Air Canada Rouge B767-300; What a beater!
Nov 17, 2018, 3:22 pm
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Air Canada Rouge B767-300; What a beater!
I flew home yesterday from FLL via YUL on an Air Canada Rouge B767-300. It's been years since I was in one of these aircraft and I was pretty surprised at how run down it was. What a beater! Also, I had forgotten how small the overhead bins are in these aircraft. I will avoid them in the future.
Nov 17, 2018, 4:32 pm
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After the flight on the 763, I was on a 7M8. According to the AC website, both have 30" pitch, 18" width and 3" recline in the Y cabin. I didn't feel any more cramped in the 7M8 than I did in the 763. The 763 had non-existent room in the overhead bins and non-existent IFE, so the 7M8 is overwhelmingly better. As for the 777HD, according to the AC website, it has 31" pitch, 17" width and 6" recline.) As much as I dislike such a narrow seat, I would even prefer it over the 763. (Haven't the original 777HDs been converted to the new interior at least?)
Nov 17, 2018, 5:14 pm
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After the flight on the 763, I was on a 7M8. According to the AC website, both have 30" pitch, 18" width and 3" recline in the Y cabin. I didn't feel any more cramped in the 7M8 than I did in the 763. The 763 had non-existent room in the overhead bins and non-existent IFE, so the 7M8 is overwhelmingly better. As for the 777HD, according to the AC website, it has 31" pitch, 17" width and 6" recline.) As much as I dislike such a narrow seat, I would even prefer it over the 763. (Haven't the original 777HDs been converted to the new interior at least?)
Nov 18, 2018, 4:24 am
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Nov 18, 2018, 6:10 am
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I flew home yesterday from FLL via YUL on an Air Canada Rouge B767-300. It's been years since I was in one of these aircraft and I was pretty surprised at how run down it was. What a beater! Also, I had forgotten how small the overhead bins are in these aircraft. I will avoid them in the future.
in here and add that not all Rouge J cabin overhead bins are the small type.Fins 690-4 ,IIRC, have larger bins. These birds came over from Hawaii, again if memory serves me well
Nov 18, 2018, 6:24 am
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I’ve read on other forums that all 767s will be outfitted with new bins, but I haven’t heard of an official confirmation of those plans.
Nov 18, 2018, 8:11 am
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I flew home yesterday from FLL via YUL on an Air Canada Rouge B767-300. It's been years since I was in one of these aircraft and I was pretty surprised at how run down it was. What a beater! Also, I had forgotten how small the overhead bins are in these aircraft. I will avoid them in the future.
I have been in worse.
Nov 18, 2018, 11:55 am
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I flew home yesterday from FLL via YUL on an Air Canada Rouge B767-300. It's been years since I was in one of these aircraft and I was pretty surprised at how run down it was. What a beater! Also, I had forgotten how small the overhead bins are in these aircraft. I will avoid them in the future.
Nov 20, 2018, 8:06 pm
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Nov 21, 2018, 4:42 am
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The J/PY hard product is terrible in these planes. Uncomfortable cushioning, narrow, very little space for bags. Really harkens back over a decade. Might be okay for FOTSG leisure flyers on some routes, but I'd much rather be on a narrowbody on anything within North America or to the Caribbean.