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The 763s were upgraded prior to the merger. In a little over a year's time, there will only be 18 (IIRC) of these birds still in service (they had originally upgraded a lot more). They're on their way out. Putting more money into them would be nice, but also a waste of money. Now, if AA starts replacing some of the 332/333 PHL-Europe service with 763s, I can see why people using that service being upset. But I don't think that is happening. (* PHL-ZRH is coming back and being flown with a 763. But keep in mind that service prior was being flown with a 762 until those were retired; and only flown with a 332 for two or three years). And PHL-PRG/BUD was never flown from there before. So it's a little hard to complain about the aircraft being used.
There are no more "poor 777s" left. They have all been upgraded. Now, they will be fitted with a premium economy section.
I am talking about upgraded in Y. The business upgrade is nice, but they barely did anything in Y at all. To not have a decent entertainment option in Y on the plane in 2017 is silly. From the sounds of it, AA did not want to pay for what it would cost to upgrade the wiring enough to ascertain AVOD. So the back of the bus, although nice with the 2-4-2 seating, is still insanely outdated.
And it appears you are right about the 777 my mistake. The AA wideboy schedule shows the 777 a lot still, unlike the 772 which is the refurbished one, so it is a bit confusing. However doing dummy bookings on the routes that still show that, it is appearing as the 772 with 36J or 44J on all, so that is a positive. Haven't flown in a 777 since December but I am still a little annoyed about the pathetic AVOD on that one at the time personally.