Originally Posted by
AndyTLe
Your flight history below shows that you haven't had the experience of flying any RJs. So before you go calling MD-88s or the DC-9s for that matter "crap", you should try flying in some RJs. The MD-88 is a comfortable and quite capable aircraft for the mission it is designed to fly. There are many people on FT that would kill for MD service into their home airport. A new 777 and AVOD isn't feasible for each airline. (Now back to the OP.)
Well the main reason why I dislike the M88's is because they don't have any IFE at all. While Air Canada has PTV's on a CR7 (according to seatguru) those M88's don't have anything. Even the AA M80's have power ports! If there was some sort of video system (even the crappy aisle tv screens on the 757) I wouldn't mind. First M88 was delivered to DL in 1987 and they have many 757's older than that (one is 29 yrs old) and they have IFE. Why can't the M88's? The M90 does.
I think DL would put in either the movie system on the 738 or PTV's. They're going to re-do the seat covers. Anyone know about changing seat configuration?