FA4UA From United States, joined Nov 2003, 812 posts, RR: 29 Posted (4 years 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 4239 times:
A few little birdies have been chirping about XM satellite radio being added to United's Fleet. Initial rumors stating 100 channels of music domestically and 50 channels internationally.
I wouldn't think it would work anywhere but over North America, but time will tell.
I would imagine XM will help cover part of the cost and write it off as marketing. Nice to have access to a captive audience of 200,000 people a day to show off your product!
I've heard that the 737 fleet will be first! Expect a formal announcement soon! As for now it's just a very LOUD rumor.
FA4UA
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FA4UA From United States, joined Nov 2003, 812 posts, RR: 29 Reply 7, posted (4 years 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 4177 times:
Quoting Gigneil (Reply 6): XM's satellites are geostationary. There will be no coverage internationally beyond Tijuana, Juarez, Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver at best.
As an XM subscriber myself, that's what I thought.
I also hope we keep channel 9! Passengers really do love it and loosing it would be a pity!
FA4UA
The debate continues... Starwood or Hyatt... which is better
Wjcandee From United States, joined Jun 2000, 3764 posts, RR: 20 Reply 9, posted (4 years 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 4143 times:
Fact is, there's no reason while channel 9 couldn't be included in the system. UA would just have to insist that it be incorporated. Heck, in your CAR, you have a tuner that has AM, FM, CD and XM.
IADBGO From United States, joined Dec 2004, 206 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (4 years 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 4141 times:
While a signal from the satellites are limited to the US and a few places in Canada and Mexico...I believe it would be possible to broadcast it directly to aircraft from ground stations. I don't how this works...but I assume it is similar to the ground repeaters that are setup in cities across the US.
AirportPlan From United States, joined Jan 2004, 435 posts, RR: 4 Reply 11, posted (4 years 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 4134 times:
No one said anything about Channel 9 going away. One of the main advantages of adding XM is that UA can eliminate the cost of updating audio media monthly on hundreds of aircraft.
N1120A From United States, joined Dec 2003, 23588 posts, RR: 89 Reply 14, posted (4 years 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 4089 times:
Quoting HPLASOps (Reply 13): New guy here - don't get the channel 9 reference - what is UA's channel 9?
The audio program on Channel 9 is, at captain's discretion, "From the Flight Deck" which is basically a tap into the aircraft's ATC radio feed so you can listen to what the cockpit hears on your flight.
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HPLASOps From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 15, posted (4 years 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 4075 times:
Quoting N1120A (Reply 14): The audio program on Channel 9 is, at captain's discretion, "From the Flight Deck" which is basically a tap into the aircraft's ATC radio feed so you can listen to what the cockpit hears on your flight.
Interesting - not sure how many pax outside of a.netters would actually care to hear ATC chatter - example: recently my friend and I were going LAS-MSP and the capt came on about 5 min after takeoff, saying "Folks, are brakes are running a little hot and so we're gonna leave the landing down for a few more minutes until it cools." And my friend looked at me and said "That's not really something I wanna hear! Do you what you gotta to do fly the plane but I really didn't need to know that!"
MarshalN From Hong Kong, joined Sep 2005, 1520 posts, RR: 2 Reply 18, posted (4 years 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 4004 times:
Quoting HPLASOps (Reply 15): Interesting - not sure how many pax outside of a.netters would actually care to hear ATC chatter - example: recently my friend and I were going LAS-MSP and the capt came on about 5 min after takeoff, saying "Folks, are brakes are running a little hot and so we're gonna leave the landing down for a few more minutes until it cools." And my friend looked at me and said "That's not really something I wanna hear! Do you what you gotta to do fly the plane but I really didn't need to know that!"
Actually, there are people who do like it. I sat next to an Aussie on a recent flight and he loves Ch9, and listens to it whenever he flies UA. I don't think he's much of an aviation hobbyist beyond that
RoseFlyer From United States, joined Feb 2004, 5630 posts, RR: 27 Reply 19, posted (4 years 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 3992 times:
Sounds like a great addition. The narrowbody fleet could all have XM satellite radio, and the widebody fleet could have PTVs. It would give UA the best IFE among the legacy US carriers.
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N1120A From United States, joined Dec 2003, 23588 posts, RR: 89 Reply 20, posted (4 years 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 3976 times:
As far as the Wifi thing goes, are they going to keep trying to make it prohibitively expensive or are they going to try and keep it competitive like LH's FlyNet/Connexion service is?
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UAalltheway From United States, joined Mar 2005, 1413 posts, RR: 15 Reply 22, posted (4 years 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 3930 times:
Quoting FA4UA (Thread starter): I wouldn't think it would work anywhere but over North America, but time will tell.
Since when does satellite only cover land?
Quoting N1120A (Reply 3): I really hope this doesn't mean the end of Channel 9
Absolutely not.. United has TONS of pride in being the only carrier in the world to offer the service of Channel 9- I can assure you they will not be getting rid of it anytime soon. They've used it in TONS of marketing ploys for years. It's not going anywhere.
Symphonik From United States, joined Sep 2005, 154 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (4 years 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 3922 times:
Hoo hoo... I invented radios on airplanes...hoo hoo ROB-IN
This would be a welcome addition to UA (still my American carrier of choice, even if it's just because I have the Mileage Plus miles). I listen to XM in the car, and adore it... having it on the plane would be fantastic. They just have to keep Channel 9.
