Originally Posted by
n9810f
Didn't UA retire the 75 727-222's and the 25 737-291A's (all ex-Frontier) in the span of a few weeks in October and November 2001? I recall it being a very quick, hasty retirement.
Esso(teric):
Exactly. The DC-10s and "Rope-Start" 747s went slightly earlier. But the 727s and 737-200s were dumped pretty unceremoniously. Pan Am bought 24 or 25 727s; I think the rest were scrapped. Some Captain was making writing pens out of pieces of hydraulic line from the 727s. But at $200-ish a pop, I passed.
So when the last United 737 is flown to the desert, will the crew be brought back in a GoJet CRJ-700?
No, there is no air service to Victorville, CA, so that crew will have to take a bus, cab, or rental car to Ontario, CA or LAX. From there, they'll probably fly on someone else's 737 back to SFO.
