Same here, on a recent trip 2 different 752s both said they had Channel 9 in the AVOD menu, but I couldn't get it to work on either of them. Had a 737 MAX 9 last year which had the same issue. I was disappointed because I've been a lifelong UA flier and I used to love tuning in to hear the cockpit ...
Jump to postThey'll have the ability to have it turned on. On the airplanes that are capable, it's up to the Captain to actually turn it on.
Jump to postSmall fleet update. The entire 737 fleet has now been rewired, so Channel 9 will be available on equipped aircraft starting April 12 when our FM revision goes into effect.
Jump to postNobody is separating. It's a month-by-month reduction, but pilots will remain current and qualified. It is pretty much what we did during COVID, offering reduced credit per month to not fly, as well as a few empty lines (no schedule, but able to pick up open time if desired). So far, only about 25 o...
Jump to postWith the new E175 overhead bin announcement, does anyone know if they’ll also receive LED mood lighting to better align to NEXT aesthetic? lI completely missed that! When was that announced and are there any photos? Announced yesterday or Monday. I've only seen the internal release, so I'm not sure...
Jump to postWith 1000 airplanes United will not be out of the news until people get bored……..every single day something happens and will until the end of time. And there is absolutely nothing United or anyone that works for United can do about it. I flew Unite airplanes for 30 years and their maintenance has a...
Jump to postn471wn wrote:Has the aircraft been moved yet?
The 737 has small nosewheel tires and is terrible in turns if the surface is even the least bit slick. I agree, bad timing, but it seems to be a simple case of attempting to make a turn at too high a speed. When I upgraded on the 737, one of the first things the LCA mentioned was to take any turn ve...
Jump to postIf you assume each route corresponds to the type of plane depicted in the video, it looks like one longhaul (787) and a couple shorthaul (737) international routes.
Thankfully we won't have to wait long to find out.
Did they actually replace the engine on N14503? Or just repair it? They only have 4 planes in the 321 fleet and an engine in high demand. How did they get a spare engine? Just does not add up. On a side note I have been on two of the 321s; great passenger experience but the Airbus Whine is as loud ...
Jump to postI was hoping Andrew Nocella was going to spill the beans on this during earnings live with employees. He held his tongue, but I'm glad we didn't have to wait long!
Jump to postmasseybrown wrote:Acey559 wrote:He was at ORD a few months ago when his new book dropped. Beyond that I haven't seen or heard much of him. But you're correct, he does still enjoy a good reputation among United employees.
Whose new book? Kellner's? I've been hoping he'd write one.
To PanAm330 - between pilots, flight attendants, mechanics and even gate agents, I've heard "All Jeffed up" literally hundreds of times - trust me on this. I remember the nickname that Smisek received when it was announced that he would succeed Kellner at CO - FLIBS. It's an acronym for F...
Jump to postI had heard it once said, "no one is jealous of AA's hub at ORD". Sadly, I think its true. AA gives the minimal amount of attention to it while still calling it a hub. Vasu Raja actually said in an investors call that he thinks de-hubbing STL in favor of ORD was a mistake and that STL cou...
Jump to postM probably came from Missouri, as MCI is on the Missouri side of Kansas City. It's MCI for Mid-Continent International. Fort Myers is RSW for Regional South West. Learn something every day, thanks. I always assumed when MCI was built there was already a Kansas City airport so they needed a new code...
Jump to postjetmatt777 wrote:M probably came from Missouri, as MCI is on the Missouri side of Kansas City.
Not flying on a new paint plane would certainly make me switch carriers……. Why is old paint such a dealbreaker? You won’t be looking at your livery once onboard. The only reason why some carriers like AS take shorter to complete the repaint is because those airlines have smaller fleets I get it - I...
Jump to postDo you know why a pressure bulk head would need to be replaced? Sure! There's an AD regarding certain early-build 767s that had a more-susceptible aft pressure bulkhead. Requires replacement between 37,500 and 60,000 cycles, by 60K cycles. Since the LOV is 50k, this isn't going to be the source of ...
