UA's 737-900 Aircraft With no Entertainment System
Aug 17, 2014, 10:54 pm
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The systems UA is deploying are a generation newer than the Gogo ATG stuff. That's going to be better in the long run. And it turn out I can be patient when I need to be so I'm personally happy that they have the better systems being installed, even if it took longer to get here. That's not pro-UA or pro-others. Just pro-what I think is useful as a consumer.
Aug 18, 2014, 1:36 am
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I have the joy of TWO segments on Tuesday with a brand new 737-900 with no entertainment.
I'm soooo sick of this.
And once they to get streamining entertainment that you have to watch on your own device, imagine a row in Y with 3 people trying to balance a bevarage, snack, a "device", and chargers all on one tiny tray table. What a HORRIBLE concept. Then one has to go to the restroom ------ the thought!
I'm soooo sick of this.
And once they to get streamining entertainment that you have to watch on your own device, imagine a row in Y with 3 people trying to balance a bevarage, snack, a "device", and chargers all on one tiny tray table. What a HORRIBLE concept. Then one has to go to the restroom ------ the thought!
I fault CO mgmt for lack of foresight when it comes to in-flight entertainment systems. So Smisek tells me to suck it up or fly away on other airlines? Great -- I"ll fly away!
Aug 18, 2014, 5:26 am
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The systems UA is deploying are a generation newer than the Gogo ATG stuff. That's going to be better in the long run. And it turn out I can be patient when I need to be so I'm personally happy that they have the better systems being installed, even if it took longer to get here. That's not pro-UA or pro-others. Just pro-what I think is useful as a consumer.
Aug 18, 2014, 6:11 am
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I'm still surprised that there is not a PAYG option where you just get billed monthly for how many hours you use
Its annoying to have to put in the CC details on near every flight
Aug 18, 2014, 7:26 am
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The UA systems may be newer, but when they give you less usable Wi-Fi time - because they don't turn on at 10000 ft as AA's Wi-Fi does - I don't see how that is especially useful as a consumer. Oh, and there's extra added attraction of UA's Wi-Fi blocking cell phone access once your flight is on the ground - another consumer "benefit."
Aug 19, 2014, 12:24 pm
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It was reported in the fleet update thread today that there are no more dark planes mainline fleet-wide. Of course, "dark" meant no IFE in this context, but it's nice to see there's something to do on a plane now, even if one has to spend money on wi-fi.
Aug 19, 2014, 1:38 pm
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Onboard a new 737-900 ewr iah now. HATE not having a screen. Space constraints in Y make it incredibly frustrating to use a device. Especially with a drink on your tray. What a major downgrade in the possibilities for Y entertainment/comfort.
Aug 19, 2014, 6:19 pm
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On my second brand new 900 today. Crew and ppassengers complaining about no video. Crew has to do mmanual safety demo. Welcome to 2014 on United!!!
Aug 19, 2014, 8:25 pm
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I've deleted a numerous off topic posts as this thread is about discussing United 737's with no entertainment system and not other United aircraft, other airline's entertainment systems nor bickering amongst yourselves
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Aug 20, 2014, 7:40 am
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Hmm. The IAD-SAN route is still often without entertainment. If you're lucky, you get the "mainscreen". Ridiculous on a transcon flight.
Aug 20, 2014, 7:54 am
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Aug 24, 2014, 9:02 pm
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Lest anyone think the grass is always greener with DL, I'm on a DL 752 MSP-SFO right now, and while the aircraft was supposed to have their flashy in-seat entertainment product, it does not. We have dropdown mainscreens. No in-seat power (I'm in F). GoGo internet with a whopping download speed of .55 mbps (at a cost of $15.95 for the 3.5 hour flight). The streaming service (DeltaConnect) is so slow it's unwatchable. On my outbound MD90, their were no screens in the cabin - it was personal device streaming, or nothing. I could not connect to the streaming service. At least we had in-seat power.
Aug 24, 2014, 9:14 pm
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Should this thread be closed? AFAIK, UA no longer has any dark 737-900s; the entire fleet has DirecTV and/or Wi-Fi.
Aug 26, 2014, 9:00 am
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The last three 737-900s I've been on on Saturdays/Sundays (in the past three months) were dark...due entirely to the fact that the DirecTV was broken. This past Saturday (IAH-LAS) they tried starting it a couple of times and then gave up. I heard two FAs tell some passengers "DirecTV doesn't work on weekends." Thought that was strange, but I couldn't hear the entire conversation. As we were getting off the plane I asked one of them to clarify. She said DirecTV maintenance people don't work on weekends, so if it's down on a Saturday or Sunday, you're out of luck...
