Originally Posted by
uastarflyer
As mentioned upthread, UAUA contained non-IPTE converted frames to fixed routes. Even on a shoestring it can be done. And having the newest product protected on ULH should be easy - all but 4 789s have it! And don’t forget the curious decision to prioritize updating the -8 before the -9, that is all on UA.
btw, saying the old PMCO seat is comfy isn’t relevant - UA’s decision is to eliminate it. That isn’t being revisited.
The pre-merger UA and current fleet situations are not identical and simply not comparable. The frames flow all over the system and are swapped in and out of routes based on operational needs, which are significant right now given the lack of redundancy in the widebody fleet, which, again, is down 60(!) frames over what initial network planning had to work with. United had to take a hatchet to the June schedule and inconvenience tens of thousands of travelers because of the widebody fleet constraints... that was not a schedule update it intended to make.
And in the UA days, there were plenty of IPTE to non-IPTE swaps over the years... I'm old enough to remember (and have experienced) those.