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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/24779559-post563.html
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AA 787 Inaugural Day Flights
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AA2320 DFW-ORD 07:10 - 09:36 Inaugural
F cabin:
marnold3 *# - Seat 1A
AerophilePS - Seat 1D
Gino (EY Residence Guy) - Seat 1H
Sykes *# - Seat 1L
John Cobb *# - Seat 3A
FriendlySkies *# - Seat 3D
ORD2Anywhere - Seat 3H
DylanOakes *# - Seat 3L
ChopChop767 *# - Seat 4A
John Cobb's guest - Seat 4H
SFO777 *# - Seat 5A
beerup * - Seat 6L
---
AA-Flyer-SAN *#
WaterDogg22 #
TexasTL
CalanMan (+1) *#

Y cabin:
daiseee *# - Seat 8B
HansGolden *# - Seat 8H
DWFI @* - Seat 9A
777DFW *# - Seat 9B
GSSmith * - Seat 9C
Pizzaman (MP) - Seat 9D
mommypoints (MP) - Seat 9E
lz80521 - Seat 9K
ffflllyyyeeerrr *# - Seat 10A
airwaysjack - Seat 10B
ParanoiaTX *# - Seat 10C
gleff (MP) - Seat 10J
chrisremo * - Seat 10L
mainerailbaron (MP) - Seat 11L
james1102 *# - Seat 12D
legalalien *# - Seat 13A
firstglobal *# - Seat 13C
CoyoteExecPlatinum (+friend) - Seats 13J & 11H
Greg76248 * - Seat 14A
HGF - Seat 14B
joeypore *# - Seat 14C
rubiety (+1) * - Seats 15A & 15B
N777UA - Seat 16C
steve64 - Seat 17D
CO777 - Seat 18A
Robt760 - Seat 18B
bthotugigem05 *# - Seat 19A
Jacobin777 - Seat 19C
vik4sh (+1) - Seats 19J & 20J
tycoon1980* - Seat 19L
farrish11 * - Seat 20A
marcwint55 - Seat 20C
3million *# - Seat 20H
itchief * - Seat 20J
Chicago Sailor # - 20L
a330300 *# - Seat 21A
JamilD (+1) - Seats 22A & 22B
FlyingSky * - Seat 23A
ORDnHKG - Seat 23C
MSPGabe - Seat 23J
ralf83 - Seat 24A
christopherdc - Seat 24B
Dazed767 - Seat 25A
jgriffin7 * (+1) - Seats 25B & C
bchips *# - Seat 26C
Governor Patten - Seat 26C
sbm12 - 28A
P50andPilot * - Seat 29A
---
MatthewLAX *#

Total: 17F/55Y = 72 (32% of 226 seats)

