Are these guys drunk? What are they thinking?

[General Lee]

Press ReleaseSource: US Airways

US Airways Announces Intention to Apply for China Service
Friday February 9, 3:32 pm ET Airline Urges DOT to Conduct Full Route Authority Case
TEMPE, Ariz., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Airways (NYSE: LCC - News) today notified the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that the airline will file an application to fly nonstop service from the United States to China, and urged the DOT to conduct a full competitive proceeding for a route that will become available in 2008.
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US Airways had been considering applying for China authority for some time, and today responded to a Delta Air Lines application for Atlanta-Shanghai authority. US Airways asked the DOT to defer consideration of Delta's application until a full proceeding can commence.
"US Airways urges DOT to defer consideration of Delta's application until there is the opportunity for full consideration of such other applications as may be submitted. Specifically, US Airways intends to apply for the designation and frequencies at issue, and it is presently coordinating its proposal with affected parties, including the U.S. gateways and communities it will serve," US Airways said in its DOT filing today. US Airways noted that DOT has conducted virtually every allocation of China frequencies by means of a comparative selection route proceeding. "There is no reason to deviate from that longstanding practice now, more than a year before the frequencies at issue even become available," US Airways said in its filing.




They don't have a plane yet that could do this nonstop from the US, and they haven't even picked a city to start the China service from in the States. These guys must be drunk. But, they are determined to get Delta.....


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[McNugget]

Boooooo! Let DAL go to China!

 

[ableone]

Let it go man.

 

[mosyslack]

Makes perfect sense...serve the US east coast, and ...China

 

[General Lee]

Makes perfect sense...serve the US east coast, and ...China

Well, United is starting IAD to PEK, CAL goes from EWR to PEK, and China Eastern flies from JFK to PVG (Shanghai). Maybe USAir can start service from PHL to China (90 miles south of NYC is PHL), or even better start PIT to China service. They have plenty of Be-1900 feed at PIT....... Try again.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[PHXFLYR]

Anyone ever tell you your a first class loser, General? If not,let me be the first.

PHXFLYR

 

[AKAAB]

Well, apparently they are drunk!

Let's all practice our ABC's backwards from Z to A.

ZYXWV....dang officer, I can't do that even when I'm sober!

 

[General Lee]

Anyone ever tell you your a first class loser, General? If not,let me be the first.

PHXFLYR

Huh? We won. Thank gawd too. And, you are the first.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Doug Parker]

Huh? We won. Thank gawd too. And, you are the first.

Bye Bye--General Lee

Yo Gen Lee,

I think that we all won with the AAA/DAL not going thru.........

Drunk, f 'n a, bubba !!

See stats to the left.



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[General Lee]

Yo Gen Lee,

I think that we all won with the AAA/DAL not going thru.........

Drunk, f 'n a, bubba !!

See stats to the left.



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I like it. And, you are right, we all won. But, PHXFLYR needs to drink some beers himself and calm down. Maybe you Doug could be the designated driver? (or your lawyer?)

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Doug Parker]

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Yeah, I'll drive him around................as long as we get someone to blow in the built in breathalyzer the court is going to mandate so the car will start!



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[Flys4Fun]

General...I know your arguement and it can be summed up very easily:


Oberstar will shoot the request down.


There, I f*#*#**$ing said it.

 

[TWA Dude]

The Gen and Oberstar have a personal rapore. Anybody spot him wearing his "Keep Delta My Delta" button?

Fact: USAirways has not applied yet.

Logical speculation: When it does it will reveal the proposed city pairings and equipment.

Fact: the DOT tends to favor new entrants into international markets.

Logical speculation: if the DOT believes USAirways' proposal it has a fighting chance.

 

[atlcrashpad]

Man dat wuz funny as He77 bouyyyyyyyyyyy..... Drunk. Don Parker musta bean drunk when he dun come up wif Chiner routes.......... Ole bouy musta bean sippin' on Gin & Juice.....