Originally Posted by
orbitmic
remember the whole stupid tale that NEO would only be for domestic flights, and then maybe very short European flights under 1h30. As we all knew, this was a bureaucratic fantasy that would never stand the test of time as aircraft swaps or capacity adjustment would ruin the entire concept, and of course, one regularly gets A318 (thus with NEO) to LIS for instance (over 3 hour flight). Ghastly.
As you probably know, AF has chosen a new seat after a selection process that involved testing of proposals from three different manufacturers, with at least three variations from each manufacturer, by both crew and customers (I understand some people on this forum participated in one of the tests). The seat that was selected was the one that was favored by both crew and customers.