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---|- A -------------|---------------|-----------------||- D -----------|------------------|- H ----------||--------------------|---------|- L -----------------|--- 
01 | marnold3        | ------------- | --------------- || AerophilePS   | ---------------- | Gino         || ------------------ | ------- | Sykes               | 01 
02 |                 | ------------- | --------------- ||               | ---------------- |              || ------------------ | ------- |                     | 02 
03 | John Cobb       | ------------- | --------------- || FriendlySkies | ---------------- | ORD2Anywhere || ------------------ | ------- | DylanOakes          | 03 
04 | ChopChop767     | ------------- | --------------- ||               | ---------------- | John Cobb+1  || ------------------ | ------- |                     | 04 
05 | SFO777          | ------------- | --------------- ||               | ---------------- |              || ------------------ | ------- |                     | 05 
06 |                 | ------------- | --------------- ||               | ---------------- |              || ------------------ | ------- | beerup              | 06 
07 |                 | ------------- | --------------- ||               | ---------------- |              || ------------------ | ------- |                     | 07 
---|- A -------------|- B -----------|- C -------------||- D -----------|- E --------------|- H ----------||- J ----------------|- K -----|- L -----------------|--- 
08 |                 | daiseee       |                 ||               |                  | HansGolden   ||                    |         |                     | 08 
09 | DWFI            | 777DFW        | GSSmith         || Pizzaman (MP) | mommypoints (MP) |              ||                    | lz80521 |                     | 09 
10 | ffflllyyyeeerrr | airwaysjack   | ParanoiaTX      ||               |                  |              || gleff (MP)         |         | chrisremo           | 10 
11 |                 |               |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    | Mach92  | mainerailbaron (MP) | 11 
12 |                 |               |                 || james1102     |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 12 
13 | legalalien      |               | firstglobal     ||               |                  |              || CoyoteExecPlatinum |         |                     | 13 
14 | Greg76248       | HGF           | joeypore        ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 14 
15 | rubiety         | rubiety+1     |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 15 
16 |                 |               | N777UA          ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 16 
17 |                 |               |                 || steve64       |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 17 
18 | CO777           | ------------- | Robt760         ||               |                  |              ||                    | ------- |                     | 18 
---|- A -------------|- B -----------|- C -------------||- D -----------|- E --------------|- H ----------||- J ----------------|- K -----|- L -----------------|--- 
19 | bthotugigem05   |               | Jacobin777      || ------------- | ---------------- | ------------ || vik4sh             |         | tycoon1980          | 19 
20 | farrish11       |               | marcwint55      ||               |                  | 3million     || itchief            |         | Chicago Sailor      | 20 
21 | a330300         |               |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 21 
22 | JamilD          |  JamilD+1     |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 22 
23 | FlyingSky       |               | ORDnHKG         ||               |                  |              || MSPGabe            |         |                     | 23 
24 | Ralf83          | ChristopherDC |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 24 
25 | Dazed767        | jgriffin7     | jgriffin7+1     ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 25 
26 |                 |               | bchips          ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 26 
27 |                 |               |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 27 
28 | sbm12           |               |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 28 
29 | P50andPilot     | ------------- |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    | ------- |                     | 29 
30 |                 | ------------- |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    | ------- |                     | 30 
---|- A -------------|- B -----------|- C -------------||- D -----------|- E --------------|- H ----------||- J ----------------|- K -----|- L -----------------|--- 
Updated to: Post 534 and 05/06/15 5:20 CST

AA2334 ORD-DFW 12:10 - 14:57
F cabin:
steve64 - Seat 1H
DylanOakes *# - Seat 1L
Sykes*# - Seat 2A
SFO777 *# - Seat 2L
bthotugigem05 - Seat 3A *
CO777 - Seat 5A
Kiwi Flyer *@ - Seat 6D
gleff (MP) - Seat 7A
Zrs70 - seat 6L
Y cabin:
fAAn * - Seat 9A
violist - seat 12A
Stumblefoot *# - Seat 13J
itchief* - Seat 19C
bchips *# - Seat 4H

AA2373 DFW-ORD 17:25 - 19:56
F cabin:
DylanOakes *# - Seat 2A
uncguy85 *

Y cabin:
fAAn * - Seat 8A
dfwmusicman * Seat 19K
GSSmith * - Seat 9J

AA2373 ORD-DFW 22:25 - 01:00
F cabin:
dfwmusicman * Seat 1L
JamilD (+1) - Seats 1A & 2A
jgriffin7 * (+1) - Seats 2D & 2H
GSSmith * - Seat 5A
Y cabin:

Pre-inaugural DFW Hotels

Grand Hyatt
SFO777
CO777
Sykes
daiseee
FriendlySkies
HGF
ChopChop767
Tycoon1980
firstglobal

Hyatt Regency
legalalien
ParanoiaTX
Chicago Sailor
FlyingSky
DylanOakes
bchips

Westin DFW
farrish11
AA-Flyer-SAN
Waterdogg22

Grand Hyatt DFW for Drinks (@ Grand Met Lounge in hotel) - 8:30pm on 5/6

FlyingSky
legalalien
ChopChop767
HGF
ssafro1
farrish11
Sykes (I'll be there around 9 PM if people are still around.)

