Originally Posted by
AAerSTL
The US and AA seat are from the same manufacturer-B/E Aerospace, only thing is AA has the 7-series model and US has the 3-series model.
Having flown both seats, the AA suite is far more private as it has a larger shell enclosing it, better padding, more storage and of course better IFE content.
http://www.jpadesign.com/transport/project/7
Let's not forget that US is the airline that doesn't activate the IFE system when flying domestically because they are too stingy to get adequate licensing from the content providers. It's non-sense like this that AA pax don't want to be a part of through this stupid merger.
And now the truth comes out. Your last sentence says it all....
Your comments about service execution are spot on and I'll agree with them. US execution is usually not as polished as other carriers. But the hard and soft product in Envoy is very, very comparable to other airlines' J class, especially the other US majors. This attitude that AA is SQ and US is like Cubana is silly. Maybe 10 years ago. But not today. I really encourage you to try Envoy as it really is quite pleasant.
However, domestic is a different story. I will admit that I hands down look forward to US raising up to the AA standard.