B737-900ER
Apr 7, 2013, 12:33 am
#31
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: SEA
Posts: 239
Its a problem common to the worldwide sky interior 737 fleet. The exit row window shades last about a week before they break and there are no spares to replace them. Boeing is redesigning them and until then has either little incentive to supply spares which are under warranty or just can't keep up. Also AS has little incentive to install any spares it may receive due to the manpower to install them and the potential for flight delay when they break and have to be deferred.
Apr 7, 2013, 2:31 am
#32
Join Date: May 2006
Location: TUS/PDX
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If that doesn't work and you need to block the sun, shove the safety card or something into the window. I've done it countless times on morning QX flights. You're bound to get some strange looks, but it works.
Apr 11, 2013, 6:38 pm
#33
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Treasure Coast, FL
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Flew on the 900er for the first time last night from IAH-SEA.
Plane still had a new smell to it.
Overall thought the seat was comfortable and maybe I was dreaming but the pitch doesn't seem to be as much as on an 800 (was in row 2). Maybe it is an illusion since the seats are a little bulkier.
Plane still had a new smell to it.
Overall thought the seat was comfortable and maybe I was dreaming but the pitch doesn't seem to be as much as on an 800 (was in row 2). Maybe it is an illusion since the seats are a little bulkier.
Apr 15, 2013, 9:28 pm
#34
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 406
Row 6
I have not yet flown on one of the new 900ER birds but have two booked now.
For Row 6, is it really a bulkhead like the older 900s or is it the curtain ala the -800s?
Seatguru says there is a bulkhead but I'm not sure if this is true.
Thanks!
For Row 6, is it really a bulkhead like the older 900s or is it the curtain ala the -800s?
Seatguru says there is a bulkhead but I'm not sure if this is true.
Thanks!
Apr 15, 2013, 9:32 pm
#35
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Aside from the different style seats, it looks like a 73H with the SkyInterior.
Apr 15, 2013, 10:00 pm
#36
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: LON
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Apr 15, 2013, 10:05 pm
#37
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SEA/YYZ
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It's just a curtain. Not even the partial solid bulkhead.
Apr 21, 2013, 2:06 am
#38
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I see N408AS parked out of C2 in ANC...and am drooling 
Am on the 1st generation 739 tonight with AS130
Am on the 1st generation 739 tonight with AS130
Apr 22, 2013, 11:02 am
#39
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I wonder, if like a stolen car, they just never fly the same again? ha
Totally, just joking.
Apr 22, 2013, 11:44 am
#40
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Based on the seat map, I am fairly sure I am on one of the new ER's on a SEA-FAI leg next week.
Based on the seat map, I am fairly sure I am on one of the new ER's on a SEA-FAI leg next week.