average white/blue interior. I don't get it, you guys say you miss something, then when another airline implements it its no longer ok. I hope American uses this color often, looks beautiful

millionsofmiles wrote:

TTailedTiger wrote:

Why does AA need a party mode light scheme? To take your mind off the awful onboard experience? Or are they going to be the official airline of swinger's conventions? Good luck joining the mile high club in one of those cramped restrooms with barely enough room to turn yourself around.

No...AA didn’t cheap out on the lavs the way Delta did. Full-size lavs on the AA NEO....not Delta’s lavatory-in-the-galley setup. I’ll now leave you to your seedy mile-high
fantasies.

Well that's good. Delta's lavs on the 321 are barely bigger than the overhead bins.

I like it! Anything to liven up the cabin is cool by me! Now somebody tell me what the inside of a whorehouse looks like. Do they have seatback screens, cause AA sure could use some!

SurfandSnow wrote:

Wonderful news! It's great to see AA finally improving its product. To me, this conveys the AA brand very well.

Yes, The Screaming Redneck!

Doug Parker’s last day can’t come soon enough!

AAlaxfan wrote:

Doug needs to listen to his front line employees (FA's), to get the pulse of what's really going on inside the airplane and how people are hating the new seats.

He just doesn’t care. His excuse is that customers are not willing to pay for anything so give them crap. And as long as his operating philosophy is “The customer is the enemy” he will continue the race to the bottom.

questions wrote:

SurfandSnow wrote:

Wonderful news! It's great to see AA finally improving its product. To me, this conveys the AA brand very well.

Yes, The Screaming Redneck!

Doug Parker’s last day can’t come soon enough!

Why do you associate American Airlines, and the colors of the US flag, with screaming rednecks?

Are all national carriers that use their national flag's colors tacky? Or just when US carriers do it? Last I checked, Delta uses US flag colors too. Are they tacky? Are they associated with screaming rednecks?

these new interior led lights are very nice.
but when is it used this "party mode"?

washingtonflyer wrote:

Where is the stripper pole?

I want male F/As with skimpy speedos serving my drinks...

washingtonflyer wrote:

Where is the stripper pole?

That's in First Class, which has been renamed The Champagne Room.

Better than a boring interior for sure, I wonder how much of this "intense" look is just image saturation? I'd love if airlines played more with the LED scheme.

Also, nice to see USBs on every seat.

STLflyer wrote:

It looks like the Red Light District in Amsterdam. Be careful on the blue side, you might get more than you bargained for.

Haha exactly what I was thinking. They really nailed the look

maps4ltd wrote:

So do the FA’s serve drinks with G-strings on?

Yes, but disappointingly it's only the 60 year old male pursers!



Back on topic: It is truly shocking to me that AA would invest in a whole fleet of brand new A321neos and NOT invest in their customer experience by including seatback IFE. I was looking forward to flying one of these, but now not so much. Over time, I am having a really hard time finding any reasons at all to go out of my way to fly AA.

Mind bleach. MIND BLEACH.

Etheereal wrote:

maps4ltd wrote:

So do the FA’s serve drinks with G-strings on?

They may do already, but the uniforms cover them

And they said Hooters airline was bad.

Naked Air?

DL747400 wrote:

maps4ltd wrote:

So do the FA’s serve drinks with G-strings on?

Yes, but disappointingly it's only the 60 year old male pursers!



Back on topic: It is truly shocking to me that AA would invest in a whole fleet of brand new A321neos and NOT invest in their customer experience by including seatback IFE. I was looking forward to flying one of these, but now not so much. Over time, I am having a really hard time finding any reasons at all to go out of my way to fly AA.

Its been hashed out many times, but AA didnt add IFe for many reasons. The main reason is, theyre expensive and maintenance nightmares. Others: Take up leg room. Go Obsolete quickly. With tablets and smart devices becoming almost universal across the traveling public, they wanted to invest in highspeed Wifi and counting on passengers to prefer using their own devises anyways.

B1168 wrote:

nc3rd wrote:

No IFE, but no IFE box taking up the leg room. I like the back of the seat tray to hold a tablet and the plug beside it. It works for me.

Agreed, but when the plug is dead, you are doomed to end up dead boring.
Also, being unable to see the plane’s route and its parameters during takeoff/landing is somewhat dissatisfying.

The inflight moving map is available still. Log on to the entertainment through your own device, and its in the free tabs.

