Originally Posted by
Skipness One Foxtrot
It’s all over FB as well as pulling long haul out of LAX. The B757-300s are not all going but they don’t have transatlantic range. So it’s gonna be B763s for Scotland or a pull out.
Facebook?! Christ it must be true then.... sounds like opinions are being confused with fact. I think a lot of people saw the "767-300 fleet is the only subfleet that will fly for the foreseeable future" comment, and automatically took that to mean full B757 retirement. Whilst it remains a possibility, and it's clear from the displacement bids that the B757/767 fleet is going to be drastically reduced at the very least, whether they retire the B757 completely remains to be seen, no fleet retirements have been publicly confirmed by UA yet
AFAIK. All they've indicated are planned base closures.
Yes LAX B787 base is confirmed as closing, but again that doesn't necessarily mean no long haul at all from there...routes could be crewed by other bases.
To keep things at least vaguely on topic, I do wonder if UA will choose to suspend ORD and IAD next year to help bolster the EWR route, regardless of what type is operating...