Originally Posted by
UASleeper
Thanks, EWR. So it's just that the first bird takes longer. Once fitted and certified, the following birds should be converted faster. Any chance UA can bring in more than one bird at a time to speed up the conversion process?
That's generally the case, but if they schedule the mods concurrent with heavy maintenance visits it takes a bit longer. United has been known to do multiple retrofit lines with major projects but considering the smallish 763 fleet I suspect it'll be one at a time, nose-to-tail (next ship comes in when preceding one leaves). With the 777s, since there are more of them, we may see multiple mod lines.
Once up and running I am thinking the target will be to complete a reconfiguration in 6-8 weeks, per ship.