Arrivals:

bthotugigem05 (lives in Dallas, can meet when/wherever)
ChopChop767 *# (VX 733 arriving DAL 2:00PM)
farrish11 * (around all day)
CO777
daiseee *#
Chicago Sailor #
itchief * (lives in Ft Worth)
ORDnHKG (UA4997 arriving DFW 12:16pm)
FlyingSky * (UA3744 arriving DFW 11am)
legalalien *# (UA5578 arriving DFW 3:39pm)
FriendlySkies *# (AA1480 arriving DFW at 5:34pm)
firstglobal *# (AA2473 arriving DFW 7:41pm)
DylanOakes *# (AA2337 arriving DFW at 11:00am)
ParanoiaTX *# (AA1563 arriving DFW 8:29P)
AA-Flyer-SAN *# (AA2485 arriving DFW 8:32P)
WaterDog22 # (AA2485 arriving DFW 8:32P)
HGF (UA6437 arriving DFW 8:39P)
Sykes *# (AA193 arriving DFW 8:43P)
SFO777 *# (AA1491 arriving DFW 8:43P)
Tycoon1980 * (AA3239 arriving DFW 8:51pm)
bchips *# (AA1242 arriving DFW 7:14pm)

AA 787-8 Dreamliner 788 Inaugural Flight - DFW-ORD 7 May 2015

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May 9, 2015, 8:33 am

#691

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sbm12

There is a "plain" coin in the side pocket of the regular swag bag. The color coins were only given out up front.

No it wasn't only given out up front, consider you were seated at the 3rd row to the last of Y class, of course you are not getting any, just the same as Buy on Board, would you still be getting any snacks for purchase so far back of the plane when the flight is 100% full ? I don't think so, same logic.

Bottom line, the color coin wasn't meant for all the pax on the entire plane, but they certainly had brought a lot more than just for the pax up front.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sbm12

The AA & UA seats are comparably comfortable IMO, and I've been on both of UA's types and AA's now. None are great but none are awful. And UA did throw a huge party for the 788 introduction. It did nothing for the 789 launch, though I was on board.

Let's get real, the UA (sCO not sUA) seats are NOT comfortable at all especially on their 787 ! The padding are so hard and no back support at all, it makes you have back pain and your butts hurt just for sitting for a few hours, there are tons of FTers on the UA board with numerous threads complaining about those PMCO style Y seats ! You should have seen enough of it.

Just the same as when I flew in from ORD on UAX's new E175 in Y from Skywest, those new slim line seats are absolutely worst, I felt like I was sitting in a piece of wood ! The older E170 that PMUA ordered for UAX Shuttle America are much better !

AA however is a pleasant surprise to me with those seats in Y for the 787, don't feel cramp at all, I felt like it is 32" of legroom instead of 31", I don't feel narrow neither, especially comparing to the sUA 747 in E (not E+) which has similar seat dimension to the 787 in Y. The seat itself is cushioned, similar to the sUA Y seats.

May 9, 2015, 8:43 am

#692

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Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer

I gather the colored coins were handed out by a pilot for DFW-ORD. While he came around the business/first cabin for ORD-DFW he wasn't handing anything out AFAIK.

Quote:

Originally Posted by zrs70

This F class flyer on the ord-Dfw leg didn't get the colorful coin!

Because those were handed out on the inaugural flight AA2320 DFW-ORD only, AA2324 DFW-ORD wasn't the inaugural flight, the bag you got were just the leftover bag.

May 9, 2015, 10:03 am

#693

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Originally Posted by 777DFW

Me and John will be at the Grand Hyatt Meetup at 8:30pm tonight. Who else will be there?

Darn, had I know about this I would've showed up rather than going straight to the hotel.

