AA's Inaugural 787 Dreamliner

With a 7:10A departure from Gate D25, it was an early wake up call at the Grand Hyatt to shower and head downstairs to check out the pre-game action.

Wow, 70 pax on the Upgrade List this morning.   It actually wound up being 81, with not a single one clearing. 

Up to the D Admirals Club to do a little work and snap a pic of our Dreamliner.

Meanwhile back at the gate. T-75 and the place is packed.

More pics from the Gate.

A few speeches from some low level suits.

Time to board navigating thru the gate lice.

And on board with that new plane smell.

One of the pilots handing out commemorative "coins".

And the seat itself. Meh, more or less like the A321 First seats but not as comfy or as roomy.  Very tight on the shoulders at least in the forward facing seats.

Today's swag.

To the cockpit.

The 2L galley.

The mini J cabin.

And back in Coach.  
Apparently Gary didn't have enough miles for an F seat today. 

Getting ready to push.

With everyone taking pics today. 

Lots of news coverage including a chopper overhead.

Capt made his pre flight announcement and I swear he said "... some weather over Oklahoma, so we'll be skirting around that sh*t." No, he didn't just say that, did he??

First impression of rotation is that the plane seems remarkable quiet, at least on take-off.

Very cool cabin lighting once in the air.

And the very cool wing.

Wifi was totally useless. Even took a half hour just to get this.  
$12 for 2 hours?? LOL. Good one. Sure, let's go for 4 hours on DFW-ORD for $17 or maybe $19 for the duration of the flight. 
I actually tried. It took 20 minutes to get to the credit card page and then the sucker simply timed out.  
Unfortunately, since this is an international plane, it is crappy Panasonic T-Mobile satellite-based and not Gogo.

For breakfast, I had pre-ordered the Quiche Florentine. No linens this morning.

In general, a fun party atmosphere throughout the flight although a little annoying at times with the entire plane exploring the F cabin.

But the most annoying of all was the obnoxious loud mouth DYKWIA POS in 5D.  Yeah, that's you.  Pic taken 10 minutes after "seat belts" announcement and 3 minutes after final approach announcement.

Mercifully, this was only a 2 hour flight.  FAs did a great job considering the chaotic nature of an inaugural flight.  
Lead and F FA had the best line of day and the most laughs when on landing at ORD, she announced "... It has been our pleasure serving you today..."  

And on the ground in ORD, we pull into Siberia aka Gate L10.