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Out of curiosity does anyone know if UAL has always had the most WB aircraft. I feel like trying to base AA vs UAL based on fleet composition 20 years from now for WB captain might be difficult.
I believe United’s widebody fleet grew dramatically after they acquired the Pan Am routes. Somebody correct me if I’m wrong. They have had an outsized WB fleet for ages. More importantly Scott Kirby has said numerous times that he wants United to be the biggest international carrier. That’s the stated goal. Isom has said numerous times that American needs to watch every dollar.
One airline ordered Boom jets the other airline is starting a greyhound bus service and bribing wholly owned pilots with 170k to come work for AA.
The trajectories of the two airlines couldn’t be more different. Doug Parker’s biggest mistake was letting go of Kirby and keeping Isom.