Originally Posted by
FWAAA
That may be right but I predict that the 762s will be retired as the first 15 787s are delivered, if not before. The arrival of the 787s will free up 763s that could be used for transcons.
IMO, if AA was going to reconfigure 757s for transcons, AA would have already done so; new 738s could have freed up enough 757s if that was the plan.
This. And I predict when it happens we'll see the end of AFS F. The way the market is going today, I don't see AA investing in converting the 763s back to 3-class, particularly if the current 763 J seats can't easily be modified to only have 50in pitch (or those become F and the current 762 J seats go in as J, in which case I'd pay MORE for J than F).
By the same count, I couldn't imagine them converting 757s to 3-class. UA's planes have two fewer total premium seats (2 more in F, 4 less in J; NOT the way AA wants to weight its premium cabins, IMO) and considerably fewer Y seats which, given the hub status of JFK and LAX as well as all the int'l connections at JFK, seems a losing proposition (cost aside).