Originally Posted by
chicagoflyer1976
But I've also found some of them to very slow with the service, especially full meals. They obvioiusly aren't used to it.
But I can't say I've been on ANY US Aircraft that I would call nice. I was on an A321 last night which had LED lights (so I'm assuming is somewhat new), but the seats are old and janky, and I don't care for the small galley and lack of closet up front. It just looks trashy how they have the plane configured.
US air cabins are all absolute trash, and you can tell they have/had no interest in investing in their hard product to make it comfortable or offer any ammenities while on board.
That being said, I'll take an AA plane any day over US AIR, despite how friendly the US AIr crews might be.
Agree that the meal service is slower, but that is usually due to the fact that there is only 1 flight attendant serving F. That, and as you say, they probably aren't used to the new sequence of warmed nuts, etc.
I'm really, really trying to understand how you can say that all US cabins are absolute trash? What does the size of the galley have to do with your experience? All US cabins had have had their seats recovered within the last five years, in both classes, and bulkhead walls were all replaced too. I appreciate the simplicity of the F cabin and the proximity to the FAs, many of whom I talk to and have gotten to know. I think the cabin described is likely a bad apple and isn't characteristic of at least 90% of US's fleet.
I prefer US F seats to AA seats, and find it really annoying that there isn't a place to put a drink built into the AA F seat armrest without popping out the drink trays. I guess AA knew their FAs weren't going to be offering PDBs when they ordered the planes
Each 737 I've gotten on (even the new ones with BSI and AVOD) have just been filthy (perhaps this too has been bad luck). Crust and crumbs in all the seats, corners, and ground into the carpets, scuffs on the bulkheads from people's shoes (not AA's fault).
I think it's what we're just used to. Frankly, I get on an AA 737, and think "this is janky." That, and dirty. Very dirty.