Alaska Airlines Upgrading its Aircraft With New Seats and Power Outlets
Apr 23, 2013, 6:11 am
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Alaska Airlines Upgrading its Aircraft With New Seats and Power Outlets
Apr 23, 2013, 7:02 am
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Rick wasn't just a-woofin' at the Gold lunch here in JNU last week!
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Apr 23, 2013, 8:17 am
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Apr 23, 2013, 8:23 am
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I know that they claim the slimmer design allows for more seats. How are the Recaro seats and legroom? I've only sat in F on the planes that had them.
Apr 23, 2013, 9:12 am
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For me at least, Wi-Fi is nice but I value in-seat AC power more.
Right on, Alaska! ^^
Right on, Alaska! ^^
Apr 23, 2013, 9:17 am
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For me, one can't really go without the other. As my extra-capacity battery has aged on my year-old laptop, I can just about make it one transcon flight on a single charge. If I'm connecting (which I usually am, and usually without enough time to charge up), I can basically plan on a dead battery on the second flight. Power is necessary for me to keep productive and working while on the go.
Apr 23, 2013, 9:58 am
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I applaud Alaska's effort at introducing these new features to enhance their products over the coming years. Now if they could just figure out how I might find enough space on the tray table to put my laptop on it, to actually take advantage of the new power ports. 
Apr 23, 2013, 10:25 am
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^^^ to power outlets and getting rid of the Digis
That is the bad part of the release... They will not be adding an extra legroom section in Y for awhile.
I applaud Alaska's effort at introducing these new features to enhance their products over the coming years. Now if they could just figure out how I might find enough space on the tray table to put my laptop on it, to actually take advantage of the new power ports.
Apr 23, 2013, 10:39 am
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Ugh those seats in Y didn't seem very nice when I tried them out briefly
F ones are ^
Power is ^
Now what will be the cost of this streaming media? Sounds like 75K's might be losing a perk...
Ugh those seats in Y didn't seem very nice when I tried them out briefly
F ones are ^
Power is ^
Now what will be the cost of this streaming media? Sounds like 75K's might be losing a perk...
Apr 23, 2013, 12:18 pm
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Ugh those seats in Y didn't seem very nice when I tried them out briefly
F ones are ^
Power is ^
Now what will be the cost of this streaming media? Sounds like 75K's might be losing a perk...
Ugh those seats in Y didn't seem very nice when I tried them out briefly
F ones are ^
Power is ^
Now what will be the cost of this streaming media? Sounds like 75K's might be losing a perk...