Really informative article on the seat development process regarding AA's Concept D
- Concept D started development way back in 2007 - before Cirrus was around - as a project for the 787 and 772s. The 773 wasn't in the picture at the time. They wanted to use Concept D in the 773s but it wasn't certified yet when the short term opportunity came to grab some 773s for cheap from Boeing.
- AA had to come to a licensing agreement with Cathay to get Cirrus on the 773s in order to speed up certification. And being in the same alliance helped that. Didn't realize this was a point - that something as widely used as Cirrus needed licensing from another carrier.
- They gave props to US Airways for the work they did developing the original Cirrus
https://www.runwaygirlnetwork.com/20...oncept-d-seat/
Reading this...
My bet is if UA finds Polaris feedback inflight isn't positive, with Kirby around he knows the blueprint for pivoting to something off the shelf on installs.