Originally Posted by
meFIRST
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.
By crap IFE I mean no WiFi, no DirectTV, fuzzy little screens in the front of cabins or 5 inch drop down screens every 5 rows. I mean no power ports in Y. Basically other than ch. 9 and E+, UA's Y is pretty stale even compared to competitors. I've become accustomed to using my iPad and have enjoyed being my own personal entertainment czar for flights. Given that I would do the same for example flying the dAArkside. Does AA have inflight wifi? I really only use UA Y for the E+ benefit. There are no other incentives.
As far as hooking up your ipod to something on UA in Y, I think you might be mixed up. No way to plug anything in or hook anything up in Y on UA. C or F in the new configuration on a widebody, sure. But not in Y.