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Oct 25, 2020, 12:29 am

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Originally Posted by wxguy

Even after the merger, the international flights' numbers retained PMCO and PMUA numbering, as the crews needed to stay on "their" planes until the contracts were merged. While that's not an issue now, I recall hearing that the PMCO and PMUA 777s are still segregated due to different parts and maintenance schedules. I wonder if the assigned 772 (GE vs PW) changed at the same time as the numbering, if so, perhaps that's the reason.

Well, given the fact that plane substitution happens, sticking a flight number with a specific plane type (beyond the sUA/sCO scheduling issue) seems a bit excessive. All flights on this route from now through January are all on 787-9.

Perhaps they are reverting to PMCO flight numbering because of limited number of transoceanic flights?

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