Travel Agent
I find it laughable that everyone has been wanting a NYC service for years and when we eventually get one some people complain its on on a 757! Much larger airports such as Stansted, Luton as well as other regionals with large catchment areas (such as EMA) would love a direct flight!
I really am not sure what it is with spotters and enthusiasts. it's the same at any regional airport. Get a new service and it's great, but not quite right - wrong type, wrong frequency, wrong airline, wrong airport - but like Colombo there's always "just one more thing".
Why UA should consider launching a new route, to an airport that has never had a "proper" USA bound service and put on a larger wide bodied aircraft when they are quite clearly testing the water is beyond me.
Curiously, they are running business and have hopefully made a good business decision.