Originally Posted by
LarryJ
In my experience, this is exactly how aircraft paint fails. I've seen it at every airline for which I've flown (UAL is my sixth). It comes from flying old paint through rain showers at up to 500mph.
I know it’s bloodsport around here to hate on Jeff Smisek, but he took a page directly from Bethune’s book and had ALL of the planes in the new livery as soon as humanly possible. Not some, not “the ones that need it most”, not “a subfleet” - all of them.
Smart move, in my book. A plane with an old livery (love it or not) and peeling paint screams neglect.
Now as for this 777 - I’m sure it’ll be repainted soon. Not neglect, really, just waiting for the paint lines to open with the new livery. The loss of frames - both the MAX and the bounced 757 - plus the busy summer season - can’t possibly help.
Would love to see some more frames painted in “historic” liveries (a meatball would be great!) but I doubt that’s going to happen ...