Originally Posted by
jsled
Oh, they saw it. They also saw UCH order 50 737-900ERs last July to replace the 757s. So you could say they are coming to the UAL side, using your logic.
Sled
Sled,
If its a 737 is a CAL airplane. PERIOD. CAL INVENTED the 737. The growth that is causing all the new airplanes are from CAL and the global reach they provide from their Houston and New Jersey hubs, not to mention Cleveland. Cleveland is VERY KEY in a global route structure.
It makes total sense that UCAL now needs to feed DEN, LAX, SFO, SEA, ORD, and IAD with these new 737's to handle the new traffic generated by their Newark to Nigeria flights they do in the 777 (Knows affectionately as the "Big 737" at CAL)
CAL also flies the "Stretch 737" which everyone else calls the 757. The "Electric 737" which is a "game changer" as well as a number of turboprop airplanes known as the "Compact 737s".
So if its a 737 and UAL ever gets one, its because of CAL.
So next time you see a CAL pilot, be sure to thank him for the 737. But don't call it a "Guppy" because its the biggest jet he would have ever flown absent the merger, and you'll hurt his feelings.