Originally Posted by
drowelf
While the seat design might be 10+ years old, they are still new seats from a manufacturing and assest standpoint. UA is not going to spend the CapEx to upgrade assets that have not had a significant amount of depreciation applied.
As a paying J passenger that can vote with my feet...none of the "why" is really my problem. The non-bulkhead seats on the 787s just a mediocre seats that should have never been installed on a brand new plane in the first place.