UAPremierGuy

For a multitude of reasons, I am glad I cancelled my UA booking to OGG and went with AA mid-March through DFW on their 777.

Xyzzy

Is P&W the only place that these inspections can be done? The AD says this:
I've been in UA hangers where they were performing similar tests on 737 fan blades (during a 2018 737-NG grounding IIRC) and I know that fan blade inspections can generally be done in MX hangars.

EWR764

Under the AD, P&W will perform the tests at its facility in Connecticut, and released a statement saying that it is requesting all affected parts be sent to their facility to comply with the AD. The issue is that only P&W technicians have the training to identify the potential failures using the TAI technology... although that training (specifically the insufficiency thereof) was also the subject of March 2019 AD in the wake of the last UA PW4000 failure SFO-HNL in 2018. If it can be demonstrated that other repair stations have the capability and training to performt this inspection, it's possible that the AD may be revised, but for now everything is going to Connecticut.

bikenski

As a layperson, it sure seems like disassembling the blades from every engine, packaging and shipping them to CT, waiting for an available technician/bench time slot, and then doing everything again in reverse would take a significant amount of time. And that's assuming no further issues are discovered during the examinations.

Have to assume the P&W 777 flight I'm supposed to be on in under three weeks will not actually be operated by that aircraft type.

SS255

My flight to IAD next Thursday is still showing a 777-200, but zero’ s out in F. My Magic 8 Ball said “Ask again later” to my question of “Upgauge or downgauge?”

WineCountryUA

The FAA answers that in the same AD
While you can try, likely until "something happens" -- until UA actully makes a change, you will get nowhere. The downgrade to coach is a most unlikely occurrence (are you paided or award or upgraded).

Your Magic 8 Ball is pretty accurate.

LegalTender

MX hangars strongly preferred.

Dan_Krz

If you are on the March 6 flight, we are on the same flight. Really liked the 777 option so we could sit 4 across in economy and not sit with unknown passengers. They have stopped listing the flight for sale, which tells me it is very unlikely to remain a 777-2.

I looked at the seat maps tonight and looks like there are 210 seats full in economy. Plus unknown number in first.

I can see this playing out many ways:

Switch to a 787-8, which would be great.
Switch to a 767-3, which would be ok.
Switch to a 757-3, which would stink in seating configuration but be cool because it’s a rarer bird.
Switch to a 757-2, which would be kind of ok.
Switch to a 737-9, which would suck in every way imaginable.

Any of you experts see any of these as impossible or more likely?

HNLbasedFlyer

For a 2 hour flight - that bad? My LAS-SFO flight last Monday was a 737-900, I thought it was perfectly fine - I enjoyed the DirecTV

Dan_Krz

Got switched to a 757-3 so question is moot. Thanks

dkc192

It seems like UA could be planning to shift a number of pmCO GE-powered 772s onto the Hawaii routes that were served by pmUA PW-powered 772s. I see a number of flights on the same date that are normally scheduled for 777HDs now showing Polaris seatmaps (e.g., 1158 LAX-HNL or 1736 DEN-OGG); however, they remain zeroed out in J even with half the seats unassigned. This seat map movement on other 777HD flights, combined with the booked load on your SFO-OGG flight (every J seat is assigned), suggests that it will remain a Polaris 772 (albeit a pmCO version without individual air vents) or get upgauged to a 77W. Still too early to tell, but if I had to make a call today on what equipment will operate that flight, pmCO 772 or 77W would be the call.

Xyzzy

You may just be the nly person who likes the UA 4-across section on the HD configured 777.

fumje

Even before the UA328 incident, they have been showing 772 for EWR/SFO flights but assigning 773 instead. Especially given current circumstances, I think it's almost certain that you'll get 773.

PsiFighter37

Is there any chance at all that UA decides to permanently retire all the PW-powered 772s, even though quite a few of them underwent Polaris retrofits not too long ago?

Xyzzy

There is certainly a chance, but I'd doubt it. Most airlines like UA buy "power by the hour" so I'd bet that P&W or some bank that owns the engines is likely picking up the tab for at least some of the costs ...ciated with the grounding.