Originally Posted by
imapilotaz
And this sir is why AA is so bullish on the 77W and the 787s... I think its safe to say they are likely seeing a booking change of high dollar tickets to specific aircraft even if they are "circuitous".
Do you really believe that enough of the flying public (in particular paid J/F) would behave this way? I am skeptical that there are enough aviation enthusiasts who would do this that it impacts AA management decisions about where to put the 788. Possibly some J fliers would do this to get the better hard product - but I think that would be related to the J hard product, not the airframe and its sexy flexy wings
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The 77W on the other hand has - for the moment - a better J and F product than anything else in the AA fleet. I could see non-avgeek pax wanting to book this over the 772 to assure a flat bed.
And once the 772 and 763 fleet are refitted, again, I suspect the majority of the flying public (and HVFs) will book on price and convenience, not necessarily in that order - not the specific aircraft type on a route