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Old Feb 21, 2021, 6:33 pm
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Actually, only the mods can change a thread title. You'll want to alert mods to your own post 1 ("report bad post", even though we know it's not bad per se) so they can change it.
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Old Feb 21, 2021, 6:35 pm
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Originally Posted by HNLbasedFlyer
Swapped me to a 777-300 on my SFO-HNL flight Monday. Very happy.
Meanwhile tomorrow's 1273 SFO-OGG looks like it just got swapped from a (Polaris) 772 to 738...
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Old Feb 21, 2021, 6:45 pm
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Well I suppose if there’s a time for grounding 30% of your 772 fleet, COVID isn’t a bad one.
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Old Feb 21, 2021, 6:53 pm
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Originally Posted by truncated
Meanwhile tomorrow's 1273 SFO-OGG looks like it just got swapped from a (Polaris) 772 to 738...
Ouch - that is quite a downgrade for those up front in this pandemic era.
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Old Feb 21, 2021, 6:57 pm
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How long do we think these planes will be grounded?
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Old Feb 21, 2021, 7:06 pm
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Originally Posted by chicago747
How long do we think these planes will be grounded?
Probably a few days at least. No doubt a thorough inspection of the fan blades will conducted.
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Old Feb 21, 2021, 7:18 pm
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Probably a few days at least. No doubt a thorough inspection of the fan blades will conducted.
I’m scheduled for domestic first on one in 2 weeks. Seems the flight tomorrow was upgraded to a 787, do you think the 777 will be back in 2 weeks?
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Old Feb 21, 2021, 7:39 pm
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Didn't P&W have issues with their engines for the Airbus 321NEO? I hope they come out of this OK as it's good to have more competition in the engine space. I believe P&W engines were the launch engines for the 777 and UA was the launch customer?
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Old Feb 21, 2021, 7:53 pm
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UA328 currently showing on Flightaware as a B772 tomorrow and a B752 on Tuesday.
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Old Feb 21, 2021, 7:59 pm
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Originally Posted by travelinmanS
Didn't P&W have issues with their engines for the Airbus 321NEO? I hope they come out of this OK as it's good to have more competition in the engine space. I believe P&W engines were the launch engines for the 777 and UA was the launch customer?
Yes, using P&W

The news says this is a 1994 delivery which would mean nearly an OG 777.
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Old Feb 21, 2021, 8:03 pm
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$BA gap down tomorrow is inevitable
This has nothing to do with Boeing and everything to do with Pratt & Whitney ($RTX). Airframes and engines are built and purchased separately.
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Old Feb 21, 2021, 8:05 pm
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Originally Posted by hr56477
UA328 currently showing on Flightaware as a B772 tomorrow and a B752 on Tuesday.
united.com flight status now indicates Boeing 787-8 # 3912 for Monday's flight.
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Old Feb 21, 2021, 8:25 pm
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Originally Posted by travelinmanS
Didn't P&W have issues with their engines for the Airbus 321NEO? I hope they come out of this OK as it's good to have more competition in the engine space. I believe P&W engines were the launch engines for the 777 and UA was the launch customer?
What's your point ? Those on A321NEO are PW1100G, completely different than 772's PW4077 and a completely different problem.

Yes UA was the launch customer for 777 and PW was the launch engines.
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Old Feb 21, 2021, 8:34 pm
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Originally Posted by slippahs
Ouch - that is quite a downgrade for those up front in this pandemic era.
Interestingly if the app is correct it looks like N78001 (sCO 772) is ferrying EWR-OGG tomorrow to operate the 772 return UA1580 OGG-SFO (although EWR-OGG is only scheduled to land at 1.54pm, so no chance OGG-SFO goes out at 10am but there's no delay posted yet).

However looks like Tuesday's 1580 gets the 738...
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Old Feb 21, 2021, 8:36 pm
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Originally Posted by uastarflyer
Yes, using P&W

The news says this is a 1994 delivery which would mean nearly an OG 777.
First flight 1994 but didn't deliver not til a year later in 1995, this is LN 5, probably was used for testing and do tours
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