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Everything You Want to Know About Where to Sit on a sUA 767 (3-class International)
Feb 11, 2008, 12:03 pm
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I was in the new C cabin yesterday on IAD-FRA. I took a peak of E+, and noted nothing new except the cabin seemed to be refreshed (new carpet and new seat cloth?)
Feb 11, 2008, 11:38 pm
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Same seats. Same service. Same (slightly crabby) pax. Different row numbers. Airshow map was spectacularly broken when I was on that plane the week before last.
Feb 11, 2008, 11:53 pm
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February Hemispheres
I thought they were adding digital entertainment system (opposite tape now), thinner more ergonomic seats, and a few touches? (I think I read about this on hemisphere. no, in fact, i am certain I read about this on Feb hemisphere, it stated the change not just in C/F but also in Y as well.)
Feb 12, 2008, 9:08 am
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I think it meant new as in new cushions and new covers, not new design. Also I believe that even though there is a new digital entertainment system to watch video on demand in all cabins, the actual TV screen in Economy didn't change.
Feb 12, 2008, 9:22 am
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In order for the IFE to be AVOD, the screen either has to be converted to touch screen, or a new remote/control has to be installed.
Feb 12, 2008, 12:53 pm
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Now that I think about it, there might have been new upholstery on the cushions (so the cushions themselves might also have been replaced.) I remember noticing some food stains on my seat as I took it.
But it is not, for example, the thinner Lufthansa/Swiss Y seatback or cushion.
I don't think Euro seats would accommodate US hinds anyway.
Feb 12, 2008, 2:56 pm
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Is it AVOD, or do the movies play in a loop? I know the airshow is new but not sure if the movies are AVOD or not.
Feb 12, 2008, 4:39 pm
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Feb 13, 2008, 12:14 pm
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Work in Progress - New 767 Steating Thread
I flew N647UA from FRA-IAD on 12FEB08 in E+.
Some thoughts:
IFE in C was broken again.
"MAP" has some interesting bugs: Metric conversion has some errors, height in meters is low by a factor of 10 and ground speed shows km/h as slower than mph (ex. 500 mph showed around 320 km/h), the path shows the last 15 minutes, then a beeline back to the source airport.
Seats in E seem to be newly upholstered but not new, the screens in E are old, the IFE controls on the chairs are same. Carpet is new.
They have 3 point seatbelts in F and C, I have never seen that before.
Some thoughts:
IFE in C was broken again.
"MAP" has some interesting bugs: Metric conversion has some errors, height in meters is low by a factor of 10 and ground speed shows km/h as slower than mph (ex. 500 mph showed around 320 km/h), the path shows the last 15 minutes, then a beeline back to the source airport.
Seats in E seem to be newly upholstered but not new, the screens in E are old, the IFE controls on the chairs are same. Carpet is new.
They have 3 point seatbelts in F and C, I have never seen that before.
Feb 13, 2008, 1:41 pm
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Feb 13, 2008, 2:04 pm
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No. Exactly the same. Map is a new app, but the screens are the same, the chair control is the same, and you get channels of movies.
Oh, one more thing, they did have a safety video, but it failed part of the way though, so they did it live. This is how I knew about the 3 point seat belts in C and F (or maybe just F). They are required to use the shoulder belt for takeoff and landing, but I believe it is optional during flight.
Oh, one more thing, they did have a safety video, but it failed part of the way though, so they did it live. This is how I knew about the 3 point seat belts in C and F (or maybe just F). They are required to use the shoulder belt for takeoff and landing, but I believe it is optional during flight.
Feb 13, 2008, 2:34 pm
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Interesting. So Y has the new "digital IFE server" but still the same functionality as before. Geez UA really fooled me in their press release about Y enhancements!
Feb 13, 2008, 4:40 pm
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