Originally Posted by hillrider
s are even more of an issue IMHO.
With the NBC rollout on the 763s, AA will have lots of already-paid-for seats that are far superior to the ones on the 757 -- 1,740 of them from the current flying fleet, plus I can't remember if there are any 763s stored anywhere or that were recently sold (without seats) or if there are any seats in storage leftovers from the various cabin reconfigurations.
You may not believe it, but swapping around aircraft interiors is not as easy as you would think. To sum it up, the seats that are in the 763 today would need to be approved for installation in the 757 and meet all the crash survivability regulations. That involves lots of tests and government paperwork.
Last edited by DataPlumber; Jul 21, 2006 at 7:04 am