Permanent arrival rate reductions at SFO
04-04-2026 | 08:31 PM
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Also Why in the hell would people fly 14-15 hours 5 of which will be over the entire US from north to south to connect and fly several more hours back north? United would never sell that itinerary.
IAH worked for CO because it was the only option. There is a reason United is making a **** ton of money and IAH being under utilized isn’t dragging down profits. IAH has its place in the network but it will never be United’s mega hub that the entire world travels through.
04-04-2026 | 08:35 PM
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There are more Asians in California than the population of 34 states. It probably makes far more sense for the flights to be where the demand is amongst the 1000s other reasons that network planning knows that we don’t.
04-04-2026 | 08:38 PM
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IAH worked for CO because it was the only option. There is a reason United is making a **** ton of money and IAH being under utilized isn’t dragging down profits. IAH has its place in the network but it will never be United’s mega hub that the entire world travels through.
04-05-2026 | 09:04 AM
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It seems that as SFO is now “maxed out”, United would shift some of the flying to LAX. There’s a ton of actual space at LAX, but no available gates. There’s airport put the brakes on their future Terminal 0 and Terminal 9 plans until after the Olympics in 2028. I wonder if United is having a word with LAX about that.
04-05-2026 | 09:22 AM
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It seems that as SFO is now “maxed out”, United would shift some of the flying to LAX. There’s a ton of actual space at LAX, but no available gates. There’s airport put the brakes on their future Terminal 0 and Terminal 9 plans until after the Olympics in 2028. I wonder if United is having a word with LAX about that.
04-05-2026 | 10:23 AM
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IAH serves its purpose as the gateway to South/ Latin America and the Caribbean destinations for south central US.
Also serves as the gateway / opportunity for some pilots in IAH to go see their hooker mistress who says she works in a call center and see their second family whom they support in above named places. 🤣🤣
04-05-2026 | 11:20 AM
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IAH serves its purpose as the gateway to South/ Latin America and the Caribbean destinations for south central US.
Also serves as the gateway / opportunity for some pilots in IAH to go see their hooker mistress who says she works in a call center and see their second family whom they support in above named places. 🤣🤣
Also serves as the gateway / opportunity for some pilots in IAH to go see their hooker mistress who says she works in a call center and see their second family whom they support in above named places. 🤣🤣
04-06-2026 | 11:59 AM
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At some point funneling international traffic through SFO or EWR is going to break (if it hasn’t broken already). If you’re a pax in OKC. Would you rather go through IAH and get to FCO on time or go through EWR and miss your connection and end up a day late? SEA pax can sit around for a couple hours on the ground in SEA waiting for their ground delay in SFO to lift or fly to IAH and seamlessly connect to anywhere South and East.
The flying experience for pax out of EWR and SFO is miserable and it’s only going to get worse. There is no space for expansion over there while IAH is almost unlimited.
IAD is also a great place to connect for those on the east coast.
The flying experience for pax out of EWR and SFO is miserable and it’s only going to get worse. There is no space for expansion over there while IAH is almost unlimited.
IAD is also a great place to connect for those on the east coast.
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