I flew American Airlines for the first time on one of their Boeing 737-800s that's been converted to a "Project Oasis" interior -- meaning it's been retrofit to have the same lack of legroom and smaller lavatories (but larger overhead bins) as their new ...
This email contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. I flew American Airlines for the first time on one of their Boeing 737-800s that's been converted to a "Project Oasis" interior -- meaning it's been retrofit to have the same lack of legroom and smaller lavatories (but larger overhead bins) as their new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. I wrote only days ago that these are planes to avoid but right now it's really difficult to do so. You book a flight on a 737, and there aren't enough 'new' 172 seat 737s to know consistently where these torture tubes are going to turn up. If you get one of the torture tubes, your seat assignments may wind up messed up, too. Continue reading Watch Out for Seat Changes When American Airlines Gives You An ‘Oasis’ Plane... Hotels want you to re-use towels, not have your sheets changed, and even decline housekeeping entirely. They tell you it's for the environment, but their primary interest is saving costs. Housekeeping staff complain about the programs. More guests opting out means fewer rooms to clean and less work. But they have to do more cleaning after a guest has gone without for several days. And they say work scheduling becomes more erratic. Continue reading Housekeeping Protesting Guests Who ‘Make a Green Choice’ With Marriott... It turns out that aircraft financing isn't very risky, and Boeing created their own private sector replacement for the Export-Import Bank and made money doing so. This new lawsuit alleges that Boeing violated contracts with another company that Boeing built out the structure to do this with years earlier – a private sector bet that involved Ex-Im staff. Continue reading Boeing Replaced the Export-Import Bank With Its Own Financing, Now It’s Being Sued... While I don't know any plans to improve the efforts of American's Integrated Operations Center to prioritize better departure time expectations, there is a new effort to improve communications between different parts of the airline to better deal with delays, and hopefully reduce them as well. It's called ConnectMe, and here's how it's being described to employees. Continue reading ConnectMe: American Working on Better Communications During Flight Delays... |
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