Jump to postI just landed in Chicago and saw it take off. For a second I thought maybe I missed a route announcement, but I when I saw it was HAL50 I figured it was a medical or something.
Jump to postHere is a list of aircraft/flights I found so far. Australia Brunei Canada: RCAF A330 MRTT (330002) YVR-SFO Chile People's Republic of China: Air China CA69 747-8 (B-2482) PEK-SFO w/ Falcon 7X (B-8027) PEK-HGH-ANC-SFO Hong Kong Taiwan Indonesia Japan: JASDF VIP 777-300ER x2 CR1/CR2 (80-1111/80-1112...
Jump to postUnited1 wrote:bayareapilot wrote:Any updates on Channel 9 for the MAX?
I just got off a 737-9 and Channel 9 was an option on the IFE menu. It wasn't turned on but I would assume it's installed.
This event is not surprising. Airmanship has never been less important than now, and it will be less important in the future. Hand flying skils are a thing of the past, even in VMC. The airline pilot profession is not what everyone thinks it is, but somehow many people gain comfort by seeing humans...
Jump to postThis reminds me of what I said as we entered the ramp on virtually every trip into ORD - "Right now is the scariest part of the trip." Especially right now with all the construction. The Southport is a jumbled mess and simply getting around that area to the outer C gates via Q or U is cra...
Jump to postMaybe it is just me and I am missing something, but how is UA going to have gates for all these new planes? Well over half of these new planes are for growth - not replacement. Seems to me like UA needs to figure out ways to get more gates at their hubs ASAP. And their hubs are in pretty big airpor...
Jump to postMaybe it is just me and I am missing something, but how is UA going to have gates for all these new planes? Well over half of these new planes are for growth - not replacement. Seems to me like UA needs to figure out ways to get more gates at their hubs ASAP. And their hubs are in pretty big airpor...
Jump to postI heard this being talked about on guard tonight. I left ORD shortly before this happened, but it seems like it was a mess. I also heard a King Air went down in Busse Woods due to fuel exhaustion, but thankfully the pilot walked away. Wild night at ORD, it sounds like.
Jump to postI wonder if anyone has successfully snuck into first/business class without any consequences? I've seen people try, twice. Once on a UA 739 from LAX - CLE, and the FAs directed the woman to her correct seat quickly. We were seated in first and this woman tried sitting in the window seat in the last...
Jump to postI just went to recurrent and my instructor told me that at their standards meeting last week, management told them they are going to firm the 100 787 options by the end of the year. I've learned to be skeptical, but I hope he was correct. We'll see in a few months. Firming up the second batch of 10...
Jump to postI just went to recurrent and my instructor told me that at their standards meeting last week, management told them they are going to firm the 100 787 options by the end of the year. I've learned to be skeptical, but I hope he was correct. We'll see in a few months.
Jump to postHopefully CALTECH can confirm, but I just heard at TK (flight training center) today that the 767 down in IAH is going to get repaired.
Jump to postDoes anyone have any information on what ETOPS rating UALs 737NGs and MAXs have? (Those that are ETOPS certified, I assume not all of them are.) I know the 737 can be certified up to 180 minutes but not sure if that means that all ETOPS rated 737NGs are automatically ETOPS180 or if an operator can ...
Jump to postI wasn't there and don't claim to have any insider info, but in my experience flying the 756 for about 5 years, occasionally the nose will sort of pop up on touchdown when the spoilers deploy. Nothing crazy, but it is noticeable. What could have happened is that the flying pilot was started by the n...
Jump to postAirbuser wrote:Kirby vs. Isom. Isom destroyed the United pilots “Tumi bag” TA.
You would think we are approaching an era where we only need one pilot in a cockpit. Technology should easily make this possible in this century. We used to have 4 pilots in a cockpit on some planes and flying wasn't safer in that era. A one pilot cockpit would eliminate this issue. We codified the...
Jump to postPercent of canceled mainline flights per day. Sun 6/25 - 13% Mon 6/26 - 19% Tue 6/27 - 26% Wed 6/28 - 26% Thu 6/29 - 13% as of 12noon Eastern Yikes. That's ugly. Wonder how the cxls are distributed. Sounds as if EWR and DEN are getting pounded higher than other hubs, anyone know? ORD is about to ge...
