Originally Posted by
pbarnette
Yes... but I don't think the super-thin seats will be restricted to the 787s. And I am willing to wager that CO will not fly them on any transcons, either. So, coming to a transcon near you, a 737 with 29" seatpitch! But I fear we are getting off-topic, though the topic was so many posts ago, I sort of forgot what it was.
I'm not sure if you're completely OT.
After all, what constitutes a "has been" airline? Is it an airline with antiquated IFE, with a good but rapidly-aging international premium class?
Is it perhaps an airline that sees its future revenue potential not in providing the customer with more value but simply in packing in more customers per square millimeter?
I don't know the answers, but I do worry that CO is getting a little overconfident.