By By old gal.. 767-200 now all gone
May 10, 2014, 5:28 am
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I miss that MIA 762 turn. Either way, upgrade or not, I always got a great seat with J being sold as Y. It was interesting to see the look of paxs as they settled into a J seat wondering did they get lucky.
May 10, 2014, 6:29 am
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I will miss the 762, JFK-MIA, and JFK-SFO/LAX, fond memories of Capt. Kirk seat in F, and pre 9-11 solid curtains snapping shut, a large menu in J trans-con too. FAs were unfort. very rude to any Y class pax who dared venture into front cabins.
May 10, 2014, 8:57 am
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I will miss them, too, as I certainly had the highest upgrade rate of any airplane in the fleet on the 762s. I missed once in 2000 and once in 2013. I think I have the worst upgrade rate on the 763s or 752s.
May 10, 2014, 11:03 am
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To me the 767 was a terrible fuselage diameter choice. Particularly for business class where most airlines would have 2-2-2 with a fuselage 2ft or so narrower than Airbus' equivalent. When I discussed it with a Boeing Fellow, he agreed that it was a bad fuselage diameter.
I will have no regret seeing them all gone.
I will have no regret seeing them all gone.
May 10, 2014, 2:33 pm
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By By old gal.. 767-200 now all gone
I miss the DC-10s more than I will ever miss the 762. Loved those old wooly mammoth seats...
May 10, 2014, 3:22 pm
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It was probably more likely the 762, the ERs that most recently were on the transcon routes were doing international back then. I recall JFK-GIG on a 762ER with the old style recliners, and a captain Kirk. My earliest recollection of the 763s were when they put the coffin flat beds in F and "more room throughout business" - from 50" pitch to 60". But there wasn't a "true" captain kirk because the 763s were 2 rows of 2-1-2, 10 seats, vs. the 9 on the 762ERs.
May 10, 2014, 3:28 pm
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But there is only one aisle!!!! Oh the humanity!!!
2-3-2 on a 777 gives you noticeably wider seats and more spacing between them than 2-2-2 on a 767. On an overnight flight where I expect to sleep the whole way and want "privacy", I'd choose a window seat in the 777 over anything on the 767. I get that some people like the center pair on the 762 for direct aisle, but it's not totally clear-cut for me.
I agree that 5-abreast on a 767 is very nice, and I think QF went with the better configuration of 1-2-2 than, say CO.
I agree that 5-abreast on a 767 is very nice, and I think QF went with the better configuration of 1-2-2 than, say CO.
May 10, 2014, 4:05 pm
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762 page still up on aa.com
So when will AA actually bother to take down the information pertaining to the 767-200 from their 767 web page?
http://www.aa.com/i18n/aboutUs/ourPlanes/boeing767.jsp
http://www.aa.com/i18n/aboutUs/ourPlanes/boeing767.jsp
May 10, 2014, 4:25 pm
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We'll let you know when it happens
May 10, 2014, 4:33 pm
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I wouldn't consider this a high priority with everything that needs to happen with the merger. I would assume people would rather see IT working on reciprocal upgrades and integrating more on the web end than updating pages that aren't necessary.
May 10, 2014, 9:14 pm
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Probably when they put up the info on the refurbished 763's.... AKA who knows when...
May 10, 2014, 9:44 pm
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Let's merge this with the existing thread discussing the demise...errr...retirement of the 762. Thanks. 
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May 10, 2014, 11:11 pm
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But back to the OP - I was supposed to be on one of the first A321s and due to a misconnect, I was on one of the last 762s in F. It was booked to 3, with a great crew. I didn't sleep on the 10 hour int'l segment (plus a 2+ hour delay) and was already feeling "in rare form."
What a great flight. I went from 1D to 1 (right window - don't know the AA lettering well), then to the row 2 window behind that. Sprawled out with pillows galore, 2 seats to myself, some wine, some food I picked at and then it went away, The Wizard Of Oz on the movieplayer ... somehow, I didn't miss my first experience on the A321. Somewhere after Dorothy met the cowardly lion and the time the movie returned to Kansas, I got my first little snooze of the trip home.
The plane had seen better days, but it was actually my first time on an AA 762. I'd been on many UA 762s in the first 2 cabins, but never on AA. And now I have. And so it was good. RIP. Amen.
May 11, 2014, 7:45 am
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RIP to the 762s indeed. I remember the wooly mammoth seats fondly--I even flew in them on JFK-BGI a few times back in the late 90s!
I will miss widebody service on transcon...
RIP to the 762s indeed. I remember the wooly mammoth seats fondly--I even flew in them on JFK-BGI a few times back in the late 90s!
I will miss widebody service on transcon...
May 11, 2014, 8:38 am
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