Comments on: TechTravels: Virgin America http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/08/29/techtravels-virgin-america/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:13:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: bob12 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/08/29/techtravels-virgin-america/#comment-608078 bob12 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:51:22 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/08/29/techtravels-virgin-america/#comment-608078 virgin america is the BEST domestic airline. don't even try to compare it to jetblue. extra legroom? oh yeah...sure virgin america is the BEST domestic airline. don’t even try to compare it to jetblue. extra legroom? oh yeah…sure

]]> By: Earl of Ponsonby http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/08/29/techtravels-virgin-america/#comment-390385 Earl of Ponsonby Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:57:41 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/08/29/techtravels-virgin-america/#comment-390385 Comfortable seats and legroom Slakr? In economy? Are you quite mad? That my dear friend is not how money is made. And money being made is kind of the whole point of the exercise of running a business. So - if you want killer legroom and comfort - stump up the cash and fly Business or First class, cause you won't get it any other way. All the enticing stories you read about how the Airbus A380 or A350 or even Boeing's new 787 have cabins designed with passenger comfort in mind are hogwash. They may have been designed that way, but all the time Johnny Traveler wants to get from A to B as cheaply as possible, Airlines will cram in as many seats as they can get away with. Comfortable seats and legroom Slakr? In economy? Are you quite mad? That my dear friend is not how money is made. And money being made is kind of the whole point of the exercise of running a business.

So - if you want killer legroom and comfort - stump up the cash and fly Business or First class, cause you won’t get it any other way.

All the enticing stories you read about how the Airbus A380 or A350 or even Boeing’s new 787 have cabins designed with passenger comfort in mind are hogwash. They may have been designed that way, but all the time Johnny Traveler wants to get from A to B as cheaply as possible, Airlines will cram in as many seats as they can get away with.

]]> By: slakr http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/08/29/techtravels-virgin-america/#comment-390241 slakr Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:47:29 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/08/29/techtravels-virgin-america/#comment-390241 "Where JetBlue attempts to woo its patrons with extra leg room and some satellite audio and video content, Virgin has opted for a sensory barrage." Nice try Virgin, but more leg room trumps anything...period. I have my own entertainment and so does everyone else on every plane of every airline I have ever flown. Why? Because most planes only have SkyMall; people are used to bringing their own entertainment. My books, iPod, and MacBook Pro will do nicely. Now, just give me some f***ing comfortable seats with a lot of leg room and enough space to use my laptop even when the person in front of me puts his/her seat back. “Where JetBlue attempts to woo its patrons with extra leg room and some satellite audio and video content, Virgin has opted for a sensory barrage.”

Nice try Virgin, but more leg room trumps anything…period. I have my own entertainment and so does everyone else on every plane of every airline I have ever flown. Why? Because most planes only have SkyMall; people are used to bringing their own entertainment. My books, iPod, and MacBook Pro will do nicely. Now, just give me some f***ing comfortable seats with a lot of leg room and enough space to use my laptop even when the person in front of me puts his/her seat back.

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