American B767s are nearing the end of their lives with many being retired already and the
B757 struggles on ORD to MAN especially when the jetstreams are strong and many a time
have to divert for fuel.The B787 is the ideal aircraft but coming off a Tokyo flight andif late
hit major problems as MAN was the last Europe departure with no other aircraft to put on the flight
either ended up with huge delays or a cancellation with the passengers
stick in ORD or having to fly via JFK and LHR which is far from ideal