Originally Posted by
JOSECONLSCREW28
The EWR - MUC flight arrives at 7:40a and the IAD - MUC flight arrives at 7:50a so any of those 2 flights can become the MUC - IAH flight.
EWR arrives 7:20am and leaves 9:20am
IAD arrives 7:40am and leaves 11:40am
If IAH-MUC arrives at 9:50am and MUC-IAH leaves at 9:25am, it can be served by the EWR or IAD planes, as you said.
But that leads to issues downstream.
1) EWR plane is used for MUC-IAH:
- The flight to EWR can't be served by the inbound IAH plane (not there yet), so the inbound IAD plane is the only option.
- If you then try to use the inbound IAH plane for the IAD leg, you undercut the two hours turnaround time United have deemed as their minimum in MUC, likely leading to regular (expected) delays on the MUC-IAD route.
2) IAD plane is used for MUC-IAH:
- You undercut the two-hour turnaround for every flight to IAH, likely leading to regular delays on that route.
It'll be interesting to see how this shakes out.