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sailingfun 12-17-2017 08:31 AM
Originally Posted by n9810f (Post 2484702)
I just noticed on the (flimsy) artists rendering on Airbus' release that the 321NEO is in the new space-flex layout. Doors 2L/R are removed; 2 overwing exits are used and a smaller door 3L/R inserted - so technically you can have a layout that goes from 1L/R uninterrupted to 4L/R.

Can't you just see marketing do that? I know the planned layout is 197 but you'd have to assume there's a lav or 2 at 3L/R and maybe for our FA friends somewhere to put away the trash (see the 32K) in the space-flex galleys.
High value customers love the 757 because we board and deplane from 2L. I hoped we might work that out on the A321. I guess it's not a option.

qball 12-17-2017 08:44 AM
Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 2484864)
High value customers love the 757 because we board and deplane from 2L. I hoped we might work that out on the A321. I guess it's not a option.
I've had gate agents try to do it thinking it was a 75

80ktsClamp 12-17-2017 10:31 AM
Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 2484864)
High value customers love the 757 because we board and deplane from 2L. I hoped we might work that out on the A321. I guess it's not a option.
The door we have is capable of it, but our seating configuration doesn’t allow for it.

PilotJ3 12-17-2017 11:36 AM
Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 2484916)
The door we have is capable of it, but our seating configuration doesn’t allow for it.
And the jetbridge gets too close to the engine.

80ktsClamp 12-17-2017 04:12 PM
Originally Posted by PilotJ3 (Post 2484954)
And the jetbridge gets too close to the engine.
It's doable, but the risk is increased. AA has some of their gate agents trained to park at L2 on theirs that have the appropriate cabin config.

iFlyer 12-17-2017 05:44 PM
Originally Posted by PilotJ3 (Post 2484954)
And the jetbridge gets too close to the engine.
...or the gate agent extends the jet bridge too far trying to reach that elusive A321 L2 door, hyper-extending the air-conditioning tubes, and then, realizing her mistake as I try to wave her off, retracts back amidst a cloud of shattering fiberglass and crumpling aluminum, causing a 45 minute arrival gate re-shuffle. oops!

n9810f 12-17-2017 06:55 PM
Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 2484864)
High value customers love the 757 because we board and deplane from 2L. I hoped we might work that out on the A321. I guess it's not a option.
Hell it was close to heaven when the old configurations had no coach seats ahead of 2L.

forgot to bid 12-18-2017 04:10 AM
New 321s might not have 2 and 3 doors.

Herkflyr 12-18-2017 04:29 AM
I'm on the bus, and the 321 is a great plane. But having a 2L door that you still can't use is frustrating indeed, especially when 192 pax take forever to deplane.

Airbus should have spent a little more time in the design phase and made the 2L door the default boarding door like the 757. That is a huge difference in the boarding and unloading experience, not to mention catering, cabin service etc

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gloopy 12-18-2017 01:24 PM
Originally Posted by qball (Post 2484874)
I've had gate agents try to do it thinking it was a 75
That's ridiculous. I could see them doing it on a 737-900, since that's the true 757 replacement. :cool:


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