Just when you think that it can't get any worse... well it does. I'm at the point where I just expect very little from the 'new UA' and am RARELY disappointed.

The IFE might be an upgrade if half of the movies on there weren't the likes of 'Foot Loose' or 'Gone with the Wind'.... I don't know why they even bother with putting in all these IFE systems and there is nothing but oldies on it---this was pretty much the case for CO pre-merger---obviously they go cheap on the content. In general I know if traveling on UA, you're on your own for IFE ... whether on a CO plane or a UA 747.

If you're in coach, it's going to stink no matter what. Trade the more comfortable UA coach seats for the CO covered pieces of plywood containing IFE where the most interesting thing on it is the flight map. I'm sure Jeff is going to rip out the more comfy seats out of the 747 anyways.. I've flown UA coach to SYD/MEL several times and it's not a good time but the thought of flying on those CO rock hard seats is hard to take.

Do they ever wonder why QF flies the A380 to the states and UA evidently can only muster a 777? Clearly they're not concerned in winning over more business but only in shrinking to the point where capacity match those who are captive.