Inaugural 737 Max 9 Flight 7 June 2018
Jun 8, 2018, 8:53 am
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Yes I've had this on several of the newer Skywest/DL E175s and don't like it at all. I assume it's weight savings? I would avoid the last row of F on these aircraft. (Actually I would avoid these aircraft in general due to the ridiculous lavs, but that's a different point.)
Jun 8, 2018, 9:09 am
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I remember when AA decided to put stickers over the old US logo on their planes' bulkheads and often times it was slightly askew and it just looked so cheap. Not sure which is worse, no bulkhead or bulkhead with a cock-eyed sticker...
To be fair, I'll reserve further judgment until I'm BIS in a "Max", which I've not had the "pleasure" of flying on with AA or UA...
Jun 8, 2018, 9:10 am
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Of course, narrowbody subtype assignments have long been fluid, so I'd take this with a grain of salt when booking far in advance. For 6/23, UA1759 is currently scheduled to be a MAX 9, though, and that's close enough that I expect that to hold unless they find MX issues between now and then.
Jun 8, 2018, 10:21 am
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There are two reasons that I usually choose an E+ bulk head. 1) There is usually a wall that prevents the seat ahead from reclining into my space. 2) Even with a wall on many UA aircraft there is space under the wall to put a small carry on.
With the "wind screen" between first and coach, the recline advantage is gone.
With the "wind screen" between first and coach, the recline advantage is gone.
Jun 8, 2018, 1:42 pm
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The mini-partition and full recline beats a limited recline in 5EF just for the sake of having a hard bulkhead.<br /><br />I can't find much fault in the 7M9 configuration at UA. The company didn't use it as an opportunity to offer an even denser product than is already in service (like AA), and it has more E+ seats than many of its -900ER sister ships. The slimlavs are the same as those already in -900ERs, so nothing new there either. On the flip side, I find the new F seats much better than the really, really cheap, flimsy F seats of the -900ER fleet, and the new Y seat design is supposed to 'feel wider' than the older model. On balance, I think it's going to be a marginally better experience than the current 737s, and when was the last time we could say that about a new type, across the board?
Jun 8, 2018, 2:28 pm
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Jun 8, 2018, 3:02 pm
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That is definitely not correct. The airbus for sure only have power in F/E+, and according to UA.com, the 73G and 738 are E+ only. I thought there might have been some old 739s with only power in E+, but according to the seat maps on UAs website (fleet page), all the 739s have power throughout. Admittedly, not familiar with how Google marks them, though.
Jun 8, 2018, 6:59 pm
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-grabbing my seat back to stand up
-fiddling around with shoving stuff in the seat back pocket
-shoving a carryon under my seat that somehow manages to protrude into my leg space
-sticking a foot up against the open space between seats/armrest
And the other thing I’ve noticed on flight that have a hard partition vs mudflaps is that there seems to be an increased parade to/from the front lav. Since there is no curtain it really does little to reinforce the fact that F/Y are anything more than just a “big front seat”......but then again UA seems to be headed in that direction anyways.
Jun 8, 2018, 9:03 pm
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That is definitely not correct. The airbus for sure only have power in F/E+, and according to UA.com, the 73G and 738 are E+ only. I thought there might have been some old 739s with only power in E+, but according to the seat maps on UAs website (fleet page), all the 739s have power throughout. Admittedly, not familiar with how Google marks them, though.
So, scratch that, and just depend upon UA not to swap metal, I guess.
Jun 8, 2018, 9:51 pm
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Jun 9, 2018, 6:04 am
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number and seat map, while our flight showed the larger seat map. To boot, they only found out about this while boarding - because people were literally boarded and got on the plane and their rows didn’t exist.
So commonality for economy starting at 7, exit row 20, etc. doesn’t help with that.
Jun 9, 2018, 9:42 am
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They do if they're unloaded improperly, but, hey, there are lots of improper ways to operate an aircraft.
Landing a 737-700 on its nose gear is one of my 'favorite'. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...rdia/30736777/
Landing a 737-700 on its nose gear is one of my 'favorite'. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...rdia/30736777/
Jun 9, 2018, 11:04 am
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My response to this is basically "yawn" followed by UGH when it comes to the bathrooms, which are unusable for things like washing your face, or brushing your teeth, all things that I like to do on longer flights, or where I have not been able to go to the lounge before the flight. The reports that they went with the full slimmed restroom in F is not surprising for UA, but really destroys the experience in F. New A/C are not supposed to be less comfortable, but it is United who continues its race to the bottom.
I contrast this with flying on the A321neo, which is a great airplane. Spacious, bathrooms are much better, and its wide and airy compared to the 7-narrow-7. Bottom line is that Boeing A/C at this point are inferior from a passenger comfort standpoint.
I contrast this with flying on the A321neo, which is a great airplane. Spacious, bathrooms are much better, and its wide and airy compared to the 7-narrow-7. Bottom line is that Boeing A/C at this point are inferior from a passenger comfort standpoint.