I had the ‘pleasure’ two years ago to the day of being re-routed onto an AA 757 due to IRROPS. Was originally RIC-PHL-LHR-EDI, ended up with a hotel followed by RIC-CLT-JFK-EDI.

First thing that that struck me on boarding the 757 is that it was OLD! Nasty threadbare cloth seats that could do with a good steam clean, power sockets didn’t work and a TV in the roof that looked like it had come from a repressed memory of a 1980s school coach trip I’d forgotten about! (I swear it was a CRT TV).

Now being a glutton for punishment I flew EDI-JFK last month, as it gave a decent connection and arrival time on to ORF. The planes have been refurbished with leather seats, the TV in the sky has now been updated to something with 21st century resolution and you can now stream content to your phone / tablet (seemed a pared down selection of what AA offer on seat back in their wide-bodies). Was more than adequate for the short hop in my opinion. As a BA Silver I could book 10A at no cost for unlimited legroom - not so much of an issue for me at 5’6(and a half) but I tend to get claustrophobic in window seats when there’s two seats to get to the aisle. Food was fine for Y but the trays are tiny, ended up storing the water, cheese and crackers on my lap just to get some room to manoeuvre!