Originally Posted by
JOSECONLSCREW28
I see I have been summoned lol. Anyhow the A319/A320, 777 "Hawaiian" and 737 aircraft without DirecTV installed are having streaming content + satellite Wifi installed as the primary entertainment options. All aircraft with nose to tail AVOD will remain as is with the addition of Satellite WiFi being installed on them. All aircraft with DirecTV systems will have the satellite WiFi installed (already ongoing) and all aircraft with AVOD systems in just F & J, and PTV/Overhead monitors in Y will get streaming content installed in addition to what's already installed. These aircraft will receive Wifi as well. The 757-300 aircraft with overhead IFE will receive the streaming content as well.
Jose - I wish you were on my return flight PBI-EWR last Friday night (don't remember the tail number, but it was a 738 with DTV). I was reading Entertainment Weekly on my iPad prior to takeoff, and a male FA got in my face (quite literally) trying to tell me that I ignored the PA about 'large electronic devices' needing to be stowed. Now, we've established in this space, and indeed in Hemispheres, that a "large" PED is 2+ lbs, which a tablet is not, but when I pointed this out to the FA, he just shoots back with - and this is a direct quote:
"I'm very sorry, I can't help what my colleagues might be doing, but I'm enforcing the policy."
A nonexistent policy that goes against the PA AND stated company policy. Ugh. Boneheaded equipment decisions are one thing, but travel on UA (and, indeed, any airline) is made 10x worse by FAs and crew who can't be bothered to treat the customer right.