> The downside? They're much lower tech than Virgin: typically no screens on the backs of seats (especially for shorter flights) This is a deliberate design ch

> The downside? They're much lower tech than Virgin: typically no screens on the backs of seats (especially for shorter flights) This is a deliberate design choice for the seats. They can be thinner, and have more space, if there are no screens. A lot of airlines are moving in that direction - people bringing their own tablets, or Delta now providing them for the flight. It's also apparently a pain to design an aircraft seat with a screen in it - the amount of engineering you have to do to make sure the screen won't kill someone in a crash bulks the seat up tremendously.