You are correct Bryant. Interestingly enough the UA timetable shows the SFO and ORD flights as 767s, but I am sure UA sent 777s to pick up extra pax. Happy new year.. BAHA -----Original Message----- From: Bryant Petitt [mailto:skyshirts@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 7:14 PM To: The Airline List; Bahadir Acuner Subject: Re: United 744s (was RE: 6.5 Earthquake - California) ....As a related question, at CDG on New Years Day on our long wait in Snow for departure on AF, we sat at Terminal 1 where I noted 3 777's at the gate (one had pushed back actually), were these bound for ORD, IAD and ?SFO! Bryant Petitt Cumming, GA --- Bahadir Acuner <bahadiracuner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > UA has domestic 744 routes. The ones I know, seen > and been on are : > > ORD-IAD and IAD-ORD > The actual routing is ORD-IAD-LHR and LHR-IAD-ORD > > DEN-ORD > DEN-SFO > SFO-DEN > ORD-DEN > > > UA has extensive use of their widebody aircraft > in domestic system, most of them being 777s between > hubs and 767s during some peak travel periods. > > For instance, during summer time there is one 763 > on SEA-DEN-SEA route. An additionale 763 on > ORD-SEA-ORD > routing. > > They have a 777 that does > ORD-SEA-NRT-NRT-SEA-DEN-ORD > all the time. > > BAHA > Fan of United widebodies > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List > [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > Mark Greenwood > Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 11:49 PM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: 6.5 Earthquake - California > > > UA is flying a 744 from SFO to DEN? > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List > [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Michael C. Berch > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 11:53 PM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: 6.5 Earthquake - California > > > Well, at the time of the quake I was sitting in seat > 36C of a 747-400 > (N178UA), UA1130, waiting to push back from Gate 86 > at SFO. We were > already about 15 minutes late for departure, and I > had the headphones = > on, > Channel 9. When the plane started shaking -- I > initially thought "about = > damn > time", assuming it was the tractor connecting for > push-back. But we didn't go anywhere, and suddenly > Ch. 9 (tuned to > ground control) was all chatter... > > Ground: Whoo-- that was a big one! Wow! > Aircraft: What the heck was that? > Another aircraft: Did you guys feel that earthquake? > Ground: We're still shaking up here! > Ground: Uh, United xxx hold short of taxiway India. > Continental yyy > hold short of taxiway Alpha. Just hold up here > while we see if there's = > a > problem. > > There were a bunch more call-ins, ground control > basically told everyone = > to > stop, they said there would be a short ground stop > while they sent out a > mobile crew to inspect the runways and taxiways for > damage, and = > meanwhile > NORCAL (Bay Approach) put some arrivals in a holding > pattern. There = > were no > landings for a while so I assume anyone on final was > told to go around. > > The ground stop was only about 10 minutes and > everything returned to = > normal, > so far as I could tell, with departures on 1L/R and > landings on > 28L/R. We taxied to 1R, and unfortunately held > short on a taxiway > for a further 15 minutes while we waited for "some > final numbers on > weight and load" (???). The flight then proceeded > normally, except > that we were almost an hour late, causing me to have > to run through DEN > for my SkyWest connection to Lincoln. (Which I > made, and > miraculously, my luggage made it too). > > -- > Michael C. Berch > mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > On Monday, December 22, 2003, at 11:55 AM, Blaine > Thompson wrote: > > > Don't know yet if this will affect air travel in > and out of=20 > > SFO/LAX/SJC/OAK/BUR/etc. > > > > MSNBC: 6.5 earthquake rocks wide area of Southern > California - Temblor = > > > off coast felt across broad swath of state. An > earthquake rocked the > > central > > coast Monday and sent tremors across a wide swath > of Southern > > California. > > > > CNN: A magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit the central > California coast about = > > > 11:15 a.m. (2:15 p.m. ET), the U.S. Geological > Survey said. The=20 > > epicenter was > > located about 7 miles from San Simeon, 240 miles > north of Los Angeles, > > the > > USGS reported. 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