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Continue reading: The New England Patriots Don’t Like Their Private Jet
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Thoughts and Prayers for these poor deprived lads. Flying private is not easy.
What's interesting is that there's actually a radome on the aircraft that presumably has an satellite antenna underneath. Perhaps they just haven't come to terms with a wi-fi provider.
Why not install a Polaris seat or similar? It could definitely fit 90 seats + 22 economy. More than enough for the players and coaches /execs in biz and medical/physio/nutrition in economy.
The safety concerns are legitimate. The Patriots' plane frequently lands with deflated tires.
Heck even normal sized people avoided the tiny 767 seats when First class was 2-2-2.
Not surprised if those 6' 300+ lbs players can't fit. Those seats are a little bigger than economy on 2-4-2 787s.
is it that hard to install wifi? seems like a no brainer to do in an off season over the past few years.
Those seats must be at least two decades old if they have ashtrays (I think that's what the reference to ashtrays is all about.
And they have premium economy seatings upfront, which isn't that great for people of size.
I suggest the new Finnair Business Class seats if you want to fit large humans flying Transcon. Cheaper and lighter than any other new seat too.
Been reading so long that the first line made me laugh way harder than it should have... April fool's post idea for you - redeeming an ungodly amount of points towards a Marriott/Amex/Citi etc sporting experience.
Yeah, the ashtrays is just a constant reminder that you're on a jet whose prime was before 9/11. Can't imagine those seats are actually in good shape, and they're probably pretty tight for football-sized guys. Assuming the rest of the plane is fine, just replacing all the seats and adding WIFI would likely turn around team opinion on the plane.
For the AFC Championship Game, the Buffalo Bills caught a ride in an A350. A reddit poster caught it at MCI. I was a little shocked that they traveled with such a large plane (even with support staff, I imagine the total group is under 200 people). But I bet it was plenty comfortable.
They had a dispute with the operator (Eastern) which resulted in the 767s getting grounded. I would bet they had chartered a plane from another charter company to cover this period, which would explain the reviews. The Patriots planes were quite nice inside.
That's likely pilot error. Coming down too hard is a "hotshot pilot" trick to make it to the gate faster, but is hard on the hardware of the entire plane. Good luck with that pilot patriots, hope were not soon reading about the team being one of the next aircrash disasters.
It does indeed seem like a shitty configuration for a private team plane where they can clearly choose their own configuration. American footballers are often quite large. A 2-2-2 business class on a 767 sounds ridiculous. And ashtrays in the seats are surely not the actual complaint, but rather that these are quite outdated seats...
The Philadelphia Eagles also were given an F for Team Travel. They typically charter AA 772s. The grade makes perfect sense
Of all the images I have in my head of a private jet, a 2-2-2 business class configurated 767 is not one of them. Many of these guys can be well over 6 feet tall at over 250, 300 pounds.
How many Super Bowls has the Jets won?
And how did the Jets do last year?
The Jets have always suck fireman ed! lol
Looks more like premium economy than business.
Lol @ how US sports owners always have to make it about themselves too, as if they are the reason for the team being anything.
The owner has a reputation for being cheap. They are always at the bottom for team payroll.
Awww, the poor little babies. My heart bleeds.
If the team aircraft is so terrible, the rich b*stards should charter one that more befits their self-perceived social status.
The problem might be players from 33 years are WAY smaller than players today ... lineups are up about 100 pounds from even 20 years ago ... that's 12-18 guys who weigh about 330 pounds+ (one lineman in the league is like 390) and who are all about 6' 1" to 6'8" (no one wants 'short' lineman anymore) ... most TE's are 6'5 and 250 ... and most teams have a couple receivers who are 6'3" and 240 pounds ... they really want to sit in an 'economy' seat from years ago (I'm presuming they've upgraded the seats in 33 years)
Patriots are too shit of a team right now to demand anything. They got washed after Brady left
I'll tell you what when you start winning Robert Kraft will purchase a Boeing 787. Until then stop complaining.
Does this explain why the Pats have been one of the worst teems in the NFL since Tom Brady left?
A team that is playing as poorly as they are should be glad they don’t take a bus!
Sorry to use that word but even Ben said this is the one football article of
The year lol. There’s gonna be trash talking.
The Jets pop lock and dropped the patriots the year they went to the AFC championship with dirty sanchez , Revis island , and Ladamian Tomlinson just for third down situations.
So there are nine away games during the season, and maybe a few more if they make the playoffs. What happens to the plane during the rest of the year? Do they rent it out to tobacco companies? Maybe that explains the dirty ashtrays.
I love the comments about the 300+ pound players. In my experience with flying there's not many seats out there that will help the problem.
I believe it's an very expensive install.
Kraft is well known for being cheap.
Awe, poor Pete. Not in the elite 1% of football players who earned the right to fly private and make millions of dollars commensurate with market demand
I'm pretty sure they should get a new and bigger plane like the boeing 777 which the arizona cardinals have. the boeing 767 is like a baby version of the type, but with limited space. or in case some of the players are one of those anti boeing people, the team managment should by the patriots an airbus a330 which is much bigger and more spacious.
The way these guys complain, maybe they should pull a few C-5 cargo jets from the Air Force and spend millions converting them to cattle trucks with hot Flight Attendants, spas, massage rooms and other items. That will shut these oversized spoiled brats up.