tstauck

SBA - ORD would be huge, been talked here for years!

JimInOhio

I suspect you are right. Maybe going to an hourly DCA-EWR schedule is UA's last best hope for boosting their DCA 5th place market share above 5%.

sbm12

It is unlikely to change market share as the total number of seats flying isn't going to change significantly. DCA market share is relatively fixed because of slot limits.

getagb

The ports on airplanes only provide power, not data, and are unlikely to be tampered with. I think the risk is minimal.

sbm12

One interesting tidbit that I picked up and that hasn't been mentioned here yet (I don't think) is that SHARES appears to be sticking around for a while.

Linda Jojo, when asked about the system, showed no signs of wanting to walk away:
Separately a number of people I chatted with about various things, from product to loyalty to Connection Saver, all mentioned that being able to iterate and execute quickly on projects that lean against the PSS back end systems has been of significant value to the company.

wanderingkev

I would be good with no choice but decent quality

Aspen

It has taken DIA so long to construct 4 additional gates 11-14 in the B concourse little wonder UAL need to use gates in the A concourse. The original planning allowed for expansion starting the B Concourse with gate 1 but I fear ten more B gates might take them a decade to construct. The Express Gates 61 up to 95 are a problem - it feels like this area was poorly thought out and only a temporary extension.

cesco.g

oh, is there really a risk charging my i-phone on a USB port inflight?


What actually does PSS stand for?

PS: Sorry for the probably rather basic questions to some of your techies/experts out there .. ...... ...

WineCountryUA

No, if it is charger only

passenger service system (PSS)

cesco.g

Good. Is is the same landside. e.g. at the airport lounges?

fumje

Yes.

If the USB connects to some kind of computer, you could have a problem.

PsiFighter37

I flew out of these gates for the first time earlier this year and wondered why I felt I was wandering through UA's gates at IAD...

prestonh

My phones have always required authentication for USB connections. I would check your security settings and keep os patches updated. 1 or 2 security apps are recommended as well to prevent rooting

UA_Flyer

A colleague was mine was invited by United to test the new flatbed seats to be fitted in the narrow body planes, and told me the seat is pretty good.

I assume that seat will eventually make its way to the 737 Max-10 PS services.

I was hoping the refitted 788 with 28 Polaris seats would be the 757 PS replacements. I guess it is too much a plane to do just transcontinental services.

sbm12

Much like the 77W and 78J that fill in on the transcon routes for some of the flights there's an opportunity for United to route the planes across the country and improve utilization as they continue to long-haul destinations. But dedicating the 788 to transcon would be a last resort sort of choice. If the 783 ever happened maybe it would've been a good candidate (and a decent NMA option in many ways) but that project got trashed when the 787 was so delayed.
Only if you believe that UA is looking to hack your device or if you think that the hardware was somehow compromised to make it possible. That is not a threat profile I consider sufficient to make me not use the option.
Passenger Service System. Basically the backend computer operations that make airlines work. It is the SHARES/Sabre/Amadeus/Navataire/Deltamatic/whatever else massive platform that manages all the flight schedules and reservations and fare stuff. In the case of SHARES there are also a bunch of bolt-on components that sit outside the core system but still help manage the operations. Like the system that runs the CPU upgrades. That sits outside and queries/acts on the bookings via an interface to the PSS. Having those things separate rather than directly built into SHARES is something UA likes in terms of speed to develop/deploy and flexibility.