Originally Posted by
tuolumne
The best minds that put equipment on an ex-UA route that has been an unmitigated disaster, internally and externally? I'm sure these great minds from your company had every intention of blocking 30 Y seats, making promises to customers they couldn't keep, and making an appearance in the Wall Street Journal. This was a decision of ex-CO, please do not misrepresent the facts. They know they made a mistake, and so should we.
My company? The only bit that's mine is the money I give them on a regular basis to fly them.
Who knows it was a mistake exactly? Other than hyperbole, what are you adding to the discussion here? Will these routes be an "unmitigated disaster" when the weather patterns come down from their 10-year anomaly and everything works just fine? What will your complaint be then?
The reality is the Dulles-Paris has been experiencing problems since it was commenced. It was and is the wrong aircraft for this route, no matter the excuses the company is making to the media about winter winds, which did see an increase in diversions (6/7 days at one point), but the problem will not be resolved as the winds settle.
Says who - are you a meteorologist? (I'm not - but would be very interested to hear an expert opinion on this). If the issue is that you "just don't like" the fact that they're flying a 757 on this route then just come out and say that - I really don't see the need for all this drama.
It is entirely legitimate to then question the decision to replace 3-cabin intl. aircraft with 2-cabin domestic ones on the intra-Asia network and the impact on UA's TPAC operation, of which CO never had.
This was a decision made by United - what's your point? They clearly felt that the 737 was the most appropriate aircraft to have on that intra-Asia route at this time. What are you angry about there?
I have no idea why you feel the need to write unnecessary childish contributions like this.
It's actually a commentary
about the childish - and unnecessarily angry - contributions. Read again
Originally Posted by
uastarflyer
Are you speaking of the 737 HKG-SIN idiocy or the 757 IAD-CDG idiocy or both?
I presume you refer to it as idiocy due to some nostalgia you have for the old 747? This was a business decision, from what I can see, in a market far from home turf where UA has any sort of competitive edge.
I have not seen details about blocking seats and internal/external strife, other than them making sorry excuses for not being to actually complete non-stop routes without a fuel stop.
It's a weather issue - not much else to do besides apologise and move as many pax in advance to other routes as possible.