Originally Posted by
Varks
The Airbus narrow body is way more comfortable than the Boeing. It’s wider. I have been getting on Delta 737s lately and they all have small overhead bins. AA has a couple planes with the smaller bins but not many. The problem is at AA they stop letting people board with carry ons way too early. Nothing would **** me off more than having my bag taken and then boarding and seeing empty bins all over the place.
to correct the statement above. AA has free entertainment via WiFi on all flights. It isn’t on a seat back screen is all. A weakness for sure but they do have entertainment. Internet is finally free but you must have an AAdvantage account.
I would way rather have NO seatback IFE ever, period: not only is it obnoxious having someone tapping on the back of my head nonstop the entire flight, it’s also a super distracting source of light contamination on an overnight flight when I’m trying to sleep, and/or trying to actually get something done that requires my brain…like ya know, “reading something that requires an IQ above 15.”
The obsession with in-seat IFE as if not having it is some atrocity—without considering its multiple downsides—is basically a testament to the fact that most of our society now has the attention span of a goldfish, and can barely make it 15 minutes without constant tapping/swiping/empty dopamine hits without having a minor panic attack. It’s really sad.