chfenton

Somewhat rhetorical as I'm sure the answer is because they can. I moved to ATL about 4 years ago and so my AA travel has become very infrequent I had the "pleasure" though of taking a short hop from CLT to ATL over the holidays. This is one pic to illustrate the how dirty the FC seats were and the general lack of cleanliness of the plane which I believe was an A320. It must have been one of the oldest in the fleet and did it show. Also, Is it just me or does it make them look really cheap when they can't even replace the USAir nameplates on the beverage carts after all these years? To make matters worse, apparently an O2 tank went bad--probably leaked after sitting there for so many years. Pilot said 20 minutes to change it out---yeah right 3 hours later we made it to ATL. Thanks for listening!

guv1976

I note that near the bottom of your photo there is the recommendation to "use try magic eraser."

PHL

Looks like the last generation first class seats. I was mistaken to think that all the domestic F seats have been installed across the narrowbody fleet. Unless this particular plane is destined for the graveyard....

Antarius

Cui Bono?

AA does cheap out on a lot of things, but replacing perfectly good carts and pulling them out of service to change a nameplate is a huge waste of money and resources.

These are the LUS a320s that never got refit. They were supposed to head to the scrapper, but the MAX issues and subsequent delays kept them around.

777lover

they never had a plan to remove the US name/logo from the carts. As they are replaced due to end of life, they are replaced with new ones with the AA name/logo

fliesdelta

I see the scuffs. I guess the seats take a beating from bags and food/beverage carts.

Were the cushions dirty too or was it just the scuffs seen in your photo?

bgasser

At least the carpet looks pretty good

binarycanary

US Airways is the one that took over the operations of American, so the beverage cart logo isn’t too surprising.

travelingdrsuz

But we don't sit on the outside of it, and leather cleans up well. Yes, they are old, and I am sorry about the 02 tank. That always stinks. Sure, some planes are dirty. The CRJ-900s, now gone from AA were the worst. But overall, if where your bottom plants itself is clean, it's fine.

JoeDTW

In 2008, I flew Bahamasair from San Salvador, Bahamas (ZSA) to Nassau. I saw a beverage cart with the logo of long-defunct Presidential Airways. I'm sure nobody other than the people on this forum would notice something like this.

jerseytom

There are a handful of US Air A320's that are definitely up there in years and show it.

With that said, I was on N102UW a few months ago - one of the oldest in the fleet - and they'd at least spruced up some of the interior and added in-seat power outlets and such. Really didn't look bad at all.

Maybe a game plan of spending minimal $$ necessary on the oldest ones.

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enviroian

OP you should be happy you were in a non-oasified plane. Those seats are much more comfortable than oasis F seats.

DataPlumber

looks like what you get when you board a UA flight and it still has the retro Continental black leather FC interior.

dkc192

I've somehow managed to avoid the Oasis F seats in their 6+ years of existence, but personally I found the LUS F seats on the A320s and the pre-Oasis/Kodiak A321s to be among the most uncomfortable out there, especially for my neck.