No IFE for an entire plane but not a bad flight!
Dec 16, 2018, 12:30 pm
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No IFE for an entire plane but not a bad flight!
I just got off AA 723 from Dublin and the old Airbus was showing her age. The IFE didn't work for anyone but it wasn't a bad flight because:
1. Check in and clearing immigration in DUB is a pure joy.
2. The Flight attendants were attendant and most pleasant.
3. It arrived on time!
The Chief Attendant tried to apologise to me about the IFE. My response was "are the engines still spinning, and is the cabin holding pressure?"... we laughed and agreed that all was not so bad!
All in all a pleasant experience with good food at the front of the plane.... thumbs up to AA
G50
1. Check in and clearing immigration in DUB is a pure joy.
2. The Flight attendants were attendant and most pleasant.
3. It arrived on time!
The Chief Attendant tried to apologise to me about the IFE. My response was "are the engines still spinning, and is the cabin holding pressure?"... we laughed and agreed that all was not so bad!
All in all a pleasant experience with good food at the front of the plane.... thumbs up to AA
G50
Dec 16, 2018, 2:05 pm
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Had this happen on LHR-DFW a couple years ago. Brand new 77W and all IFE was out, including wifi.
The cabin was sharing the newspapers off the cart with each other.
The cabin was sharing the newspapers off the cart with each other.
Dec 16, 2018, 2:11 pm
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You have a very positive attitude that will help you lead a long and happy life. But I'd still ask for some compensation from AA.
Dec 16, 2018, 5:25 pm
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It looks like the average age of AA's A330-200 (which this aircraft is one of) is 11.1 years.
https://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/...20Airlines.htm
There are far older aircraft out there flying. A great example, BA's B747's are on average 22.2 years, exactly twice as old.
I always travel with a computer that has a decent amount of movies/tv loaded to it, so I can always use my own IFE (works even better if there is on-board power). I do have an adapter to charge in the cigarette lighter-type charging receptacles.
Glad that it was otherwise a good flight, and it looks like it actually arrived at PHL early.
https://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/...20Airlines.htm
There are far older aircraft out there flying. A great example, BA's B747's are on average 22.2 years, exactly twice as old.
I always travel with a computer that has a decent amount of movies/tv loaded to it, so I can always use my own IFE (works even better if there is on-board power). I do have an adapter to charge in the cigarette lighter-type charging receptacles.
Glad that it was otherwise a good flight, and it looks like it actually arrived at PHL early.
Dec 16, 2018, 6:06 pm
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It looks like the average age of AA's A330-200 (which this aircraft is one of) is 11.1 years.
https://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/...20Airlines.htm
There are far older aircraft out there flying. A great example, BA's B747's are on average 22.2 years, exactly twice as old.
I always travel with a computer that has a decent amount of movies/tv loaded to it, so I can always use my own IFE (works even better if there is on-board power). I do have an adapter to charge in the cigarette lighter-type charging receptacles.
Glad that it was otherwise a good flight, and it looks like it actually arrived at PHL early.
https://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/...20Airlines.htm
There are far older aircraft out there flying. A great example, BA's B747's are on average 22.2 years, exactly twice as old.
I always travel with a computer that has a decent amount of movies/tv loaded to it, so I can always use my own IFE (works even better if there is on-board power). I do have an adapter to charge in the cigarette lighter-type charging receptacles.
Glad that it was otherwise a good flight, and it looks like it actually arrived at PHL early.
I only wish AA would have added a 346--the flying pencil--to it's inventory.
Dec 16, 2018, 6:30 pm
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So, now the only standard for a good flight is that it didn't crash and arrived on time? Well, at least for all of AA's flights they get one of those right. The other...eh, it feels like 50/50 at best.
Last edited by GNRMatt; Dec 16, 2018 at 6:39 pm
Dec 16, 2018, 6:56 pm
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I agree...no IFE on a trans-Atlantic flight would have been quite disappointing for myself and probably worse for my wife....the plane is where we get all caught up on our movies.
Dec 17, 2018, 12:53 am
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I was on a brand new 77W HKG-DFW without IFE for the entire flight. Not a problem, the crew were excellent. The Captain thanked everyone at the end of the flight also adding "nobody complained".
Never even considered asking for compensation, but then for me personally not having IFE is really quite trivial in the scheme of things.
Never even considered asking for compensation, but then for me personally not having IFE is really quite trivial in the scheme of things.
Dec 17, 2018, 1:15 am
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OP I think I get you. Sitting in front of the plane, being in business class, you can sleep on your private bed. IFE is not necessary. But OP, I think you will find people sitting in the back of the plane, possible 200 of them, the flight experience is a hell lot worse. My 2 cent.
Dec 17, 2018, 9:27 am
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OP I think I get you. Sitting in front of the plane, being in business class, you can sleep on your private bed. IFE is not necessary. But OP, I think you will find people sitting in the back of the plane, possible 200 of them, the flight experience is a hell lot worse. My 2 cent.
Dec 17, 2018, 9:52 am
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I just got off AA 723 from Dublin and the old Airbus was showing her age. The IFE didn't work for anyone but it wasn't a bad flight because:
1. Check in and clearing immigration in DUB is a pure joy.
2. The Flight attendants were attendant and most pleasant.
3. It arrived on time!
The Chief Attendant tried to apologise to me about the IFE. My response was "are the engines still spinning, and is the cabin holding pressure?"... we laughed and agreed that all was not so bad!
All in all a pleasant experience with good food at the front of the plane.... thumbs up to AA
G50
1. Check in and clearing immigration in DUB is a pure joy.
2. The Flight attendants were attendant and most pleasant.
3. It arrived on time!
The Chief Attendant tried to apologise to me about the IFE. My response was "are the engines still spinning, and is the cabin holding pressure?"... we laughed and agreed that all was not so bad!
All in all a pleasant experience with good food at the front of the plane.... thumbs up to AA
G50
Just curious.
Dec 17, 2018, 10:45 am
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