Not much luck on my DCA legs lately...
 

3/22 UA 619 DCA-ORD A320 :td:
3/22 UA 909 ORD-DEN B767 ^
3/28 UA 532 DEN-ORD A320 ^
3/28 UA 608 ORD-DCA A320 :td:

3/25/11 UA322 SNA-SFO A320 :td: Asked FA but captain said no. Plane went mechanical x 1 hr, then fixed. Crew though was very good
3/27/11 UA587 SFO-SNA A319 ^ with announcement from crew and captain ^ Crew was excellent even though last flight of the night.

Other legs from SFO - SEA - PDX - SFO on CRJ200 - EMB120 - CRJ200 w/o audio.

3/17 UA90 SFO-EWR ^
3/27 UA846 IAD-SFO :td:

3/28 UA 873 IAD-SAT A319 :td:

Asked the pilot upon boarding, and he said we would keep it off for security reasons. In the event of an emergency, he wanted to be able to create a plan of action with the crew without rumors flying around the cabin.

Interesting that he mentioned that. I had a flight where the weather and possibly another issue caused the pilot to turn off Ch. 9 for about 7 minutes (presumably to talk to controllers or company communications) while we were on the tarmac waiting out a bad thunderstorm, and then came back overhead with updates about our flight path and take-off status. Ch. 9 came back on shortly thereafter and remained on.

I agree though that, with some common sense filtering on our part, Ch. 9 is a wealth of information and, at least for me, gives me a lot of comfort and enjoyment that our flight is being handled by true professionals in the cockpit and the ATC.

3/29 HKG-ORD UA896 off initially, but asked after lift-off and it was turned on for the rest of the 13-hour flight ^^^ - including the Pacific crossing when you get to listen to 123.45, where aircraft chat with each other (usually about ride quality, but sometimes not :) ). It was especially good to have it on when we went through a 90-minute period of continuous moderate turbulence, as did aircraft along nearby altitudes and tracks. I sent the captain a business card with a thank-you note ;)

3/29 ORD-BOS UA882 On, with announcement ^^^

3/29 UA846 IAD-SFO :td:

3/25 UA937 ZRH-IAD, B767 ^:td: Initially off. Asked FA to ask captain, was then turned on prior to takeoff. Turned off during TATL hop, never turned back on.
3/28 UA936 IAD-ZRH, B767 :td: All Audio channels non-functional on this flight.

4 for 4 recently - time to buy that lotto ticket ;)
3/29 UA 664 B777 SFO to ORD ^
3/29 UA 188 A320 ORD to TPA ^
3/29 UA 795 B757 TPA to IAD ^
3/29 UA 225 A320 IAD to SFO ^

3/31 UA412 SAT-IAD ^

Flight crew made an announcement, and Ch. 9 was on pretty much gate to gate

3/29: LAS-ORD: 757 :td:, upgraded and on-time
3/29: ORD-RIC: 320 :td:, upgraded and on-time
3/31: RIC-ORD: 319 ^, not upgraded and on-time... 55 elites on the flight.
3/31: ORD-LAS: 757 ^ (but some radio channel was also patched through), upgraded and on-time

Took 2 US flight back from ANC in Feb and both were on-time.

So... 2/4
Overall: 4/9
319: 1/1
320: 0/1
757: 3/7
767:
777:

UA On-Time%: 11/12 (Express: 3/3, 3/3 on CR7)
Overall On-Time%: 14/17 (1/3 on AS, 2/2 on US)

3/20 UA 861 A320 BOS-IAD :td:
3/20 UA 692 B757 IAD-LAS :td:

3/25 UA 138 B757 LAS-LAX :td:
3/25 UA 166 B757 LAX-BOS :td:

oof, I guess that's a bad string of luck!

4/1 UA 860 IAD-BOS ^

3/31 UA 422 A319 DEN-EWR :td:

I did see someone in the boarding area with an FT tag on their backpack...boarded about 2 people ahead of me :D

3/29 UA846 IAD-SFO off :td: asked flight attendant who asked Captain and he said no dice

4/1 UA614 ORD-DCA on ^ but no announcement

4/2 UA837 SFO-NRT :td:

Looks like there's a big swing in availability happening...