Originally Posted by
G702TT
According to my quick look-up on Wikepedia, the 767-300ER first entered service on AA in 1988 and it had some design improvements in 1993.
Even with planned interior renovations, I wonder what the lifespan of this particular plane will end up being. 30 years? 40 years?
However, the Boeing signature interior overhead bins didn't get install not til after 2000.
Just because a planned interior renovation, doesn't mean the lifespan of a plane would extend of another 10 or 20 years, you should know there are a few 744 retired only for a few years after IPTE completed.
A plane's life is not determined by how old or how new the interior is, it is about the hours in the air and cycles (take off and landing consider as 1 cycle, so if the hours are low but cycles are high, the plane still need to retire when it reach the number of cycles, as you don't what the repeat of AQ243 where cracks on the fuselage were not noticed due to metal fatigue because of high cycles back and fourth between the islands multiple times a day !)
Originally Posted by
jamesinclair
I also don't think anyone on this plane will leave work a good impression of United.
"No entertainment on a six hour flight? I hear JetBlue has free direct tv! "
Well AA's 763 don't even have PTV, how's that ?
No AVOD or no PTV may not leave a good impression of the airline, but would people stop flying AA and UA all together ? Absolutely not ! People care more about the price more than anything, or did you not read OP's first post ? (OP had stated choose UA because of the price !)