Originally Posted by
Kacee
The sCO 772s have not exactly been paragons of reliability, so I'm not sure there's added risk of a mx on the 744 (last time mduell published the stats, I believe they were the worst of all the UA widebodies). Basically, UA in general is not a reliable airline - you're rolling the dice regardless of aircraft.
I'll agree with your second statement, but statistics aside, from
MY personal experience sUA have been the ONLY ac that left me stranded, and that would include sUA RJs
At LEAST one in four overwater trips involved CX or MAJOR delay, again, in
MY experience, and ALL sUA.
That said, I took a MAJOR gamble to fly SFO-HKG-SFO on UD over Turkey Day - just hope I don't live to regret it
