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Old Mar 8, 2018, 10:08 am
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Originally Posted by ErikStratton

we coast to a smooth stop and the First Officer comes on and calmly says it was some sort of blown air gasket (?) on the starboard engine and we will be returning to gate.

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Old Mar 8, 2018, 10:16 am
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Originally Posted by ErikStratton
Yep, that’s the sum of it.
(now if I was a United PR guy, I’d put all those pax stranded in SFO on a bus, take them on a tour of Chinatown. Then treat them to a meal at one of the great restaurants there. ).
And in true UA style they'd try to convince the pax that they were actually IN Hong Kong.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 11:33 am
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For things like this EC261/2004 is worth a lot for passengers in Europe..of course unfortunately in America you're at the airline's mercy and those characters aren't known for their generosity.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 11:54 am
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Do we really want to be sharing internal UA emails?
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 12:07 pm
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Originally Posted by DetroitFlyer
Do we really want to be sharing internal UA emails?
There's nothing here that the FO didn't announce ... so relax
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 12:22 pm
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Originally Posted by DetroitFlyer
Do we really want to be sharing internal UA emails?
If you’d like to discuss offline, feel free to PM me your United company email. I’ll be happy to buy you a coffee here at Willis.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 12:52 pm
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Originally Posted by ErikStratton
(now if I was a United PR guy, I’d put all those pax stranded in SFO on a bus, take them on a tour of Chinatown. Then treat them to a meal at one of the great restaurants there. ).
Better make sure no one decides to goto a different restaurant and get hit by a car when crossing the road
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 1:53 pm
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Similar thing happened to me last year on EWR-HKG. Plane pushed back on time but we sat on the taxiway for couple of hours before returning to gate due to MX. (inopp HF radio needed for polar routes). They brought in a new plane but scheduled a diversion to SFO to re-crew with a 7 hour delayed arrival in HKG. Sounds like standard procedure for this flight.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 2:29 pm
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So we know why the reason for the original delay (low speed abort) leaving EWR but what was the reason for the cancellation of SFO-HKG after the planned stop for recrew? Operational Difficulties is very vague and could mean anything.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 2:58 pm
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Probably difficulty finding crew at 1am PT and easier to rebook passengers on UA869 today.

Originally Posted by worldtrav
So we know why the reason for the original delay (low speed abort) leaving EWR but what was the reason for the cancellation of SFO-HKG after the planned stop for recrew? Operational Difficulties is very vague and could mean anything.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 5:44 pm
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Originally Posted by mrswirl
Similar thing happened to me last year on EWR-HKG. Plane pushed back on time but we sat on the taxiway for couple of hours before returning to gate due to MX. (inopp HF radio needed for polar routes). They brought in a new plane but scheduled a diversion to SFO to re-crew with a 7 hour delayed arrival in HKG. Sounds like standard procedure for this flight.
I believe SFO is the best place to crew Inflight. Isn't this operated by sCO? I don't know if a sCO has an ORD base but definitely at SFO. Flight deck, though metal doesn't make a difference, have an SFO base.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 11:42 pm
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Originally Posted by runner450
wow where did you find this information?
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Old Mar 9, 2018, 6:34 am
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Originally Posted by Flyingwasabi


wow where did you find this information?
Does PAX 38/73 mean 38 in J and only 73 in Y?
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Old Mar 9, 2018, 6:39 am
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Originally Posted by Flyingwasabi


wow where did you find this information?
runner450 always finds the best 'true' information and clears up many 'assumptions' we have about how things work at UA. I assume he works there.
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Old Mar 9, 2018, 7:42 am
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Originally Posted by Flyingwasabi
wow where did you find this information?
That is information that is available internally. I've never reposted any of that information as it wasn't clear to me that we were authorized to do so though it doesn't have the usual warning about it being confidential. Runner450 apparently works in Willis and knows more about that that I do. It is interesting to see more details about these notable flights and how the disruptions are handled behind the scenes.
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