This is a review of the flight from Los Angeles to Dallas on the A321 EOW and some of the surroundings.

In my 50 or so flights around the US every year almost exclusively on American, the predominance of the flights are on the A321 and the Boeing 737-800.

Sometimes we fly the A320 and the A319 and then of course the smaller planes on some of the less busy routes but these 2 are the main passenger carriers.

 

https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/experience/planes/planes.jsp

 

Boarding the plane just behind an official looking gentleman.

a man in a suit looking into an airplane door

My seat was above the engine. I prefer to sit where I have a good view of the ground. I have sat in row 33 or 34 before if I wasn’t able to get a seat forward enough just for the view, but I never sit over the wing.

This view with the engine is okay, I prefer to be at least one row further forward.

an airplane wing and a few vehicles on the runway

My priority status allows me free choice of where to sit once the flight is booked. Here I am in row 14. These seats have the pop down cell phone holder in the seat back. A clever device.

a man sitting in an airplane a grey plastic container with a yellow and blue sign inside

The safety card on board. It is always a good thing to glance at the card, We often fly over the sea to Florida or New York of Boston or LA so I always check the escape routes once more.

The card was issued in February 2022 so nothing much has changed in the last 2 years.

an airplane safety instructions a diagram of a plane

Taxiing past the iconic LAX Theme building. It is now more than 60 years old and the restaurant and viewing platform are not open anymore ( the last time I looked)

an airport with airplanes on the runway

Here we are just about to move onto the runway for take off.

a runway with a sign on it

Views of the airport on take off. There has been a lot of construction at LAX over the past few years and the terminals are getting better all the time. LAX has a really lovely international terminal.

(Now if only they could do something about the access roads traffic )

an airport with airplanes on the runway

And then you fly out over the beach and the sea. Views of Venice beach and in the distance the Santa Monica pier. The inlet is Marina Del Ray.

an aerial view of a beach and a city

 

Once comfortably on the way I glanced at the Inflight Entertainment and Information card. It includes highlights about the entertainment system on board. All the latest movies, tv shows and music, as well as details about drinks and snacks available on board.

a book with a picture of a hand holding a cell phone a menu of a restaurant

The staff bring around the drinks cart. I invariably get a cup of hot tea (with cream and sugar) and cookies or pretzels.

a white cup and a bag of chips

 

And then within 3 hours it is time for the landing in Dallas/Fort Worth.

a plane parked at an airport

These planes are busy. My flight was going back to Las Vegas within about 40 minutes.

a group of people standing in a room

And the last part of your trip is the baggage carousel. We were on flight AA1372 from LAX and this is how it is displayed on the screen at baggage.

a group of people standing in a terminal a sign with a screen and numbers on it

So ends another smooth, successful flight around the United States. There are nearly 5,000 passenger flights in the air at any one time in the United Sates and almost all of them pass off without any incidents.

Google says on average about 45,000 flights take off in the US every day. That is more than 1,300,000 flights per month.

I hope you enjoy every hour you spend in a plane this year, it is still amazing that we are able to fly so easily.