(First in-flight blog entry--the way it SHOULD be so the attendants see me and FEAR! ;-) )
I haven't flown on AT in a few weeks (again, why I should have done this from the start) and now I can't remember what it was like just a few weeks ago.
Here's how it seems now:
I'm in coach and seats seem to recline a bit further than other airlines. I may do a search to see if there is a way to know whose coach seats recline the furthest and on which aircrafts. Any time I think of this I think of Ellen Degeneres' bit on airplane seats and "comfort".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3KvWVU-WgU&feature=related
And she's totally right about "the guy in front of me" too. I had this laptop out to do work and then blog and he reclines so much that the laptop got stuck into the seat and my gut simultaneously.
But the other thing about this plane is that the seat pockets are so tight it was hard to fit in my medium sized bottle of water and my small ipod/headphones pouch. Literally nothing else but a stick of gum could fit.
Now to rank this particular flight.
Seat: 16D aisle
a) not comfortable (see above) back aching no matter what, seat seems a bit less that a flotation device.
b) cheap cloth (we know they don't clean any type but...)
c) My tray table is a bit lopsided on the right but it is supporting my laptop (Dell Latitude I think a 13 inch laptop with 9 inch screen.
d) yes, and as I said above seems further back but not comfortable either way. I did not look to see if it was clean enough but I hope so! I now travel with a travel sized lysol after I got the flu last month.
e) features are limited to their XM radio (free) and pay for internet. I learned the hard way tonight that if you buy a go-go in flight internet on Delta flight it is NOT transferable to other Airlines! OUCH. What a racket.
Go-Go works like a champ though. Magazine in tiny pouch is good, good info and articles but torn up by now.
f)everything works except pouch is too small and tight.
Bathroom:
Key to bathroom is to go BEFORE you get on board. Short of that, go asap on board before anyone mucks it up too much. However, they are NEVER clean, particularly the floor.
a) NO--VERY sticky!
b) yes, stocked. It was beginning of flight.
Boarding and De-boarding process
a) time--I did not time it--sorry! Didn't feel too bad. I was in the first group to board.
b) ease--Unless I am in First class or flying Frontier my answer to this will always be NO. All airlines need to board in this way: if anyone needs help and will take a long time, board them early and first or last. NEVER any other time. All other passengers should be boarded by rear seats first and work up. And attendants should enforce that no one can put a bag further than 1 row away from where you are sitting.
c) overhead storage--it got full but no one did anything stupid and slowed us down.
Attendants:
a) courteous--in a civil not obsequious way yes.
b) efficient--yes except the ice and soda dispensing as ice kept landing on me and my laptop.
c) Announcements--not overbearing, not too loud and disruptive.
Food and Drink options:
Seems that they've expanded their pay-for-drinks. They even had chocolate milk. I know it may sound dumb but I think it is a nice addition. Standard Coke beverages. No food other than free pretzels.
Ok, time to put away and land. YAY.
Last note: De-boarding was not too bad considering. We had a considerable delay in Denver so we arrived late when most things were closed in ATL but AirTran staff stayed late to help all of those who missed their connections. I didn't hear much grumbling, which goes back to my overall theory about Air Tran passengers.
(see the post entitled Observations on Passengers and Overall Airline rankings.)
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