First Class Refresh Coming Soon...
Jul 20, 2017, 6:17 pm
#1
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First Class Refresh Coming Soon...
The cabin refresh will feature:
Wonder when they intend to roll out the handset and PTV on JCL
- New upholstery
- New 18” PTV
- New PTV deployment and stowage mechanism
- A new entertainment handset same with the A350s
- More powerful USB port
- ‘Do Not Disturb’ and ‘Wake up’ service functions
Jul 20, 2017, 6:44 pm
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It should be a reasonable stopgap solution till the 779's come along which should be in 4-5 years.
But 18" for a TV in F seems awfully small. Most TV's in F are at least 23"+.
Jul 20, 2017, 6:53 pm
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Glad they're doing this. The product design is superb, but a few things - TV and TV pull-out function come to mind - definitely could use an upgrade.
Gotta give whomever credit for the basic design of that F pod. Unique, damn good, and it will last them 15 years! I think the first iteration (pre the 1st "refresh") came out in 2007 right, with the first 77A delivery? Has been a great product for them.
Gotta give whomever credit for the basic design of that F pod. Unique, damn good, and it will last them 15 years! I think the first iteration (pre the 1st "refresh") came out in 2007 right, with the first 77A delivery? Has been a great product for them.
Jul 20, 2017, 9:16 pm
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Jul 20, 2017, 9:16 pm
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Jul 20, 2017, 10:18 pm
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fantastic. the PTV deployment absolutely needs the help. It's 10 years old on some of those birds and ain't workin well on many of them.
Would be great to get better resolution screen too.
Other than that, it's still such a great hard product.....now if they'd only work on the soft product....
Would be great to get better resolution screen too.
Other than that, it's still such a great hard product.....now if they'd only work on the soft product....
Jul 20, 2017, 11:09 pm
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Jul 20, 2017, 11:12 pm
#12
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They're just updating the covers, trim and IFE like last time, but this is a more substantial update.
Jul 20, 2017, 11:14 pm
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Any idea if all 33 frames will be refreshed, and any routes will get it more? (I assume not for the latter as the first F refresh wasn't route specific as well)
Jul 21, 2017, 12:27 pm
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I think size isn't the biggest issue with the screens but rather the quality of the image. I wouldn't mind something smaller than the industry standard/competitors' but as long as they improve the resolution, contrast, and viewing angle then that would be great
