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USAirALB From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 2681 posts, RR: 1
Posted (3 years 5 months 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 11256 times:

Quick, simple question...Why are there UA 777s in the desert?

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Unite...Airlines/Boeing-777-222/0594692/L/

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United1 From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 5337 posts, RR: 8
Reply 1, posted (3 years 5 months 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 11254 times:

Quoting USAirALB (Thread starter):
Quick, simple question...Why are there UA 777s in the desert?

Those are part of the 8 777s that UA lease rejected during BK, they have all moved onto other homes at this point.

Semper Fi

Cpd From Australia, joined Jun 2008, 4879 posts, RR: 44
Reply 2, posted (3 years 5 months 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 11237 times:

It isn't in the desert.

At May 2, I have it visiting Narita in Japan, flying for Air India.

My guess is that this is likely to have been a result of the post terrorism downturn in the industry.

Alphaomega From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 532 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (3 years 5 months 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 10819 times:

Interesting to see these in the desert and N777UA is still flying strong...

Brick From United States of America, joined Aug 1999, 1571 posts, RR: 8
Reply 4, posted (3 years 5 months 11 hours ago) and read 9479 times:

That photo is over 5 years old. You shouldn't have phrased your question in the present tense...

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Strandedinbgm From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 329 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (3 years 5 months 11 hours ago) and read 8981 times:

Quoting Brick (Reply 4):
That photo is over 5 years old. You shouldn't have phrased your question in the present tense...

Easy cowboy. Maybe he didn't catch the date on the photo or was unaware that they have been placed back in service.

Why is it so many people are so quick to jump on an oversight/mistake posted? I might suggest that type of behavior stops others from posting for fear of being chastised for a simple mistake or oversight.

It's 737s, 747s and 380s. Not 737's, 747's and 380's. Learn to use the apostrophe for crying out loud.

AlexInWa From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1107 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (3 years 5 months 11 hours ago) and read 8343 times:

Quoting Strandedinbgm (Reply 5):
Easy cowboy. Maybe he didn't catch the date on the photo or was unaware that they have been placed back in service.

Why is it so many people are so quick to jump on an oversight/mistake posted? I might suggest that type of behavior stops others from posting for fear of being chastised for a simple mistake or oversight.

Couldn't agree more. For a bunch of Airplane geeks (me too) ya'll get very snippy at times.

Type-Rated From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 4348 posts, RR: 20
Reply 7, posted (3 years 5 months 10 hours ago) and read 8167 times:

Quoting Strandedinbgm (Reply 5):
Why is it so many people are so quick to jump on an oversight/mistake posted?

Because this is A.net, the home of the armchair CEO's! Seriously, I think a lot of people take pride in their ability to find ones mistakes and really rub it in. Usually it's the younger members that do this.

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IAHFLYR From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 4719 posts, RR: 25
Reply 8, posted (3 years 5 months 9 hours ago) and read 6545 times:

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Quoting Type-Rated (Reply 7):
Because this is A.net, the home of the armchair CEO's!

CEO's, pilot's, controllers, mechanics, and more!! Smile

Quoting Brick (Reply 4):
That photo is over 5 years old

I liked seeing the photo which is all that is important to selfish me.

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Trystero From Portugal, joined Oct 2008, 243 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (3 years 5 months 8 hours ago) and read 5630 times:

One thing as always puzzled me about this UA livery:

How on earth could someone choose that color to an aircraft?

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Jayeshrulz From India, joined Apr 2007, 1000 posts, RR: 4
Reply 10, posted (3 years 5 months 8 hours ago) and read 5304 times:

Quoting United1 (Reply 1):
Those are part of the 8 777s that UA lease rejected during BK, they have all moved onto other homes at this point.

sorry what's BK?
I can only get BK as Beyonce knowles.....lol from the empire state.

Quoting Type-Rated (Reply 7):
Because this is A.net, the home of the armchair CEO's! Seriously, I think a lot of people take pride in their ability to find ones mistakes and really rub it in. Usually it's the younger members that do this.

So even if they are CEOs they should understand that this is A.net and everyone is free to voice their opinion!! Big grin

And additionally these aircrafts have been given to AI and will be soon phased out from the fleet and will be gone to the desert again.

Keep flying, because the sky is no limit!

Terryb99 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 291 posts, RR: 0
Reply 11, posted (3 years 5 months 7 hours ago) and read 4453 times:

Quoting Jayeshrulz (Reply 10):
sorry what's BK?
I can only get BK as Beyonce knowles.....lol from the empire state.

Bankruptcy

UAL could not renegotiate terms they liked with the lessors, so they gave them back.

United1 From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 5337 posts, RR: 8
Reply 12, posted (3 years 5 months 6 hours ago) and read 3825 times:

Quoting Terryb99 (Reply 11):
Quoting Jayeshrulz (Reply 10):
sorry what's BK?
I can only get BK as Beyonce knowles.....lol from the empire state.

Bankruptcy

UAL could not renegotiate terms they liked with the lessors, so they gave them back.

exactly...one of the things you can do during BK is rework all of your leases. If you cant come to a new agreement with the lessor you can ask the bankruptcy judge to void the lease and return the aircraft to the lessor.

Semper Fi

RB211TriStar From United States of America, joined May 2007, 185 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (3 years 5 months 5 hours ago) and read 3308 times:

Ok, now this armchair CEO is confused. Some posters were quick to jump all over the date of the photo, insinuating that these aircraft were removed from service and subsequently returned to the fleet. Then Its indicated that they were returned to the lessor.

Which one is it? Or both?

ReuschAir From United States of America, joined Oct 2007, 36 posts, RR: 0
Reply 14, posted (3 years 5 months 4 hours ago) and read 2740 times:

Quoting Strandedinbgm (Reply 5):

I agree 100%. Too few on here are too quick to jump down the throats of too many. More than a few times I've censored myself from posting this past, first year on A.NET because of the negativity that prevails sometimes. It wasn't this way four years ago when I was a lurker and became drawn to the site in the first place.

Reusch

Strandedinbgm From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 329 posts, RR: 0
Reply 15, posted (3 years 5 months 4 hours ago) and read 2614 times:

Quoting Jayeshrulz (Reply 10):
And additionally these aircrafts have been given to AI and will be soon phased out from the fleet and will be gone to the desert again.

Here's a perfect example and please take no offense to it. It's AIRCRAFT. Not aircrafts and I am sure that they were not "given" to AI. While I do not know the exact details, they were more likely purchased or leased.

Quoting IAHFLYR (Reply 8):
I liked seeing the photo which is all that is important to selfish me.

EXACTLY!

Anyway, as far as parking planes in the desert, I would certainly like to visit one of the desert storage facilities one day to get a full grasp of the scale. The photos do no justice.

It's 737s, 747s and 380s. Not 737's, 747's and 380's. Learn to use the apostrophe for crying out loud.

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