Originally Posted by
DoNoHarm
This is not what the manufacturers are saying, but we will see.
Don't forget, the majority of these are not growth, but to replace an outdated fleet. United keeps forgetting to mention that.
71 - Airbus 320s that will be ~26 years old in in 2023
32 - 767-300s that will be ~28 years old in 2023
21 - 757-200s that will be ~27 years old in 2023
United has one of the most outdated fleets in the industry. It will take a decade, and billions of dollars to replace all of this, especially with the delivery delays and supply chain shortages that will delay manufacturing for the next 3-5 years.
Once all 83 of the 757/767 are gone by 2024, wide body flying at UAL will be much different than it is today.
You have some interesting views, unfortunately not based in reality or any announced plans. The planes that are coming in 2023 are both growth and replacement, but not replacement for any of the aircraft on your list. they are for replacing 50 seaters at the express feeders and growth.
If you think that all of the 757 and 767 fleet will be gone by 2024 then you are doom and gloom to end all doom and gloom. I would bet your next paycheck (mine is already spent) that the 756 fleet will be alive and well at the end of 2024. Will they eventually go away? of course. Does that mean that UAs widebody flying is going to be "much different" than today, I doubt it. We have more 777s than any US carrier, we have more 787s than any US carrier..... What is going to replace the 767, I don't know. Boeing has made a mess of that, but that doesn't mean that UA will just park the 767s and say "oh well, guess we can't fly to those places anymore."
Will the planes coming in 2024 and beyond likely be used for replacement of some mainline aircraft, sure, but the only way the aircraft you mention will be gone that quickly is if there is another cataclysmic event.
The main reason our fleet is "older" than the other majors is because we did not park any fleets during COVID. If you are now trying to say that keeping the fleets was a bad idea and we as pilots should be ****ed, then I question if you are a pilot???