Did United Airlines Prematurely Retire Its Legacy Boeing 757-200s?

United Airlines has long been an operator of the popular Boeing 757, a medium-capacity model which has long been known as the Swiss army knife of any US carrier’s fleet. Matching the long-range capabilities of some smaller widebody jets with a lower number of seats that carriers can almost always fill, the Boeing 757 has long been an ideal aircraft for United Airlines and its complex global network.