By CRAP IFE you mean the Dallas Symphony Orchestra? (a regular selection on trAAsh) . Or the non existant IFE on MD-80s, or the ghetto cigarette adapters? What does Arpey want me to do with it, light up?

Or the non existant direct tv?

Considering AA's IFE's system can't even connect to my ipod touch/iphone (available on CO+UA), I would hardly call the system crap. If you didn't know an IFE system could do that, you don't know what crap is.

The IFE on AA isn't much to shout about, I would say probably the best thing about it is the Bose Noise canceling headsets. I bring my own.