SEA operations changes
 

I haven't been down to Sea-Tac airport yet, but I thought I saw an AA 744 on approach as I was driving to work in downtown. Have the airlines substituted larger aircraft since ATC can only handle half the volume of landing as normal because of damage to the control tower?

That's rather amazing, since AA doesn't have any 4-engine aircraft, let alone a 747-400.

UA is using some 744 to take up the slack on the SFO Shuttle route so they can move the backlog of people that missed thier flights when the airport closed.

I flew the shuttle SEA-SFO on 3/1. UA brought in a 747-400 from SFO that was going to SYD later that night. Using this plane for the shuttle was a surreal experience--Upstairs, empower, noise-canceling headphones, arrival at the international terminal. Service was more shuttle like--a plastic cup of juice, bag of snacks, but lots of those small liquor bottles for those so inclined.

Could you determine how United was handling the seating, considering they are using a 3-class international jet for a normal 2-class subpar service? Were both premium cabins considered First Class (as far as how to get there goes...i.e., certs for PremEx and Premier), and just the 1Ks and/or full-fares got to sit in the real First Class?

Are airlines using bigger planes with less frequency at SEA now, while they wait for the airport service to pick up? I mean, until they can land and take off more often then about 20 planes per hour, are they going to keep operating with larger planes, but less often--ie UA Shuttle service would be done with 747, 767, etc and less often?


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I had no problem whatsoever with my outbound flight, but the return is a mess.

We hung out in PDX for 3 hours waiting for word from SEA that we could take off. If only I had known I could have driven. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

We have (in our company) 28 round trips in and out of SEA this coming week so I am keeping my fingers crossed.