View Poll Results: How do you feel about the new RECARO seats UA is installing?
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Jun 3, 2017, 1:01 pm
Update on our Airbus Reconfigurations (Seats, Entertainment, Channel 9, etc.)
Mar 9, 2015, 1:46 pm
#1066
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i'm guessing we're talking about the new blue seats with the tag on it, and not the old grey ones.
i flew it recently from SFO-SEA. honestly i thought they were fine. i'm 6 foot flat, so pretty middle of the range in height i guess. the only nitpick is the seatback pouch on the bottom is pretty much pointless. it will barely take a water bottle.
right before that my inbound was EWR-SFO on a pmCO 737. it has the seats that sorta look like p.s. flights with the old blue checker pattern. honestly, i hated those more than the blue slimlines.
ultimately though the biggest peeve i have, especially on longer routes, is the lack of power.
and if i remember right these feel like the same seats that LH uses. except they don't have the extra padding. i took one last month FRA-AMS and remembered it being stiffer than UA's seats, but overall i didn't mind those either.
i wonder what would happen if an american carrier does "business class" like LH does on short haul flights. pretty sure FT would implode.
i flew it recently from SFO-SEA. honestly i thought they were fine. i'm 6 foot flat, so pretty middle of the range in height i guess. the only nitpick is the seatback pouch on the bottom is pretty much pointless. it will barely take a water bottle.
right before that my inbound was EWR-SFO on a pmCO 737. it has the seats that sorta look like p.s. flights with the old blue checker pattern. honestly, i hated those more than the blue slimlines.
ultimately though the biggest peeve i have, especially on longer routes, is the lack of power.
and if i remember right these feel like the same seats that LH uses. except they don't have the extra padding. i took one last month FRA-AMS and remembered it being stiffer than UA's seats, but overall i didn't mind those either.
i wonder what would happen if an american carrier does "business class" like LH does on short haul flights. pretty sure FT would implode.
Mar 10, 2015, 1:28 am
#1067
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I've only tried the blue slimlines, not the grey ones (which aircraft are those on?) and I already hate the blue ones with a passion. Are you saying that the grey ones are worse?
Mar 10, 2015, 1:38 am
#1068
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The grey slimlines are on the A319/A320 fleet only, however the A319/A320 fleet are getting reupholstered with the leather blue seat covers but are still the recaros. The 737 slimlines are BE Aerospace.
Mar 10, 2015, 9:19 am
#1070
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I put it this way: If you're on a United Airbus, the seats are going to suck. They might be blue or grey but they're not going to be comfortable.
Mar 11, 2015, 2:52 pm
#1071
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rt package.'
Mar 11, 2015, 7:50 pm
#1072
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United really brings a new meaning to "If it's not Boeing, I'm not going!"
Mar 13, 2015, 3:29 pm
#1073
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I can almost take back everything I said about UA's slimlines on the Airbus fleet... Almost.
This is Frontier's idea of slimline. I suppose it's similar to a folding chair.
This is Frontier's idea of slimline. I suppose it's similar to a folding chair.
Mar 13, 2015, 3:55 pm
#1074
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That looks like New Jersey Transit 
Mar 13, 2015, 4:30 pm
#1075
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Mar 13, 2015, 6:00 pm
#1076
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Mar 13, 2015, 6:02 pm
#1077
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I used to like the Y seats on the Airbuses because they were an inch wider than on the Boeings (they still are, I think), and the pitch was 31-32" and if you were in E+, you could get lucky if your aircraft gets swapped with a former Ted aircraft (or if United simply loads the wrong seatmap), and have row 12 be full recline instead of no recline.)
Mar 13, 2015, 6:06 pm
#1078
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Mar 13, 2015, 6:21 pm
#1079
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I can almost take back everything I said about UA's slimlines on the Airbus fleet... Almost.
This is Frontier's idea of slimline. I suppose it's similar to a folding chair.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...9dc70eb9d247a5
This is Frontier's idea of slimline. I suppose it's similar to a folding chair.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...9dc70eb9d247a5
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