ANA 787 config revealed; will UA get throne in C...
Jun 27, 2011 | 3:50 pm
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Interestingly enough, I meant 3-6-3. I meant it as hyperbole for a very simple reason...I somehow got confused and thought of the 767 as I was typing. 2-5-2 is 9 across, and yes of course there's room. (Hopefully won't happen and it'll be 8 across,) but yes there's room (as LOT is doing).
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Jun 27, 2011 | 3:58 pm
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Did you see that it had a pressure setting that looked like "low pressure", "high pressure", and "We're a GO for liftoff!"
I almost want to book a flight just to watch for the person who walks out drenched. The proverbial "Darlin', there is somting wrong with yur porta john. It shot water up my pants."
I almost want to book a flight just to watch for the person who walks out drenched. The proverbial "Darlin', there is somting wrong with yur porta john. It shot water up my pants."
Jun 27, 2011 | 5:15 pm
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It is 1-2-1 or 1-1-1, even NH's 77W staggered business is 1-2-1. If it is 2-3-2, the 77W wouldn't have a seating only 215 seats.
Not sure if you aware since NH instroduce their "inspiration of Japan" theme, they had cut cost in many things especially in food offerings in Y. They only serve 1 full meal and 1 snack for any long haul routes, instead of 2 fulls meals and 1 snack like everybody do including UA and CO. The 2nd meal reduce to a snack, and free mid-flight snack become mid-flight snack for sale, and they are not cheap at all. Many people who have flown in Y recently all complain their food offerings in Y. So unless they are going to make the change, people actually would choose anything but NH.
Not sure if you aware since NH instroduce their "inspiration of Japan" theme, they had cut cost in many things especially in food offerings in Y. They only serve 1 full meal and 1 snack for any long haul routes, instead of 2 fulls meals and 1 snack like everybody do including UA and CO. The 2nd meal reduce to a snack, and free mid-flight snack become mid-flight snack for sale, and they are not cheap at all. Many people who have flown in Y recently all complain their food offerings in Y. So unless they are going to make the change, people actually would choose anything but NH.
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Jun 27, 2011 | 6:31 pm
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Ain't gonna happen ... the washlets are set to turn off automatically if you are not on the seat (ie: they are pressure sensitive) 
Jun 27, 2011 | 7:10 pm
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If you put the seats in 2-3-2 then stagger everyother seat then make the space under the arm rest narrower, then you get the configuration. You only loose a 1/2 of seat pitch at the bulk head. Subtracting the bulkhead stagger, then net is effectively 2-3-2 - a cleaver way of getting lie flat seats. Others use the same technique in various configurations with legs under a wide armrest.
Jun 27, 2011 | 7:24 pm
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Interestingly enough, I meant 3-6-3. I meant it as hyperbole for a very simple reason...I somehow got confused and thought of the 767 as I was typing. 2-5-2 is 9 across, and yes of course there's room. (Hopefully won't happen and it'll be 8 across,) but yes there's room (as LOT is doing).
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Jun 27, 2011 | 8:29 pm
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That's pretty much the same config ANA has on its new 777s in business. As for UA/CO, I'd expect them to go for 2-3-2 in C with their dreaded UA business seat squished together to ensure no privacy!
Jun 27, 2011 | 9:26 pm
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It is 1-2-1 or 1-1-1, even NH's 77W staggered business is 1-2-1. If it is 2-3-2, the 77W wouldn't have a seating only 215 seats.
Not sure if you aware since NH instroduce their "inspiration of Japan" theme, they had cut cost in many things especially in food offerings in Y. They only serve 1 full meal and 1 snack for any long haul routes, instead of 2 fulls meals and 1 snack like everybody do including UA and CO. The 2nd meal reduce to a snack, and free mid-flight snack become mid-flight snack for sale, and they are not cheap at all. Many people who have flown in Y recently all complain their food offerings in Y. So unless they are going to make the change, people actually would choose anything but NH.
Not sure if you aware since NH instroduce their "inspiration of Japan" theme, they had cut cost in many things especially in food offerings in Y. They only serve 1 full meal and 1 snack for any long haul routes, instead of 2 fulls meals and 1 snack like everybody do including UA and CO. The 2nd meal reduce to a snack, and free mid-flight snack become mid-flight snack for sale, and they are not cheap at all. Many people who have flown in Y recently all complain their food offerings in Y. So unless they are going to make the change, people actually would choose anything but NH.
Depends on the C they use. They could go 2-2-2 and use the new BF
Jun 29, 2011 | 5:34 am
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There are pluses and minuses to NH's 2-4-2 arrangement, with independent pairs of seats comprising the center four.
A plus is that each center seat has its own armrest, and even perhaps a sliver of space between the armrests.
A potential minus is that on flights with light loads, there will be no more lying down across an entire bank of middle seats.
A plus is that each center seat has its own armrest, and even perhaps a sliver of space between the armrests.
A potential minus is that on flights with light loads, there will be no more lying down across an entire bank of middle seats.
Jun 29, 2011 | 8:19 am
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There are pluses and minuses to NH's 2-4-2 arrangement, with independent pairs of seats comprising the center four.
A plus is that each center seat has its own armrest, and even perhaps a sliver of space between the armrests.
A potential minus is that on flights with light loads, there will be no more lying down across an entire bank of middle seats.
A plus is that each center seat has its own armrest, and even perhaps a sliver of space between the armrests.
A potential minus is that on flights with light loads, there will be no more lying down across an entire bank of middle seats.
And yes, that is nice about both middle seats having their own armrest, as well as the additional space between them.
Jun 29, 2011 | 11:55 am
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Not sure if you aware since NH instroduce their "inspiration of Japan" theme, they had cut cost in many things especially in food offerings in Y. They only serve 1 full meal and 1 snack for any long haul routes, instead of 2 fulls meals and 1 snack like everybody do including UA and CO. The 2nd meal reduce to a snack, and free mid-flight snack become mid-flight snack for sale, and they are not cheap at all. Many people who have flown in Y recently all complain their food offerings in Y. So unless they are going to make the change, people actually would choose anything but NH.
If people would rather get fat with less elbow and leg room on COUA, versus thinner with more room, more power to them.
Jun 30, 2011 | 6:02 pm
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AC has the worst herringbone seats in star
I doubt United would chose a herringbone style seat for the 787 considering their current lie-flat seats don't follow that style. I think the 787 seats will be pretty similar to the current BusinessFirst seats, most likely in a 2-2-2 layout like LOT Airlines' configuration.
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Oct 22, 2011 | 10:15 pm
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