Originally Posted by
dparkinson
Noticed starting Thursday 2/17, most flights on the EWR-MSP and EWR-DTW route are being flown on Shuttle America E170s...is this the start of the phase out of the ER4? Has anyone flown these planes? How are they? What's the chance of an EUA on them since they only have 6 F seats? Is 2/17 a magic day in terms of fleet merging?
1) Your chances of an EUA are Zero. Its UDU on UA
2) That isn't a magic day. There are a lot of CO routes that are starting to be run by UAX. Seems to be one of the first really visible points of operational integration.
3) The UA routes on the E70 tend to be some of the easier ones to upgrade. I've been on flights that were not full in F, even after UDU came into the fold. No Channel 9, no IFE, but the planes themselves are quite nice and I find Shuttle America crews to be the best of any UAX ones.