That's what I get for not catching up on the thread prior to the flight.

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Originally Posted by CoyoteExecPlatinum

Had the 2 flying captains sign my boarding pass.

The crew rest was pretty interesting.

Darn, I forgot to have the captains sign my boarding pass..

The crew and pilots rest were interesting but nothing "out of the ordinary" (at least to me).

Quote:

Originally Posted by fAAn

SFO, thank you for the great photos, and report.
I had 8L for flights 2334 and 2331.

I agree! ^

Quote:

Originally Posted by bthotugigem05

Posted these over on the TR forum, but thought yall might like to see them here too:

Hi Andy, it was great meeting and chatting with you on the inaugural flight. Actually when I tried your 19A seat, it wasn't too bad in the reclining position but I still preferred my 19C over yours.

Also, I was able to get the LAST standby seat on the return leg.....I was in 8B. ^

Great photos SFO777. ^ I didn't know which seat you were in otherwise I would've introduced myself as well.

Maybe on the A350XWB inaugural?

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Originally Posted by ORDnHKG

Bottom line, the color coin wasn't meant for all the pax on the entire plane, but they certainly had brought a lot more than just for the pax up front.

I was in 19B and had asked the captain for one who was kind enough to go back to the cockpit and grab one for me.

May 9, 2015, 3:29 pm

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Originally Posted by zrs70

This F class flyer on the ord-Dfw leg didn't get the colorful coin!

That's because they knew your loyalty is with United.

May 9, 2015, 4:09 pm

#695

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Originally Posted by james1102

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Also anyone know why 2320 was delay an hour today out of DFW??

I was on the flight. There was some kind of mechanical issue. We had to go back to the gate to have it fixed. No details as to what but I was going to file a complaint online.

May 9, 2015, 6:24 pm

#696

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Was lucky enough to get the second-to-last colored coin on the flight back to DFW.

May 9, 2015, 6:55 pm

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Couple of comments:

What's with the baby seat restraint you have to wear for take off and landing?! It's a little too much.

Every J seat is like a bulkhead as you have ZERO storage at your seat.

The plane isn't that quiet.

AA FAs still suck so it's a bad flying experience.

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May 9, 2015, 8:08 pm

#698

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Originally Posted by AANYC1981

The plane isn't that quiet.

I'm sorry but that's just wrong. Many of us commented how the headphones given out in the "swag bags" were perfectly good at cruise and that noise canceling headphones could almost become unnecessary.

Now, you're not going to hear a pin drop but the cabin noise is noticeably quieter at cruise than any other plane in the AA fleet.

I'd comment on the rest of your negatives, but to me it looks like you're just trying to complain about something but don't have anything substantive.

May 9, 2015, 8:23 pm

#699

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AANYC1981

Couple of comments:

What's with the baby seat restrained you have to wear for take off and landing?! It's a little too much.

Every J seat is like a bulkhead as you have ZERO storage at your seat.

The plane isn't that quiet.

AA FAs still suck so it's a bad flying experience.

I found the flight attendants to be outstanding on this flight, possibly the friendliest I've experienced in a long time. I had a great interaction with every single American employee in DFW and ORD, very impressed.

May 9, 2015, 11:11 pm

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I'm sorry but that's just wrong. Many of us commented how the headphones given out in the "swag bags" were perfectly good at cruise and that noise canceling headphones could almost become unnecessary.

Now, you're not going to hear a pin drop but the cabin noise is noticeably quieter at cruise than any other plane in the AA fleet.

I'd comment on the rest of your negatives, but to me it looks like you're just trying so complain about something but don't have anything substantive.

Ummmm I flew on a day where where there were no Bose headsets so our experiences are not similar.

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyingSky

Try getting stuck with them on a diversion to Tulsa and missing your flight to Hawaii......no water in Tulsa (meaning they were too lazy to offer water on our 45 min refueling stop which was ridiculous in the first place).....practically begging for something to drink in the 1 hour flight from TUL-DFW...pathetic all around.

