Originally Posted by
FWAAA
How do airlines pay for the inflight entertainment?
Years ago, AA (and the other airlines) insisted that watching a movie cost $5 even if you used your own headphones, calling it an "exhibition fee" rather than headphone rental.
Then, AA reversed course and said that IFE was included in the ticket price, and sold cheap earbuds for $2 if you forgot to bring your own.
Does anyone know (and are you able to share) whether the Eye on American commercials pay for the movies? Or does AA have to fork over real cash to the studios for the right to show old movies?
I don't know the answer to the question, but one would hope that it's cost nuteral from a programing perspective at least. It's half advertising for CBS. I find Eye pretty useless.
I don't belive the projected cost savings for US was based on programing cost. The reports I've seen indicate the 10 million in savings will come from reduced weight by removing the AV equipment from the fleet.