Originally Posted by
contrails
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.
Con, a few things.
A) you're an airline pilot so you view things a bit different then our customers do,
B) the lavs are worlds better than the -800, I've been peeing in the -800 for quite awhile,
C) my post was from a pilots perspective, not a deadheading or non-revving pilot, I'm sorry you couldn't roll it down the aisle. And we don't serve Cognac and breadsticks domestically. I intentionally don't roll mine down the aisle of any of our jets. You're a pilot, man up.
D), the 321s mission will be quite different then what DAL is utilizing the -900 for.
E) anecdotally, our customers are very impressed and, for that, I'm grateful. I'm the one standing in the door. If you don't like it, so what? DH or nonrev on something else.
Happy holidays,
Buzz