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Originally Posted by FlyingSky

Were you diverted to TUL today?

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May 9, 2015, 11:30 pm

#701

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Originally Posted by AANYC1981

Ummmm I flew on a day where where there were no Bose headsets so our experiences are not similar.

I didn't have Bose headsets either, which was fine with how quiet the flight was. That was the point I was trying to make. The plane is so quiet it makes the Bose headsets unnecessary.

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Originally Posted by AANYC1981

The flight from Tulsa to Dallas is extremely short and with how bad the weather in the area was today, I'm surprised the FAs were even allowed to leave their jump seats. I think the wheels up to wheels down time is no more than 45 minutes. Most airlines will not do a service on a leg that short. I've seen multiple reports of moderate turbulence in the north Texas area on most flight levels today.

I think you should be happy you made it from point A to B safely with what amounts to a very minimal delay. Or would you have preferred to have flown through a potentially tornadic thunderstorm?

I bet you're one of those people that'll say, "I'm going to fly United now!." Trust me, they'll divert due to thunderstorms too. Safety is most important.

Again, it looks like you're looking for something to complain about and that's fine. I'm sure I'd be peeved too if I missed my flight to Hawaii, but I'm sure you'll be getting there and enjoying your vacation soon enough.

Hope the rest of your travels are less eventful and safe.

May 10, 2015, 1:59 am

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I'll decline on replying.....AA was terrible today plain and simple.

May 10, 2015, 2:42 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ralf83

Hey everyone,
I enjoyed meeting you guys at the Hyatt and on the flight.
Can someone put these links in the wiki:

Photos and videos from flight:
Flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk7r3JYa
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...h6CP0oBdSjlIp-

Quote:

Originally Posted by ButIsItArt

Some very nice pics and especially the vids!

In the Flickr album, do you recall the seat row and # where you took pictures of the lie-flats? I am guessing it was the mini-cabin (rows 6 and 7).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ralf83

It was, on the right side of the jet.

It was my seat, 6L. Ralf83 'borrowed' it while I was socializing. I'm glad someone got some use out of it as I didn't even play with the controls (I probably should have booked a Y seat since I was standing most of the flight).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer

I gather the colored coins were handed out by a pilot for DFW-ORD.

Missed out on that too! I think the captain had already passed my seat by the time I boarded.

May 10, 2015, 7:05 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AANYC1981

Were you diverted to TUL today?

I was on AA 2334 ORD-DFW 787 flight which was diverted to TUL for refueling on Saturday. I did not think crews were terrible.

It looked like that there were weather situations up north around Chicago also, not just Oklahoma and Texas area, where the flight did make few turns to fly around the weather. What it looked like was that AA 2334 still did have fuel to make it to DFW. However, the regulation is that the aircraft have to have enough fuel to circle around DFW and fly to alternate airport. I think the aircraft ran out of extra fuel for circle around DFW and to alternate airport. Hence, had to fly into TUL to get more fuel.

It was unfortunate situation, but there were weather everywhere not just Dallas area on Saturday. Sorry that you missed your flight to HNL, likely forced overnight at DFW. It really is not the way anybody wants to start the trip to Hawaii. I will not be in good mood if I were in your situation. But I did not think crew did terrible job, and the impression of passenger around me did not indicate that they felt crew did terrible job.

My take is that at TUL we were parked in the middle of tarmac, not at a gate. It could be that we were in the same situation as being on an active taxiway? If such then there may be a regulations that crews have to have galley all secured, not allowed to open carts.

May 10, 2015, 7:22 am

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Originally Posted by SFO777

The only option to complain and get a refund is email.
What if you only speak Portugese?

Senhors e senhores,

Eu exijo meu dinheiro que paguei para o seu serviço, porque foi totalmente inútil, suas *****.

Cumprimentos,
TheBOSman, um cliente irritado

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