Originally Posted by
Deathray
I thought the structural maintenance check interval for the 787 is 12 years as opposed to 10 on previous generation aircraft? That would put them starting in 2026 (unless they decide to do some earlier) which is right when any new cabin on the 781 would be rolling out anyways. Are seats removed on the structural check or one of the earlier c-checks?
Regardless, it would seem to be a pretty big missed opportunity for AC not to introduce any planned cabin revision at that time. Unless they are willing to push out cabin retrofits by another 10-12 years, it would mean adding what I imagine is a pretty substantial labour cost to the lifetime ownership pricetag of these birds.
I don't profess to be an expert on 787 maintenance cycles, I'm just going off when that interview was done relative to today. The interview was in late May last year, and he didn't say they had chosen the new product, he said they were working on it. To have made the choice, negotiated the order, obtained necessary internal approvals, and actually received the seats in 10 months seems unlikely.
They'll reconfigure the aircraft during heavy maintenance where possible, but given that they took delivery of the 777 and 787 fleets over many years, they're going to end up installing the new interiors off-cycle on a bunch of them anyway.
Originally Posted by
Leyland1989
AC went with the Vantage seats on their HD 77W initially, it was universally disliked and it didn't last too long until they got refitted.
Keep in mind AC didn't really choose that interior, it was an order that LX cancelled relatively late and AC got an opportunity to pick up those games at a good price.
I'm not sure AC ever intended to keep that interior long-term or whether they always viewed it as a stopgap until the Dreamcabin got installed.
Originally Posted by
songsc
Maybe it's just me, but I prefer well maintained 2-2-2 J seats than 1-2-1 J seats with cleanness issues or functional issues, especially on shorter flights.
Is any airline buying 2-2-2 on new aircraft these days? Something that's not a legacy of a product they've been using for years, someone who's actually trying to roll out a new interior.
Originally Posted by
TripleQ
Were these the angled lie flat seats or something else?
Here's
a story that was done on LX when they rolled it out.