Originally Posted by stimpy

The chances of UA adding WiFi on their planes before 2010 are slim and none. And slim just left town.

Sorry, but you'll have to fly non-US airlines to get Wifi in the sky in the next two years and after that I suspect it will be airlines such as JetBlue that add it. UA won't add WiFi because:

1. It costs too much. This is the primary reason. They don't have the cash, nor do I suspect would they be allowed to spend the cash per their bailout and bankruptcy agreements.
2. UA has far too many planes and management doesn't like fragmented rollouts. LH also has a lot of planes, but they apparently can deal with fragmented rollouts better.
3. Culture of getting full buy-in from unions before adding product.