United Airlines

[Turtle21]

True, I would try flying the bus in a heartbeat. Probably a better in-cockpit environment. But it depends on the base. I would rather be wherever the largest fleet is. In EWR, the 737 has much better trips and variety than the 320. This is probably different in other bases, but it's a consideration nonetheless.

Sorry, the AB is a pig compared to Boeing, if being compared as a plane.

But the AB is an awesome office environment to work in!!

 

[eaglesview]

Sorry, the AB is a pig compared to Boeing, if being compared as a plane.

But the AB is an awesome office environment to work in!!

Another opinion from someone that never flew it.

 

[densoo]

But the AB is an awesome office environment to work in!!

And that's where I work.

 

[Dan Roman]

Another opinion from someone that never flew it.

That's so true. People who bash the Airbus generally fall into two camps, those that have never flown it and somehow think that their opinion means anything or those that struggled with learning how it works and simply cannot get comfortable with learning something new. My take to the whiners that say 'IT's SO DIFFERENT!"...is , every airplane is different. Two of my favorites were the 727 and the DC-3. Two more different airplanes would be hard to find, but they both were a blast to fly. The Airbus is a great plane to spend a work day in.

 

[Dan Roman]

Btw, the comment that the Airbus is a pig compared to the Boeing is amazingly ignorant. We have 767's and A330's for our Transpac flying. The Airbus outperforms the 767's across the board. The most obvious being our ability to top weather that the 767's can't. The 767 simply is not in the same league as the 767, although the 767 are lot better than the 757, but even the 757 is way better than the 737 for transpac flying.

 

[bafanguy]

When UAL & CAL were combined, was the size and capacity of each airline's training department left intact or did one/both get "resized" as a result of the overall corporate changes ?

 

[Flopgut]

Btw, the comment that the Airbus is a pig compared to the Boeing is amazingly ignorant. We have 767's and A330's for our Transpac flying. The Airbus outperforms the 767's across the board. The most obvious being our ability to top weather that the 767's can't. The 767 simply is not in the same league as the 767, although the 767 are lot better than the 757, but even the 757 is way better than the 737 for transpac flying.

Thanks for making that nice and clear:/

 

[waveflyer]

I think we're all picking up what you're putting down.
But I'm proud of you for putting them down so early in a Hawaiian day

That said, I think united posters are talking about their narrowbody fleet which is mostly A32 & b73 fleets, not your widebodies

From what I've heard the a321 can be a pig, but more than a loaded up transcon 738 or 739?

Hard to imagine

I'd learn a new plane in a heartbeat for that flight deck
I'm not sure there is any arguing that the A32x is the best narrowbody work environment

 

[pianoman]

737-9 is a pig, but the newer ones with the 27,000# engines are a little better.

At the end of the day it's QOL for me or else I'd be flying the 757.

 

[fastback]

Another opinion from someone that never flew it.

Well, his profile clearly states that he's flown it.