AAlaxfan wrote:

1. This is one of the millions of lighting combinations possible with the LED lighting. Why are people complaining? It's not like it will be the only lighting used.
2. I had a very similar lighting scheme on DL several years ago. Didn't complain about it then, wouldn't complain about it now.
3. Got to agree: "If Delta had done this everyone would be cheering that it was so innovative."
4. Yes, I prefer AVOD over personal device.

Not happy with the OASIS updates. Doug needs to listen to his front line employees (FA's), to get the pulse of what's really going on inside the airplane and how people are hating the new seats.


Edits for clarity.

People might think AA was innovative if they had done this several years ago also.

I do see a USB port which is definitely a step up for AA. Not sure if they have a full AC power port, but for those of us bringing full laptops for a 6 hour flight, it's pretty much a necessity

bdepalo wrote:

I do see a USB port which is definitely a step up for AA. Not sure if they have a full AC power port, but for those of us bringing full laptops for a 6 hour flight, it's pretty much a necessity

Power ports a d USB ports at every single seat. Like all the Oasis 737s and 321s.

nc3rd wrote:

DL747400 wrote:

maps4ltd wrote:

So do the FA’s serve drinks with G-strings on?

Yes, but disappointingly it's only the 60 year old male pursers!



Back on topic: It is truly shocking to me that AA would invest in a whole fleet of brand new A321neos and NOT invest in their customer experience by including seatback IFE. I was looking forward to flying one of these, but now not so much. Over time, I am having a really hard time finding any reasons at all to go out of my way to fly AA.

Its been hashed out many times, but AA didnt add IFe for many reasons. The main reason is, theyre expensive and maintenance nightmares. Others: Take up leg room. Go Obsolete quickly. With tablets and smart devices becoming almost universal across the traveling public, they wanted to invest in highspeed Wifi and counting on passengers to prefer using their own devises anyways.

How about both, like DL did on their A220s?

Luke1994 wrote:

Oh my. It looks like a whorehouse. Not that I would know what one looks like...

hahaha I needed this laugh this morning

nc3rd wrote:

DL747400 wrote:

maps4ltd wrote:

So do the FA’s serve drinks with G-strings on?

Yes, but disappointingly it's only the 60 year old male pursers!



Back on topic: It is truly shocking to me that AA would invest in a whole fleet of brand new A321neos and NOT invest in their customer experience by including seatback IFE. I was looking forward to flying one of these, but now not so much. Over time, I am having a really hard time finding any reasons at all to go out of my way to fly AA.

Its been hashed out many times, but AA didnt add IFe for many reasons. The main reason is, theyre expensive and maintenance nightmares. Others: Take up leg room. Go Obsolete quickly. With tablets and smart devices becoming almost universal across the traveling public, they wanted to invest in highspeed Wifi and counting on passengers to prefer using their own devises anyways.

I dont fly AA. Is Wifi free on their flights?

Elementalism wrote:

I dont fly AA. Is Wifi free on their flights?

Nope.

washingtonflyer wrote:

Elementalism wrote:

I dont fly AA. Is Wifi free on their flights?

Nope.

Well, not exactly. You can access the wifi for free for things like Live TV, free moving map, aa.com, stored video content etc....To browse would be extra.

Streaming content from WiFi in a plane especially when everyone HAS to use it because there is no IFE installed is painfully slow, sometimes doesn’t work either. On most of my WiFi only equipped flights, the wifi only worked on about 60 percent of them.

Good on DL and B6 to continue on and upgrade the IFE! Long Love IFE!


As for Doug Parker he’s a loser and I wish he’d go. I was gold on AA for over a decade now I haven’t stepped foot on AA metal in over 4 years. Might as well turn the little eagles head logo on the forward fuselage into a greyhounds head.

nc3rd wrote:

DL747400 wrote:

maps4ltd wrote:

So do the FA’s serve drinks with G-strings on?

Yes, but disappointingly it's only the 60 year old male pursers!



Back on topic: It is truly shocking to me that AA would invest in a whole fleet of brand new A321neos and NOT invest in their customer experience by including seatback IFE. I was looking forward to flying one of these, but now not so much. Over time, I am having a really hard time finding any reasons at all to go out of my way to fly AA.

