New Delta seat look?
Nov 13, 2014, 6:28 am
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If you look carefully at the dividers between the seats you will note they are much thinner and squarer than the existing Mad Dog seat dividers, therefore, these pics cannot be re covered MD 88 seats.
Nov 13, 2014, 6:49 am
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First off, my Delta contact says it is the same seat. Must be a weird angle or something. The seats were new 3 years ago, they most certainly are not replacing 3 year old seats.
Second, my contact gave me no details but said this is part of a larger initiative at Delta with details to be announced next month.
Second, my contact gave me no details but said this is part of a larger initiative at Delta with details to be announced next month.
Nov 13, 2014, 7:34 am
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I personally care much, much less about what the seat looks like vs. whether it's still a comfortable seat.
Nov 13, 2014, 7:44 am
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Meh, still looks better than the current light blue. And hey, once everyone's sitting down you can't see it anyway.
Nov 13, 2014, 8:51 am
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An improvement over the current leather slab look, for sure. I call their current seat cover color "Wal-Mart Blue," it's just so...ick. Almost nausea inducing, for me, the current shade of blue. These are refined and oddly remind me of the new China Eastern uniforms by Christian Lacroix.
Nov 13, 2014, 8:57 am
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Nov 13, 2014, 10:53 am
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The retro look on its own isn't a problem and could look quite sharp in, say, a brand-new Sky Interior 739. But I do wonder if these seats are put into some of the older 757s, A320s and MD88s, if it won't just make those planes look and feel even older. (Even when those aircraft have gotten thoroughly renovated there are little touches like the overhead consoles that betray their true age.)
That said, I think the bright blue looks kind of cheap in a premium cabin. I am supportive of coming up with something a bit classier.
That said, I think the bright blue looks kind of cheap in a premium cabin. I am supportive of coming up with something a bit classier.
Nov 13, 2014, 2:22 pm
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Nov 13, 2014, 2:25 pm
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Am i the only one who notices that the quilted pattern seems to just be printed on? If you look closely at how the light from the window hits the window seat, it looks like a flat surface with just printed patterns, there doesnt appear to be any real texture or stitching on there. Possible Delta just went for a 'faux' patterned print or that these are just mockups?
