Originally Posted by
jrl767
I was flying AS WAS-SEA/LAX pretty regularly starting ~2006 (anywhere from 4x/year to 2x/month; last TCON was early Jan of this year) and can scarcely remember a flight where the FAs didn't have to make a late PA announcement about "We are still missing one DigEPlayer"
What amuses me is on most of the network they'd refer to them as Tablets, but only on the Hawaii flights I took, they were exclusively called
Movie Machines.
On a more cynical note, what're the odds that AS and other airlines will permanently forego all catering beyond bottled water at boarding desk as a means to minimize costs and contact? A flight's true purpose is to get you somewhere quickly and safely, so any extra service, free or paid, beyond a seat and a safety demo is basically unnecessary.