The state of the 757 fleet
 

Really quite pitiful for international flights in Polaris aside from the tired old 2x2 hard product today was treated to the IFE screen having fallen inside it's bezel and being crooked. A non functioning lav in polaris and lots of duct tape holding it together.

The sooner the 321XLRs come online the better (and yes i normally try and avoid a 757)

What tail #?

N17105

Yikes... hopefully gets written up appropriately. I ask because I end up on a 752 seemingly 2x a week!

I made a point of noting it to the IFL.

Crew were really good, must be hard working with substandard tools.

I went to use the rear lavs and the crew were talking about how the water heater there was inop too.

The monitor screen and lav have been repaired. The overhead trim piece is secured and deferred. I assume that was the tape that you saw. It requires a permanent repair using adhesive. Operation of the overhead bin was not affected.

A bracket had come loose from the display panel and had dropped into the monitor assembly. A soap bottle was found stuck in the dump valve. Both of the repairs were made in EWR.

FT is a wonderful resource - glad to hear it was acted on promptly!

I love flying the 757…when there are no issues. But outside of the AvGeek experience of loving the spooling up of the engines while taking off, the hard product is substandard. The lie-flat A21Ns and the A21NYs cannot come soon enough in that regard, along with improved operational reliability.

Yep - you pay the same amount and can end up with a VERY different experience from what you get on a 777/767.

The new AA 321XLR with flagship looks good - I can see it taking business on the EDI-JFK route if UA don't get a better plane on it quickly - if it's price equivalent, it's a no brainer.

When does UA plan on taking delivery of those?

Are they going to be the only successor of the 752s? Or are they still planning on installing lie-flats to the 737 max -10s?

last I heard the XLR was going to replace the 757 on international. The standard A321 (with lie flats) and the 737-10 (with lie flats) will replace the 757 on domestic/hawaii. That may change of course depending on the 737-10 certification issues.

I try and book the 757 for Europe flights. Service always seems better.

I think there is a world where UA should still have a MAX 10 fleet of at least 20-strong at a minimum with lie-flat seats to account for future JFK growth and expansion of premium TCON to other routes. But I know many who seem convinced the lie-flat 3MJ is dead, regardless of whether it gets certified sooner or not.

Just wanted to add that someone accidentally knocking the soap bottle into the toilet wasn't the fault of the old airplane. Could have happened on a brand new 321 or 787.

With the size of the lavatories on the newer planes, I'd surmise it's even likelier to happen on a brand new jet. :rolleyes: