American Airlines announced lie flat seats for its business class sections on 777-200ERs and 767-300ERs.  The changes are to start in 2014 and I yawn.  Part of this announcement made it clear that about half the 767 fleet will be retired going forward and it is easy to assume that means there is the expectation that the 787 will be rolling into the fleet.  I’ll yawn again.

I think American Airlines made this announcement, in part, to distract from its rather ugly look that it has in its bankruptcy proceedings.   Those US Airways announcement really put a hit on them and their hearings in New York regarding breaking the union contracts made them look worse.  So why not announce new seats that won’t show up for several years?

Am I the only one who thinks of The Emperor’s New Clothes when watching American Airlines these days?

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