Long story short I'm having a bit of an argument with a mob on the internet. I know, stay away from mobs and stay away from arguing on the interwebs -- nothing good ever comes of either! But here's the deal. Someone made the statement in a certain Facebook group that no American 757s have…
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Are you sure? Over water? We don't even get satellite tv until we are close to the FL coast.
Once BTS publishes September data, you can check the reg number here: http://www.bts.gov/xml/ontimesummarystatistics/src/ddisp/OntimeSummarySelect.xml?tname=OntimeSummaryOrigData
I've gotten wifi over Mexico when flying in/out of Central America, so I believe if you got wifi on SJU-MIA
@ Sak -- The plane was wifi equipped, though only worked for the last 100 miles as we approached the coast.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL1087/history/20121022/0030Z/KMIA/KSEA
I can send you the BP showing Wifi for that flight if you want.
Not sure if there's any good way to check tail numbers on FlightAware. Maybe can reach out to twitter team.
Or, actually, here's an easier way :). You can use aa.com to check sea-dfw 2155 on Monday 10/22. Flight status will show WiFi. Any other website such as flightaware will show that flight as 752.
There aren't that many places from SEA where it could've gone, so finding next flight was easy.
Would finding that plane necessarily disprove their assertion that you are crazy though? 😉
As per tha post by Will Fagundes here:
http://boardingarea.com/aadvantagegeek/2012/08/05/video-installing-wi-fi-on-an-american-airlines-737/
Is it nose 5CC? Reg# N655AA?
N655AA 223 24613/402 5CC 10/91
Yea, if you look at flightaware you can see that it's a 757 and if you look at the status on AA's website (can't link it) it says WiFi.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL2155/history/20121022/1550Z/KSEA/KDFW
The knowledge level in that particular group varies in accuracy. There's been one particular member that swears up and down that it is a published benefit that AA EXPs get unlimited free upgrades on AS. It's ironic that they're calling you crazy 😛
@ oleg -- WOOOHOOO! Awesome! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
@ KateFromCA -- LOL, only in this regard.
I think is only one 757 equipped with WiFi and Entertainment on Demand, at least I only know of one.
There's been at least one 757 with WiFi enabled since August: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/american-aadvantage/1000585-boeing-757-752-refurb-domestic-config-new-seats-oct-2009-consolidated-7.html#post19195224
Lets be honest ... you had your own posse in the fight, too. Lol. It was a bit like West Side Story. Sharks vs Jets!
Sorry, that was me running a fake wireless access point. Thanks for all the passwords!
I was on AA1017 MIA-AUA on 21OCT on a 757 aircraft with Gogo wifi (which didn't work given that we flew out of the USA but the wifi signal was clearly available, I tried it myself)
A friend of mine at AA's maintenance facility in Tulsa said that it's been installed on 13 aircraft.