Originally Posted by
NYC212
This was published here, among other places:
http://http://viewfromthewing.boardi...-200787-seats/
Not having flown the new Zodiac seat yet, I have no view whether this is good or bad news from the seat quality perspective. But, I have a few thoughts/questions:
- Is this why the retrofit of the 777-200 has been moving SOOOOO slowly?
- Will AA go back to the (superior?) CX seat for the remainder of the 777-200s and the 787-9s? but aren't those also made by Zodiac?...
- Am I the only one missing the old AA where, whichever aircraft you flew, you knew your long-haul biz seat would be (more or less) the same? now we will have such a mix, with 3 types on 777s, 2 types on 787s, different type on retrofitted 767s, presumably different still on retrofitted 757s, and then the legacy US 333s and 757s...
Apparently, AA is not pleased with Zodiac's delivery performance and that's why they are considering other suppliers:
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2...ss-seats.html/
Technically, AA is not the only major airline with different flat beds, as DL pretty much has the same issue.
UA is the only one of the the US3 that has a bit more consistency with only two types of flat beds: the standard 2x4x2 for 744s and pre-merger United 772s and the standard 2x2 (752 aircraft only) and 2x2x2 on select 772s for pre-merger Continental aircraft. However, UA's seats aren't nearly as comfortable as AA and DL's latest flat beds.