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Jul 7, 2019, 12:02 pm

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sltlyamusd

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Originally Posted by jjmadison

Unfortunately, this is common and well-documented. AS has stopped making complicated repairs on pre-refurb seats. Back in April, a senior GA said 10% of former VX metal had broken seats that AS is declining to repair. AS has also stopped with the basic leather conditioning that is required to keep the high-quality VX leather clean. I've seen some passengers use the F blanket to cover their very dirty seat.

Here are my previous posts on the topic.

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30958994-post164.html

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/31026185-post58.html

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/31038202-post163.html

This is really unacceptable, given that 80% of the Airbus fleet still have these legacy VX seats. It also irritates me greatly that they replaced seats on four of the newest A321neos, instead of prioritizing older A320s. Broken seats make it harder for flight attendants to deliver high quality service when they are forced to deal with pax unhappy with their broken seats. I’ve been on one plane that had a do not occupy sign on one seat, which really sucks when you only have 8 F seats to begin with.

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