UA Temporarily Grounds Boeing 772 (PW Power); returning to service: late May 2022
Sep 3, 2021, 10:03 pm
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Not until next year, according to a recent WSJ article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/united-...test_headlines.
Subscription may be required to read the full article, but the gist is that Boeing is working on the engine cover modifications, while UA and P&W are developing new testing procedures that can be performed at many maintenance stations, as opposed to the P&W facilities. Exact criteria for the return to service have not yet been decided by the FAA.
Subscription may be required to read the full article, but the gist is that Boeing is working on the engine cover modifications, while UA and P&W are developing new testing procedures that can be performed at many maintenance stations, as opposed to the P&W facilities. Exact criteria for the return to service have not yet been decided by the FAA.
I have been searching flights over Christmas and it appears there are some PW high density configs for 772 on transcons......but perhaps this will change....next year is full of them in the schedule.
Sep 3, 2021, 10:13 pm
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They won't be flying over Christmas - and schedule changes for next year haven't been loaded.
Sep 4, 2021, 12:50 pm
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I do have to wonder if this unilateral decision to ban all PW 777s for this length of time, or at all, would have taken place in an environment where Covid wasn't occurring - Even in a post 737-Max world.
Imagine the amount of overnight capacity reduction, and associated cancellations across the system in a UA circa 2019 were this to occur. I'm candidly sure what the least-messy contingency plan would be here. And I certainly would expect a different tenor and tone from the company to the FAA behind closed doors and in public.
Imagine the amount of overnight capacity reduction, and associated cancellations across the system in a UA circa 2019 were this to occur. I'm candidly sure what the least-messy contingency plan would be here. And I certainly would expect a different tenor and tone from the company to the FAA behind closed doors and in public.
Sep 27, 2021, 7:24 am
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HNL-GUM (UA200-201) Aircraft Change
Resurrecting old thread….
Looks like for the last few weeks and a few weeks in the future, HNL-GUM & Return (200-201) has been switched to a 777-300ER with 1-2-1 seating. Normally this is the 777-200 with the old 2-4-2 seating.
While I haven’t searched out very far, my trip in January still shows the -200 with 2-4-2.
Anyone know if a permanent change to the -300 is in the works for this route?
DEN
Looks like for the last few weeks and a few weeks in the future, HNL-GUM & Return (200-201) has been switched to a 777-300ER with 1-2-1 seating. Normally this is the 777-200 with the old 2-4-2 seating.
While I haven’t searched out very far, my trip in January still shows the -200 with 2-4-2.
Anyone know if a permanent change to the -300 is in the works for this route?
DEN
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Sep 27, 2021 at 10:16 am Reason: Moved to 772 PW thread
Sep 27, 2021, 7:40 am
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Resurrecting old thread….
Looks like for the last few weeks and a few weeks in the future, HNL-GUM & Return (200-201) has been switched to a 777-300ER with 1-2-1 seating. Normally this is the 777-200 with the old 2-4-2 seating.
While I haven’t searched out very far, my trip in January still shows the -200 with 2-4-2.
Anyone know if a permanent change to the -300 is in the works for this route?
DEN
Looks like for the last few weeks and a few weeks in the future, HNL-GUM & Return (200-201) has been switched to a 777-300ER with 1-2-1 seating. Normally this is the 777-200 with the old 2-4-2 seating.
While I haven’t searched out very far, my trip in January still shows the -200 with 2-4-2.
Anyone know if a permanent change to the -300 is in the works for this route?
DEN
Oct 6, 2021, 10:50 am
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Oct 6, 2021, 11:12 am
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As INTL comes back the alternate will be 737s. So I very much want the PW 777s back. Preferably with at least one additional row of lie flat and 3 rows of PP.
Oct 6, 2021, 2:13 pm
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oh boy.. who cares? the planes have been operating safely for > 20 years. As long as the interiors are outfitted properly.. then they're great.
Oct 6, 2021, 2:19 pm
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This has nothing to do with safety.
Oct 6, 2021, 9:53 pm
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Yeah, the domestic config really can stay out and I’d be happy. But can you really tell the difference between the int’l configs on the GE and PW planes? Being ORD based, I’ve ridden more than my fare share of the PW planes and they’ve been good.
Oct 6, 2021, 10:22 pm
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The only difference between the GE and PW Polaris planes is that the former do not have air vents whereas the latter do.
Oct 12, 2021, 8:57 pm
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Looks like things are moving along: https://airlineweekly.com/2021/10/un...of-faa-action/
"The Chicago-based carrier, in collaboration with Boeing, has begin modifications to the aft bulkhead of the inlet cowl, United Senior Vice President of Flight Operations Bryan Quigley told pilots in an internal newsletter on October 6. In an unusual move, the work is being done ahead of an U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airworthiness directive, posing some risk of the final mandate not matching the the work undertaken by United."
"The Chicago-based carrier, in collaboration with Boeing, has begin modifications to the aft bulkhead of the inlet cowl, United Senior Vice President of Flight Operations Bryan Quigley told pilots in an internal newsletter on October 6. In an unusual move, the work is being done ahead of an U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airworthiness directive, posing some risk of the final mandate not matching the the work undertaken by United."