First Class on American: broken seat ATL-LGA
Oct 21, 2018, 1:36 pm
#19
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Exactly, it didn't break overnight, but instead most likely during a previous flight that day. Instead of delaying the flight to fix one seat, AA decided to continue with it's schedule and repair/replace the seat when the aircraft RONs. Depending on the damage, it might require the entire seat to be replaced.
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Oct 21, 2018, 1:42 pm
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How is this cheap? This happens on every airline, nothing special about it.
If you were about to go on a road trip and the passenger seat was broken, would you delay your road trip to go the the mechanic or have your passenger sit in the back seat and deal with it later?
If you were about to go on a road trip and the passenger seat was broken, would you delay your road trip to go the the mechanic or have your passenger sit in the back seat and deal with it later?
Oct 21, 2018, 2:13 pm
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How is this cheap? This happens on every airline, nothing special about it.
If you were about to go on a road trip and the passenger seat was broken, would you delay your road trip to go the the mechanic or have your passenger sit in the back seat and deal with it later?
If you were about to go on a road trip and the passenger seat was broken, would you delay your road trip to go the the mechanic or have your passenger sit in the back seat and deal with it later?
Oct 21, 2018, 4:17 pm
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Standards are irrelevant in this case. The uproar on this site if a flight was delayed so one seat could be fixed would be unbearable. It's not a MEL item, it's not a safety issue, get the flight out on time and fix the seat on a longer layover or overnight. It's that simple
Oct 21, 2018, 4:55 pm
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Standards are irrelevant in this case. The uproar on this site if a flight was delayed so one seat could be fixed would be unbearable. It's not a MEL item, it's not a safety issue, get the flight out on time and fix the seat on a longer layover or overnight. It's that simple
A heckuva lot more economically feasible, and taking an aircraft out of service means upset displaced passengers and likely a knock-on effect. (I can’t think of how many flights I’ve taken with a busted seat of some kind. The last time it was Lady JDiver’s out of DFW, but thankfully there were other open seats - or it would have magically turned into my busted seat.)
Oct 21, 2018, 5:44 pm
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Oct 21, 2018, 5:58 pm
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Seriously? People would rather they delayed/canceled the flight just so some people didn't have to look at a broken chair? Things break, sometime you cant repair it fully where the aircraft currently is, so mechanic makes it safe to fly for repair later.
Obviously the more popular option would be to cancel the flight, rebook and inconvenience everyone and fly the plane empty to where it can be fully repaired.
Obviously the more popular option would be to cancel the flight, rebook and inconvenience everyone and fly the plane empty to where it can be fully repaired.
Oct 21, 2018, 6:17 pm
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Seriously? People would rather they delayed/canceled the flight just so some people didn't have to look at a broken chair? Things break, sometime you cant repair it fully where the aircraft currently is, so mechanic makes it safe to fly for repair later.
Obviously the more popular option would be to cancel the flight, rebook and inconvenience everyone and fly the plane empty to where it can be fully repaired.
Obviously the more popular option would be to cancel the flight, rebook and inconvenience everyone and fly the plane empty to where it can be fully repaired.
And if that didn't happen the plane should have been switched out before the next flight.
Oct 21, 2018, 6:29 pm
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With all of the extra E175's sitting around at Atlanta airport? Assuming this was flight 4527, which is the first flight of the morning Atlanta to LGA, this plane comes down from LGA and makes a 30 minute turn for the return. For all we know, the seat was broken on the flight down. What exactly would you have the Atlanta crew do here that would not cause a delay for the 70 or so passengers heading to LGA?
Oct 21, 2018, 6:41 pm
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With all of the extra E175's sitting around at Atlanta airport? Assuming this was flight 4527, which is the first flight of the morning Atlanta to LGA, this plane comes down from LGA and makes a 30 minute turn for the return. For all we know, the seat was broken on the flight down. What exactly would you have the Atlanta crew do here that would not cause a delay for the 70 or so passengers heading to LGA?