Originally Posted by
buzzpat
I love flying it. It handles better than the -800 and, IMO, lands the same. I do make sure to land on Vref and pay attention to those report card thingys we get. The pax are very happy with the back. The FAs, not so much.
I rode on one the other day.
The entertainment is nice. It's finally on par with, say, jetBlue -- with movies that you don't have to pay for (and you shouldn't after watching as many commercials as there are).
The lavs are totally unsat. The sink is the size of some kind of camping stove -- I saw the FAs washing the lav out several times during a 3 hour flight. Water was running
down the door every time I went to the bathroom. The sink is so tiny there is nowhere for the water to go but the floor or the lav door itself.
I can't imagine having to actually sit down on that toilet in the aft lav either, but that is another story.
While I could roll my luggage down the aisle of the -800 every time, not so on the -900.
The Sky interior appears to be . . . blue and orange lightbulbs.
I would love to root for the home team with the aircraft manufacturer but I must say...looking forward to the A-321s.