Overall impressions is that the seat and space are a little tight, but then again my frame of reference is First. One of our group, an LH SEN, says it is way better than LH Business Class seat. Still very difficult to work and retrieve items from a back-pack. Then again, you have an entire overhead compartment for both roller and backpack.
Delta has a lot of wonderful employes and does a lot of things right, but today's NRT-SEA is a perfect example of why as long as LH, SQ, NH, CX etc. are in business, I will never feel compelled to rush to fly Delta or any US carrier. Why play roulette with your FAs when I have a 50/50 chance of getting a crappy "senior" crew that would rather be elsewhere? And I just when these clueless FAs sit in the jump seats yapping away the entire time. Ugh.
When we boarded, we were greeted by two smiling, youngish FAs on the lower level. Lots of personality. The kind of FAs you love to fly with. Unfortunately, they were not working the upper deck. Seniority ruled the upper deck and our FAs were senior, dour, seemingly unhappy to be here today, and very slow to warm. Add in the fact that we were a group having a good time and it was not a good combination.
PDB was offered.
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As I explored my seat area and controls.
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Amenity kit. Nice Tumi case, but what's the point as there was little worthwhile inside.
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On the other hand, the Westin Heavenly pillow and duvet/blanket are really nice.
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We were barely in our seats for 5 minutes, still doing PDBs, chatting and taking pics, when FAs came around asking for our dinner selection. Whoa Nellie, what's the rush?
Group hug.
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On time push, and we were on our way home.
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I've enjoyed Michael Chiarello's meals on DL's JFK-SFO/LAX transcons, arguably the best domestic food offerings. From those in the DL forum, apparently his promotion to international is new.
Today's menu...
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A hot towel is usually a nice touch, but not today. How about a scalding hot dripping wet towel.
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Again, thanks to Short hair Francis for some of these pics.
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Lights out and sleep time. The bed was pretty comfy especially with the wonderful Westin Heavenly pillow and duvet. I slept for nearly 4 hours, while SHF explored, ate and drank. ![Big Grin](http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.flyertalk.com/get/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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The best meal of this flight was breakfast. Substantial and great tasting. ![Thumbs up](http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.flyertalk.com/get/forum/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
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Lots of pretty pics on the approach to Seattle.
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All in all, a reasonably pleasant flight. But the inconsistency of FA roulette and lack of First Class would prevent me from flying much DL internationally.