26 Dw9115: I think it is great that United is going to start offering XM. I love the service when ever I fly AirTran but it will never beat channel 9.
27 Go3Team: It has been said by XM (From the Head of Programming - Eric Logan) that XM Canada uses the same satellites as the existing XM service in the US. XM w
28 Mir: As long as they keep Channel 9. They can move it to another channel, but just keep Channel 9. And another (me - though I'm not elite by a long shot).
29 Phollingsworth: That make sense, since Geostationary positions really effect only the longitude range over which the signal is available. If a signal is available at
30 MikeTheActuary: While that's correct in theory, most satellites have spot beams, focusing signal in certain areas. XM-1, XM-2, and XM-3 satellites have a CONUS+Canad
31 Srbmod: Equipment-wise, yes. Programming-wise, no. And I don't mean O&A v. Stern either. I am surprised that Sirius has yet to enter this niche of the market
32 RAMPRAT980: Why not Sirius instead of XM this way we can listen to Howard Stern
33 Go3Team: That pretty much comes down to which company would be the better investment. Both companies are losing money, but Sirius way much moreso than XM. No
34 Srbmod: Because Sirius hasn't made known when or whether they're going to enter this niche. XM really has a headstart, not only with FL and B6 putting them o
35 Hiflyer: I would suspect the 100 channel domestic and the 50 channel intl in the original post may be a clue...perhaps a different system other than domestic X
36 Gigneil: Because Sirius doesn't yet have the technology, nor have they officially attacked the space. XM is making the right moves with the right people to ge
37 TOLtommy: Its really too bad that Sirius hasn't jumped into the game. Their programming is much better. I have the portable MyFi XM in my car, wife has Sirius
38 Goaliemn: They're aimed at North America.. I can guarantee you any airline carying any satellite service will block the adult channels. I doubt Opie and Anthon
39 UAORD2000: XM radio is great but what UA really needs is an excellent AVOD system on international flights. UA lacks behind the competition on international flig
40 Gigneil: I have both XM and Sirius, and I used to agree with you. Now, I don't. Sirius has been cutting and rearranging a lot of the content I listen to, and
41 Deltadude: AirTran does....I tried listening to O&A on the way to/from TPA and had to use the myFi. Punching out.....
42 Thetuna: I'd switch to UA if they carried XM. Hoo hoo hoo, ROBIN. O&A party rock!
43 STT757: I have XM and love it, but Im also a Howard Stern listener for 16 years so Im probably going to get Sirius and also keep XM. I have the XM commander
44 Goaliemn: Have you listened to Opie and Anthony? I was a die hard Stern guy until I heard them on ch 202. It replays alot during the day. Live in the AM. Move
45 Gigneil: Unfortunately, I'm a bad source for antenna info... I live inside a major city and therefore I have terrestrial repeater signal 100% of my day. My mov
46 FA4UA: Just read an article on thestreet.com that says XM has slightly more than 5 milion subscribers, Sirius has a little more than 2 milliion... just food
47 Kurt: We have DirecTV and the music channels were switched to XM on Nov. 15, I believe. It was MusicDirect before. Most of the most popular XM channels are
48 STT757: I wish XM and Sirius would merge!.. My fiancee has a new Volvo S40 with a Shark Fin on the roof as her radio antenna, is there some way to utilize the
49 Gigneil: You can use the Myfi in your house... just get the appropriate kits for it. As for the shark fin, I don't know. I have a shark fin on my audi that rec
50 Cactus739: I think XM would be an awesome addition for United (or any other airline).... every time I'm on a plane and its audio equipped the music never seems a
51 UAalltheway: Anyone else see this article/blog post that's linking to A.net? http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/xm...ited-airlines-internationally.html
52 FA4UA: I noticed that XM is now sponsoring/creating some of our onboard content on our domestic Short Subject Video... makes a boy wonder about this new conn
53 Tu154: Does that mean those "junk-jets" will be around longer that we thought? I thought they were going to be retired.............damn! Anyway, if the 737
54 N1120A: Hmmm, I didn't realize that the best selling plane in history could be junk?
55 FA4UA: a friend of mine was telling me that we still have 20 planes still under negotiations. I thought they were all done with that, but apparently there's
56 Tu154: You have obviously not worked a UA 737..................old, dark, run down, no entertainment to really speak of........former shuttle a/c that are v
57 ATA753: that may explain why some of the Ted a/c has diffrent nose number. Recently i saw at ORD a new nose number for Ted a/c, which is 48xx. After taking to
58 Hiflyer: Couple mechs I know at UAL say that the 4800 series has had the IFE moved to the forward galley to free up overhead bin space. Also a bit on interior
59 Travelin man: XM on UA would be fantastic. I have XM in my car and through my DirecTV, and I find it very difficult to live without. XM is smart to market itself th
60 N1120A: Not all the 737s are ex-Shuttle They have full audio (including Channel 9) are not all that old, have the same interior as most other UA planes and a
61 Tu154: As posted earlier......this view is from the stand point of a UA flight attendant. Ask any one of us which plane in our fleet is disliked the most, a
63 ExFATboy: Cool, a cure for insomnia while flying. (Sorry, I just find Howard Stern about as interesting as watching dust bunnies form under the bed...) Any rum
64 BNE: If you had read the entire thread then you would have noticed this; Channel 9 is great. Would it be feasible for Ted to introduce XM satellite radio
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