Sorry, no one here is interested in what the law actually says. I pointed that out on page 1 or 2. The DOT has determined that they DO NOT MEET THE LEGAL THRESHOLDS to qualify. Everyone wants to slam the DOT for following the law and anyone who supports them is a legacy airline lapdog.


That said, as a legacy airline employee, I would love to see that interior on our aircraft. The problem is that the flying public does not want to actually pay for it. This is similar to JetBlue. They did not pay for their aircraft maintenance for this first few years (due to a very smart contract with Airbus) and therefore were not competing on a level playing field. Once they started paying the same costs as the other airlines they started posting losses. The same thing MAY happen with VA. If they make changes to meet the law, and they seem to be finally willing to admit that they in fact did not originally meet the law, then I will welcome them with open arms and hope my airline upgrades the interiors to meet that level of appearance.

What I do not wish is to remove the extra seat pitch that my airline has over the VA layout. But people will overlook seat pitch when they scan Expedia or Orbitz for prices.