Originally Posted by
catan
A 737 is a 737 whether it's a 200 or a 900. It's a 737. UAL park it's 737 fleet because it was older and less efficient and looked for a "small" airplane airline to merge with - you were it! Just as Pierce has been puffing his chest to explain the inflated presence of the 767-400 being equal to a 747-400, you are trying to equate a 737 to anything smaller than a 747-400. You are a 737 airline and fly the smallest airplane on routes that are normally flown by wide-bodies. Get over yourself - you're an RJ outfit flying long-haul routes.
You are absolutely right. YOUR management parkED the 737s and did not have the foresight or money to order replacement aircraft. YOUR Management was more than happy to put Ual pilots on the street and farm out flying to the RJ.
You are right. Cal has a lot of 737s, because cal's current management also did not have any foresight. They continue to give up relatively new wide bodies like 767-200 instead of finding a route on which it can make money. LCal flies 737s to places they should fly wide bodies because cal neglected to order wide bodies.
**** poor management has defined our fleets at this moment.
UAL has more wide bodies that CAL, but they are old and tired and many not etops certified. CAL parked all it's older wide bodies. Had we kept the DC10. And 747's and even the airbus, CAL would have a lot more wide bodies. UAL hangs on to some old planes and says, look we have more wide bodies than CAL. CAL's wide bodies are newer and etops certified.