Originally Posted by
jpezaris
If I'm understanding the sketches correctly, the IFE screen (131) faces away from the passenger at a pretty large angle. Unless there's a way to have that swing out, that part of the design is going to be unpopular, forget the fact that in practical terms, you can't look out the window.
It will swing out for use, but will not be available via TTL for emergency egress reasons. Many other seats have featured a similar design.
Originally Posted by
jpezaris
Maybe they'll put a mirror on surface 117 to reflect the window view?
I cannot imagine this being a practical consideration.
Originally Posted by
jpezaris
But that brings to mind --- what routes are served by single-aisle airframes where lie-flat is important? Coast-to-coast domestic US like SFO/LAX/SAN to EWR/IAD/BOS come to mind. Would they deploy this seating across the entire single-aisle fleet? Any speculations?
I'd expect it on both the MAX 10 premium subfleet (assuming that still gets deployed) and the A321XLR. Basically anywhere you see a 752 today.
Originally Posted by
Kacee
I'm pretty sure these would primarily be used on existing lie-flat routes - t-cons, Hawaii, and shorter international long-haul - e.g., east coast TATL and northern South America. So in some cases you'd be trading the current Polaris widebody for a single-aisle Max or 321 XLR.
Yes, but United wants the wide-body aircraft for long-haul routes. Especially now that international demand is rebounding. It needs the planes to be able to serve those markets, not just domestic.