Its been hashed out many times, but AA didnt add IFe for many reasons. The main reason is, theyre expensive and maintenance nightmares. Others: Take up leg room. Go Obsolete quickly. With tablets and smart devices becoming almost universal across the traveling public, they wanted to invest in highspeed Wifi and counting on passengers to prefer using their own devises anyways.

And, for about the millionth time, none of those things are true anymore. Delta's new in-seat IFE comes without the obnoxious underseat boxes and the units are essentially thin tablets that need minimal wiring and can be easily replaced.

AA's other actions with regard to the MAX (not to mention half-assed retrofits of the 767 and 757) show they are only interested in being as cheap as possible, hence the lack of inseat IFE.

bridge29 wrote:

nc3rd wrote:

DL747400 wrote:

Back on topic: It is truly shocking to me that AA would invest in a whole fleet of brand new A321neos and NOT invest in their customer experience by including seatback IFE. I was looking forward to flying one of these, but now not so much. Over time, I am having a really hard time finding any reasons at all to go out of my way to fly AA.

Its been hashed out many times, but AA didnt add IFe for many reasons. The main reason is, theyre expensive and maintenance nightmares. Others: Take up leg room. Go Obsolete quickly. With tablets and smart devices becoming almost universal across the traveling public, they wanted to invest in highspeed Wifi and counting on passengers to prefer using their own devises anyways.

And, for about the millionth time, none of those things are true anymore. Delta's new in-seat IFE comes without the obnoxious underseat boxes and the units are essentially thin tablets that need minimal wiring and can be easily replaced.

AA's other actions with regard to the MAX (not to mention half-assed retrofits of the 767 and 757) show they are only interested in being as cheap as possible, hence the lack of inseat IFE.

I say this as an AA million-miler who has switched to DL since leaving the DFW area, because AA let me down in a LOT of ways:

I don't understand why people are giving AA so much grief over this on domestic flights. Long-haul, I get it. But for 2 or 3 hours? Geez people read a book or a magazine or look out the window - most of the content on IFE systems is vapid crap anyway, and you're barely going to get through a single movie. As someone mentioned, you can get moving map and some content for free on wifi, and it's not hard to load up a movie on your own iPad if that's what you want to watch, plus you won't be bothered by PA announcements interrupting it. But I don't get the notion that the airline needs to entertain people for every second while they are onboard on a domestic flight.

I'm certainly glad DL's IFE doesn't have underseat boxes (I'm 6'4" and would definitely be complaining about that) but the fact that they have IFE is not why I fly them now. I'm also sure that 98% of the flying public doesn't take IFE into account when choosing their flights, since it's not something that's typically shown anywhere when people are looking at the numbers next to the dollar sign.

As far as the party-mode lighting? I like it, it's fun. That's not gonna get me back on AA either though.

If this is 'mood' lighting, I'm guessing the mood must be 'nagging haemorrhoids' ?

StudiodeKadent wrote:

questions wrote:

SurfandSnow wrote:

Wonderful news! It's great to see AA finally improving its product. To me, this conveys the AA brand very well.

Yes, The Screaming Redneck!

Doug Parker’s last day can’t come soon enough!

Why do you associate American Airlines, and the colors of the US flag, with screaming rednecks?

Are all national carriers that use their national flag's colors tacky? Or just when US carriers do it? Last I checked, Delta uses US flag colors too. Are they tacky? Are they associated with screaming rednecks?

It’s the HOW, not the WHAT.

a few more pics of the interior for those interested:
https://twitter.com/xJonNYC/status/1108768169345331204

The seats seem pretty wide, although that could just be an illusion of curves.

bridge29 wrote:

And, for about the millionth time, none of those things are true anymore. Delta's new in-seat IFE comes without the obnoxious underseat boxes and the units are essentially thin tablets that need minimal wiring and can be easily replaced.

AA's other actions with regard to the MAX (not to mention half-assed retrofits of the 767 and 757) show they are only interested in being as cheap as possible, hence the lack of inseat IFE.

I'm surprised AA even decided to install the mood lighting given how cheap they like to be with their products even though they are buying brand new planes!

Holly Hell ! it looks like they're gonna film Soul Plane II on that thing

To keep you cheery while you are realizing that you’re missing your connection at DFW, LAX or MIA because the gate is occupied-usually way past arrival time.

Miamiairport wrote:

To keep you cheery while you are realizing that you’re missing your connection at DFW, LAX or MIA because the gate is occupied-usually way past arrival time.

"We have arrived but another aircraft is occupying our gate" classic American Airlines