Originally Posted by
Bitterroot
664 has to get an aircraft that's RON at SFO, too, since it leaves at 6 am. If
N194UA isn't ready by 4:30 am or so, guess what? 74C.............
Besides: if they're going to sub an aircraft, they'll avoid the really premium routes, such as NRT, HKG, and FRA................
I agree that UA tries to avoid flying the old bird on premium or particularly competitive routes. But the 74C subs on UA664 tend to occur ~12 hours in advance, not ~2 hours prior to departure. So I suspect that there's something more to this story than the plane's not being ready in time. There's a deliberate, and early, decision to send N194UA overseas. The reason, only UA knows...