Jump to post.. It was reported in this thread that UA pilots need to call in to get their next assignment yet they weren't able to get through to the crewing department. ... The fact that crew of major airlines need to call in to get their next assignment in 2023 just blows my mind. I presume the call goes som...
Jump to postFWIW, my FO and I were just at dinner and he happened to check our flight tomorrow morning (6/29) and it has been canceled. No idea why. It's been almost two hours and we haven't seen any schedule updates. I'll echo one of the above posts, as a United pilot/employee, it's utterly embarrassing how po...
Jump to postA big issue has been reconnecting all the crew members to flights. Hold times for crew scheduling have stretched to hours for days on end, and people are just lost in the shuffle. I won't get into the weeds on our pilot contract, but if our pairing blows up or we time out, I'm going to self-help and...
Jump to postIf French Valley's application really says "9-seat Part-135" that exclusively means Southern Airways Express, which is tailoring a grant request to a single airline (a no no in the eyes of DOT) What about Boutique? I always just assume they've finally gone under. I think they're still han...
Jump to postMore.... Idaho Falls, Idaho $950,000 grant award for start-up cost offset, fee waivers, marketing support, and revenue guarantees for daily service to LAX. Medford, Oregon $850k award for marketing, fee waivers and revenue guarantees for link to DFW on AA. La Crosse, Wisconsin $700,000 for marketin...
Jump to postSeveral years ago, I was on a UA 757 flying SFO-EWR and I was in F. On two occasions, one of the flight crew needed to use the lav. A secondary barrier consisting of a vertical metal beam with horizontal cables attached was pulled across the aisle to block access to the forward lavs and cockpit. An...
Jump to postI have no explanation for the 777Ds not running EWR-DEN. But I do know that they frequently run 752s between the two hubs to rotate them between doing Hawaii and Trans-Atlantic. I'd venture a guess that UAL is out of wide body aircraft to fly EWR-DEN right now; they're deployed elsewhere. It was do...
Jump to postLayman here, are departing aircraft supposed to "hurry up" in that case, have done the checklists before entering the runway etc. ? I've had it both ways. My current airline requires the before takeoff checklist to be completed before crossing the hold short line, but at previous airlines...
Jump to postjonahsachs wrote:Acey559 wrote:cosyr wrote:No mask, please!!
Agreed. The mask looks terrible.
Didn’t think it was an option not to have for XLR?
I operated one of the EWR-CUN flights a few days ago and we were given some pretty aggressive vectors by Havana to create spacing going into CUN. It was very busy coming in and going out.
Jump to post#4501 - #4599 A321NEO #4321 - #4399 A321XLR #7601 - #7699 737MAX-10PS #7701 - #7999 737MAX-10 Mask or no mask ? https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpaxex.aero%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F06%2Funited-a321neo-rendering.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=a04289423076db31e791cb4...
Jump to postThe 753 flying DEN-DCA-DEN is a pretty sweet ride. For comparison, the 753 holds more pax than the 764 and the powerful RR engines perform great on DCA's runway. 764 actually holds 6 more passengers than the 753. 240 vs 234. Maybe those numbers have changed since the 764 has gotten Polaris. Last I ...
Jump to postLast season they had a 763 turn on IAH-SJU-IAH for cargo purposes...I flew on it myself. I operated that flight many times last year. Seems like it was always very full. I've also operated the EWR-SJU-EWR 764, and passenger demand was also very high for that as well. In fact, I think all but one ti...
Jump to postIt was four years ago so I don't remember a whole lot. Definitely seemed like they had fun and enjoyed it though. Different times, for sure. A couple of them were the typical young flight attendant that got the job and left the hometown for the first time. Seemed like they had a great time back in t...
Jump to postTayo826 wrote:Acey559 wrote:Not sure about now, but when I started in 2019 I would see a few former PA flight attendants in SFO.
Did you talk to any of them?