[kazinator]

Some low cost airlines no longer have anything. A small fold-out tray to hold your tablet. There is Wi-Fi to access an intranet with flight information and maybe some entertainment. If you have that, you just load it up with games from your play store.

[reincarnate0x14]

I prefer the Airbus 31x and 32x models without the entertainment systems so much more. On United the Boeing had fucking ads playing NON STOP THE ENTIRE FLIGHT and because I boarded early I'd try to turn off as many around me as possible because somehow the flying public does not mind bright flashing annoying lights in their faces for HOURS.

[jquery]

This is a United thing, not a Boeing/Airbus thing.

[JumpCrisscross]

> because somehow the flying public does not mind bright flashing annoying lights in their faces for HOURS

We do. United has just positioned their economy products a hair below Delta by, in part, pulling off crap like this.

[Dylan16807]

"somehow does not mind" wasn't about airline choice, it was about people not hitting the off button.

[kaonwarb]

This is increasingly common in domestic US full-price airlines. It makes sense, in a way - most folks have their own devices, and the airlines save money and weight and don't have to worry about future tech obsolescence - but still makes me a bit sad.

[kazinator]

Right? That's why I don't want a car with any system for entertainment, beyond generics like speakers. The car is ideally going to last 25+ years, by which time that shit will be obsolete. The software won't be upgradable, etc.

[technothrasher]

> but still makes me a bit sad.

I'm still sad the movie projectors are gone from the planes, also the little curtains for the windows, and the carve at your seat prime rib service.

[jen20]

The thing I really wish domestic airlines would take away is reclining seats in economy. Nothing good comes from having them.

[silisili]

Same. I most recently flew Frontier and despite looking really spartan, it was actually super comfortable. And no reclining to fret over the whole flight.

[15155]

Most budget carriers are going this way.

[jen20]

Indeed - I don't generally fly on US low cost carriers, but regularly used to fly on EasyJet in Europe, and the non-reclining seats were just more pleasant for everyone.

[QuiEgo]

I've long enjoyed both Alaska's and Southwest's version of this.

[_zoltan_]

Last I flew AA inside the US, I could watch the entertainment content on my own device via the on board wifi. This was great.