Surprised only a few people are noting that UA is going 3-3-3 with the 787. ANA is 2-4-2 and that was the heart of all of Boeing's hype about the plane's "revolutionary" comfort. The reality is that the UA E seats will be (along with other seat-cramming 9-abreast 787 operators) about the narrowest among major airlines. Grim conditions for sure. About the only other parallel are the operators of 777s - hello Emirates, you "we-offer-superior-service" fraud - who have gone 10-abreast in E.