Pictures: Northern Pacific Airways unveils first aircraft with its slick corporate livery

I can't unsee that. But other than that, I think it's a nice paint job.

I've flown on Icelandair 757s from Seattle to Europe a couple of times and it was fine. The aircraft are only configured for 179 seats vs the 199 Delta uses on their domestic 757s so you didn't feel squeezed in. It was also nice to have a break in the middle for 45 minutes to an hour rather than flying the whole 9.5 hours without being able to get up and stretch. In at least one case I saved a bunch of time flying SEA-KEF-ARN-LED in 13.5 hours including connection time vs the 16.5 hours it would have taken on a more "normal" SEA-AMS-LED route.

Seat pitch has more to do with comfort than the plane you are on. The AA 787 has a 29" pitch in economy and it was positively awful flying from MIA to Brazil and back. The Delta 757 I had taken to Brazil (ATL) previously was more comfortable by a long-shot.
One aisle or two, it just means more people waiting for the lavatories.

Actually it's a good time, aircraft are freely available and cheap and with passenger loads lighter there it time to get all of the bugs out of the service without causing issues for a large number of customers. The only issue I see with their routing is that they aren't serving Seattle which means they can't get a slice of the huge SEA-ANC route that Alaska Airlines dominates or the large SEA-Asia market.

Certainly has a different look. 727 fuselage moved forward a generation and that is the result. Too bad the Boeing bozos put a knife in it too early. Airbus may think otherwise.

Cheers

Easy question. Easy answer: Shi$$y corporate decisions at Boeing being made by greedy executives putting short term $ gains ahead of mid-long term strategy and market position.