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Old May 3, 2010 | 4:31 pm
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Originally Posted by seminole_kev
For whatever reason it seems AVOD 757 on the MCO to ATL run come in waves. Few years ago it was quite common, then disappeared. Lately I've started getting them again (though this weekend's up and back through ATL was just the old TV tubes in the cabin).
I remember a couple years back when it was quite common in the TPA market -- but I also recall DL had many 767's in the TPA market as well at the time.

TPA is my preferred airport when I need to be in the Ocala area, but I sometimes do MCO and ocassionaly GNV.

Looking at all of my upcoming bookings, which are into TPA, they're all listed as the standard 757's with the dropdown aisle IFE. Flying ATL-TPA/MCO over the last year, they've all been standard 757's with rare exception.

For my Central America flights on 757s, they've all been the standards with the aisle dropdown units as well. No sense in LiveTV on those flights as I've heard the LiveTV only works in the lower 48 states. (Is this correct ?)

When I do see the ex-song birds, it is on ATL - West Coast routes. I agree with MikeyZBT that they need to be used on the 4+ hr flights going west such as SAN. I'm surprised MikeyZBT isn't getting ex-Song birds on the ATL-SAN run -- I almost always get them on my ATL to west coast flights with my most common route being ATL-PDX; however I've seen them do a last minute swap a couple times to a standard 757.

I've been lucky with all my 737-700 & 737-800 flights and have always gotten PTV's w/Live TV. These are usually flights like PDX-JFK or ATL-SNA.

Just waiting for the day when the ex NW 757's start to appear on ATL - West Coast runs. I don't mind the 5600's or the 753, but the 757 5500's I've seen lately are in rough shape, have older overheads with the lip, and really need full cabin refurbs.
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