Consolidated "Delayed/Cancelled" International Flights (2014)
Jul 30, 2014, 2:48 pm
#631
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UA7 IAH-NRT is presently diverting to SEA, reason unknown.
Jul 30, 2014, 4:29 pm
#632
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Jul 30, 2014, 5:11 pm
#633
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: San Francisco, CA USA // UA 1K 2 Million Miler, AA EXP 2MM, HH Diamond, SPG Plat // Easily found on SFO-ORDs
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Jul 30, 2014, 5:48 pm
#634
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: SFO/JFK/MGA
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903 5.5 hours late today. MX
926 3.5 hours late today. MX
40 1.25 hours late today. MX
First 2 are estimates, 3rd in flight
Friends on all of them. Pathetic UA
My 4-5 hour buffer for INT'L flights has now turned into overnights at connection point when on UA. Domestic I still add 2.5 hour buffer
926 3.5 hours late today. MX
40 1.25 hours late today. MX
First 2 are estimates, 3rd in flight
Friends on all of them. Pathetic UA
My 4-5 hour buffer for INT'L flights has now turned into overnights at connection point when on UA. Domestic I still add 2.5 hour buffer
Jul 30, 2014, 9:26 pm
#635
Join Date: Jul 2014
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903 5.5 hours late today. MX
926 3.5 hours late today. MX
40 1.25 hours late today. MX
First 2 are estimates, 3rd in flight
Friends on all of them. Pathetic UA
My 4-5 hour buffer for INT'L flights has now turned into overnights at connection point when on UA. Domestic I still add 2.5 hour buffer
926 ==> Canceled
40 ==> 64 Minutes late departing EWR
alanjk
Jul 31, 2014, 7:17 am
#638
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: SNA and XRY
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972 ord-bru 7/31
972 ORD-BRU 7/31 cx... assume because inbound was also cx
Aug 1, 2014, 5:58 am
#639
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: SJC
Programs: Southwest, Alaska, United, American Airlines
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8/1 UA895 ORD-HKG Delayed due to aircraft maintenance (Estimated Departure 4 Hours 35 Minutes Late)
ETA: Actually departed 5 hours late, Estimated to Arrive 4 Hours 57 Minutes Late
ETA: Actually departed 5 hours late, Estimated to Arrive 4 Hours 57 Minutes Late
Last edited by nerdbirdsjc; Aug 1, 2014 at 6:15 pm
Aug 1, 2014, 6:15 pm
#640
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: SJC
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8/1 UA881 ORD-NRT Estimated to Arrive 4 Hours 47 Minutes Late
Aug 2, 2014, 12:42 am
#641
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I was on UA5 from Heathrow to IAH on 7/29. It was the 787 Dreamliner- delayed 4 hours b/c of maintenance. Pilot said it was b/c of messages popping up that they couldn't get rid of. Luckily I was in BF and just watched a movie or 2 and drank soda. They even opened the warm nuts for us at some point.
We were asked to deplane after about 3 hours and just as we were deplaning the LONG jetway, we heard a voice calling us back. The new engineers (shift change occurred) had figured it out. But then we had to wait for catering again.
We arrived 4 hours late into IAH. They rescheduled my connection & booked me a room. UA also sent me an apology email with a choice of miles or $175 e certificate.
We were asked to deplane after about 3 hours and just as we were deplaning the LONG jetway, we heard a voice calling us back. The new engineers (shift change occurred) had figured it out. But then we had to wait for catering again.
We arrived 4 hours late into IAH. They rescheduled my connection & booked me a room. UA also sent me an apology email with a choice of miles or $175 e certificate.
Aug 2, 2014, 7:46 am
#642
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irop due to maintenance w/ forced overnight and UA offers $175 for BF pax Wow, things are going downhill really fast ... and another 788 irop 
Aug 2, 2014, 7:50 am
#643
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Would be another great time for someone to pull cancel/delay rates on the 787s...would love to see UA's vs. OALs. Something's rotten here...
Aug 2, 2014, 9:37 am
#644
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Since United's still small-ish (for fleet planning/operations purposes) 787 fleet is dispersed over 4 hubs, straightforward operational recovery becomes nearly impossible when a problem arises. Every other 787 operator has flights to/from 1-2 hubs, and can sustain far higher operational reliability levels as a result.
Aug 2, 2014, 11:57 am
#645
Join Date: Mar 2012
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Nothing rotten, just par for the course when planes through too many hubs. United management, like Southwest's (who has similarly poor operational numbers these days) has made a deliberate decision to flow any given aircraft through multiple hubs in its network at any time...in United's case, concentrating the 744 fleet in SFO is the only major exception to this principle...