DL Continues to add Seat-back TVs while American continues to remove them
Aug 20, 2018, 7:55 am
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DL Continues to add Seat-back TVs while American continues to remove them
Aug 20, 2018, 8:17 am
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I personally love the seatback screens. I am a millennial so even if I'm not using my phone for work, I'm playing a game on my phone while a movie is on. And my 10 y/o hates it when we get onto a plane with no screen. It is also a far more convenient angle to watch as well w/o using some janky home-made device to hold your phone/tablet at eye level.
Aug 20, 2018, 8:33 am
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I agree with AA on this one. Although on the flip side, the cost curve on supporting IFE has to have bowed way down over the past 10 years so it probably doesn't cost Delta that much to do IFE. At least I certainly hope not since I'm paying for it with higher ticket prices..
Aug 20, 2018, 8:47 am
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I love seatback IFE and I travel with an iPhone and MacBook Air.....screens are so much more enjoyable to use than watching a movie on my phone or laptop.
AA is just being cheap plain and simple.....LAA had plans for more seatback IFE until US Airways took over.
DL was so smart to not let Doug Parker take them over.
AA is just being cheap plain and simple.....LAA had plans for more seatback IFE until US Airways took over.
DL was so smart to not let Doug Parker take them over.
Aug 20, 2018, 8:54 am
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Aug 20, 2018, 8:56 am
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In My Grandpappy's day, he just had to flap his arms really fast when he jumped off the barn and imagine what flight was like! And of course being back in those days, no one was ever injured or killed...Gen Y's Skeletons are so weak.
Aug 20, 2018, 8:59 am
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I agree with AA on this one. Although on the flip side, the cost curve on supporting IFE has to have bowed way down over the past 10 years so it probably doesn't cost Delta that much to do IFE. At least I certainly hope not since I'm paying for it with higher ticket prices..
DL IFE is one of the reasons DL has become my default -- especially international work trips. Don't want to load my work laptop up with a bunch of iTunes (and can't download Netflix to MBP) and have no interest in lugging my MBP and an iPad just so I can have IFE (I've done that a couple times and regretted it immediately -- was too much).
Just wish they had more with live TV loaded for domestic flights (mainly for sporting events).
Aug 20, 2018, 9:08 am
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To each their own I suppose. For me, the IFE is worthless. I've never watched a movie on a DL flight (either via seatback or whatever the studio thing is). Definitely a non-value add service to me (especially since I know I'm paying for it - and those content licensing fees can't be cheap).
Aug 20, 2018, 9:15 am
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I want whatever job where you have time to laze around and watch movies while on a work trip - I'm usually, you know, working.
To each their own I suppose. For me, the IFE is worthless. I've never watched a movie on a DL flight (either via seatback or whatever the studio thing is). Definitely a non-value add service to me (especially since I know I'm paying for it - and those content licensing fees can't be cheap).
To each their own I suppose. For me, the IFE is worthless. I've never watched a movie on a DL flight (either via seatback or whatever the studio thing is). Definitely a non-value add service to me (especially since I know I'm paying for it - and those content licensing fees can't be cheap).
Aug 20, 2018, 9:18 am
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I want whatever job where you have time to laze around and watch movies while on a work trip - I'm usually, you know, working.
To each their own I suppose. For me, the IFE is worthless. I've never watched a movie on a DL flight (either via seatback or whatever the studio thing is). Definitely a non-value add service to me (especially since I know I'm paying for it - and those content licensing fees can't be cheap).
To each their own I suppose. For me, the IFE is worthless. I've never watched a movie on a DL flight (either via seatback or whatever the studio thing is). Definitely a non-value add service to me (especially since I know I'm paying for it - and those content licensing fees can't be cheap).
Aug 20, 2018, 9:21 am
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Aug 20, 2018, 9:31 am
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I agree with AA on this one. Although on the flip side, the cost curve on supporting IFE has to have bowed way down over the past 10 years so it probably doesn't cost Delta that much to do IFE. At least I certainly hope not since I'm paying for it with higher ticket prices..
Aug 20, 2018, 9:33 am
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Do you have kids to consider?