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Old May 3, 2025 | 11:13 am
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Originally Posted by beachfan
My experience with doors is BA, and I didn’t like them. They seem to take the space that would otherwise go to the seat, resulting in narrow shoulder space and a tighter coffin.
Agreed. This is exactly my issue - the seats are tighter, the seats with knee space are going away. They all have foot jails, which sucks for tall people.

The irony is that the doors dont offer much privacy. I can see over them easily. IME, we're giving up space for minimal gain.​​​​

Originally Posted by ryanbriar
Perhaps they’re banking on some NY Metro traffic (NJ specifically) shifting to PHL due to the disaster unfolding at EWR?
IME, the high yielding traffic that AA needs to support this flight aren't likely to be schlepping down from NY/NJ. DL offers JFK-ZRH as does LX twice daily for the *A loyalists.

Originally Posted by BudaBound
But then I don't run an airline, nor do I have any insight on their business model. It must make sense to the bean counters.
Given AA's financial performance, its pretty clear that they don't know what they're doing either.
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