There is already discussion in the AA forum, but here is the news release from AA's major annoucement this morning:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000203/dc_america_1.html

AA will take out up to two rows of economy seats from each plane, increasing the seat pitch for ALL economy seats. The press release is not completely clear, however, stating: "It will expand the living space in the airline's coach cabins from the present industry standard of 31 and 32 inches to a predominant level of 34 and 35 inches of space, with some reaching as much as 36 inches.... When the project is complete, about 58 percent of American's coach seats will have a seating pitch of 34 inches or more -- and about 98 percent of coach seats will have seat room greater than today's industry standard." So while it sounds like nearly all economy seats will get more legroom, not all seats will have the legroom EconPlus offers. The first converted plane enters service next week.

However, the press release states that during the conversion process, NEW ergonomic seats (with adjustable headrests) will be added to all aircraft, with computer power ports available in select economy rows. Furthermore, this entire conversion will be done to ALL of its aircraft, both domestic and international.

Though the details are not clear, it sounds like AA is one-upping UA and EconPlus here-- expanded legroom in all aircraft (compared to no EconPlus for the Shuttle and international fleets), and new seats in all domestic aircraft by November. In comparison, only certain UA fleet types are scheduled to receive the new economy seats... do any have power ports in economy?

[This message has been edited by dw (edited 02-03-2000).]