Originally Posted by
AAerSTL
You're preaching to the choir on that one. AA really needs to sit down and evaluate its product and come up with something other than FF program to stay competitive. What they've done has worked for a while, but when all the other US carriers have Live TV/AVOD on the majority of their fleets, AA will be uncompetitive.
Even today, their 763s and 75Ls really need PTVs and AVOD. I was recently on an FRA-ORD flight and several German sitting near me couldn't s believe AA didn't have PTVs in Y on the flight.
Getting off topic, but I disagree, at least for myself. AA has laptop power available at many seats in coach on every mainline aircraft, whereas I don't think any of the other US airlines have power in any coach seats on most domestic and even international planes. The power is a significant plus, and in flight video is a neutral to negative factor for me. I prefer my own IFE to whatever the airlines offer anyway, and I find the flashing screens all over the cabin distracting; they make it hard to sleep or read.
United's channel 9, however, is nearly worth flying them!