you’ve already voted on it. Whether you voted yes or no is the Question.

Just in time for contract negotiations to begin . How ironic

Those new Polaris Studio Suites are going to be an unpleasant surprise for people that book them. They're in rows 1 and 9. Both of those rows are right next to the galley...good luck getting a wink of sleep when 5 FAs are hooting and hollering and discussing their layover plans in the brightly lit galley at 3 am at 180 degrees west.

I give it six months before they reconfigure those studio suites to the midsection of each cabin (ie rows 5 and 11). That's by far a quieter part of the Polaris cabin.

How long is UAL expected to keep the B756 around?

They can’t do that. The reason for the extra space is there is no seat ahead of them. Only bulkhead seats have that extra space.

on the 767 the rest seat is 1A. Personally I’ve never had an issue with noise in that seat except when the FA’s are doing the service, and even then it is minimal. The curtain doesn’t cut down noise that much. And before and after break, the galley is almost never “brightly lit”. Of course, during break the curtain does do a good job of blocking light, so maybe they turn the lights off right before break is over.

Good question. I’m on the fleet and no one seems to know.

Some of my friends on the B767 at EWR are saying well into 2030 but I guess that depends on Boeing deliveries which has not been predictable.

the 764 and 753 are the wildcards. They’re newer, useful, cost effective… and as long as they are around keeping the 752 and 763 is minimal extra expense. I

The CRJ-450 isn't about a smaller jet or getting around SCOPE, it's already allowed by SCOPE, it's about adding premium seats and getting rid of single-class airplanes. It's about advertising premium seats on every flight.

It's cost per seat-mile are higher, but the revenue per seat-mile will be even higher than that. Passengers booking premium seats won't have legs in small, RJ-sized, economy seats. They'll have premium seats for their entire trip. That will keep them from going to competitors to avoid the economy seat.

there will be 767s and 757s in the fleet into 2030. The real question is how big the fleet will be. If the economy craps out the 757-200s will be gone 1:1 with XLRs. If the economy does well then the -200s may last longer to fill gaps or new route growth. The 767-300s will start going once 787 growth and intl expansion stops.