Originally posted by thezipper:
I was stuck on a DTW-SAN flight for over 5 hours with nothing but the book I brought on board!
That very situation has been the bane of loyal AA customers for years with the MD-80 having been the backbone of AA's domestic fleet. We have endured them from ORD to SAN, LAX, SFO, PDX, SEA and, of course, there is no IFE on any of them. Thankfully, they are steadily being replaced by the 737-800s, which do have IFE albeit inferior to UA's in my opinion.