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Old May 24, 2011, 11:10 am
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Originally Posted by TechWizmo
Oh and I know it sounds childish, but if the UA/CO merger means that this company is going to save more money by taking out IFE, then I think Delta is going to get alot more of my business. Apparently the "genius" execs (and I say that sarcastically in case it is hard to tell) think that they can save money but do not realize that many people that I know (including constant flyers) will choose an airline based upon their amenities (ie In Flight Entertainment) and since every CO non stop flight I have been on had IFE I sort of expect it to be this way consistently, not for their IFE planes to go to another UA hub while saving money on CO customers? Bad end of the stick or what?
Sorry to interrupt your rant, but this simply isn't happening. In fact, it's very much the opposite - DirecTV is being installed at a fairly fast pace across the majority of the domestic fleet:

http://www.continental.com/CMS/en-US...eetStatus.aspx
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