We started to hear the news from our travel websites earlier today and now it's hit the news. United has grounded every Boeing 757 in its fleet at least until tomorrow.
UA apparently learned it hadn't complied with all of the steps required by the FAA to check the modifications it had made to on-board computers.
We flew DEN-SEA on a 757 yesterday and feel sorry for all of the passengers whose flights will be delayed and disrupted. There are quite a few 757s in the UA fleet, and they carry more passengers (172) than the Airbus 319s and 320s, so there will be a squeeze for seats until each plane has undergone the 50-70 minute check.
Wednesday update: Flight schedules are returning to normal now that the mandatory checks have been completed on the 96 757s in UA's fleet.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
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