How many 757’s are currently parked?

 

Where did you come up with this?

 

Kirby just said it at the JP Morgan conference 4 days ago.

 

we lost a couple due to the winglet issue…so they are down long term getting fixed. I actuallly wouldn’t be surprised if they were just retired as they are the oldest 757s we have.

the others that are “parked” will help increase reliability on the fleet. It’s better said that they have temporarily removed several lines of flying from the 757 to increase fleet reliability.

 

Took one to the SFO MOC a few weeks ago. Mechanics said they'd be working on it for a looooong time.

 

Pulled it out of the thin air that came from SK statements at the JPM conference…

 

I’m a recent UA new hire.

I’m very concerned with SK’s comments that oil will be $175 a barrel soon and that things won’t recover until beyond 2027. This is going to be a bloodbath for the airlines.

 

I heard Kirby is pulling back 5 pts of capacity??? You saying he intends to grow to take advantage of high fuel prices?

 

Just watch what he does.

He is cutting unprofitable routes now which is really only 3% 2 % is already baked in.

1% comes from TLV DBX flying
1% comes from the ORD fiasco.

the other 3% is marginal to unprofitable flying. What is 3% of our schedule? A couple hundred flights over peak summer?

there are no planned cuts for the fall and winter schedule.

he started the dominos falling now all the others will announce their cuts. But where United is different is they are taking 130+ airplanes this year so when oil drops (and it will) United will be the first back into the markets to claim market share. Just like he did after COVID. Any flying that is dropped by a distressed carrier (JetBlue slots, Spirit bankruptcy, Frontier??) will be picked up immediately.

Kirby will grow out of this….hes going to Southwest it from 2008 when they muscled in everywhere.

 

Sounds like you should get your McDonald's resume prep done soon.