So, I flew United this past weekend.. can't remember the last time i flew United but i LOVED it... the economy plus seating was awesome... i had at least a good 6 inches from my knees to the seat in front of me.. my backpack (full) actually FIT under the seat in front of me and i had plenty of foot room to twitch around... it was AMAZING!!! I *wish* delta had features like that..i hear they're working on it, but it just won't be soon enough for me!
the thing i loved even more than the seating was Channel 9....Channel 9 is the ATC frequency and you can listen from taxi to takeoff to cruise to landing to parking....the ENTIRE time... with doug sitting next to me (got lucky there!), he would answer any questions i had and i learned an extreme amount of new information...I AM hooked...
It was so interesting to hear about the different airspace frequency's comingling with the different tier's and center tracon's...all the different voices...different ways of communicating information back...just too darn cool!! I cannot WAIT until Delta has something like that (if they ever do). As it is, I plan on flying united again.. their service was good, entertainment entertaining and seats were pretty darn comfy.
I told doug i wanted him to get me a scanner for xmas...all he said is "geez, next your gonna want flight lessons so you can right seat drive me huh?"
another funny thing.. is that i actually think my husband enjoys answering my questions and is glad i'm so interested in his "work". but he is kinda afraid i may step up to do it myself since, as he says, it's never to late to start! hahaha