200 more furloughs at USairways

[abefly]

when the list was handed out by the senile old man in 2005 all recalls had a chance at coming back, they all had jobs in May of 2005. The furloughees replaced east positions due to the retirement age, which somehow the westies feel entitled to. The only reason East was hiring and recalling was due to East retirements. Those jobs belong east.

M

Ok...So now those retirements are gone, the only was the airline can shrink is on the East via 190's. Still 15 more to go. they already closed 1 East domicile (pit) now 2 more to go. The East will get smaller and smaller once again. When are you going to accept the fact that the NIC is here to stay and move on? When you lose the appel then what? Wake up MCDU. Nic is here to stay and we need to move on! O

 

[mamba20]

What hire date does this go back to? Good luck guys and gals.

 

[MCDU]

Somewhere in 1999.

M

 

[Turtle21]

Somewhere in 1999.

M

On the East maybe.. but what about on the West? All the way back to 2007?

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Good luck to everyone involved.....They say it so nonchalant as if nobody's lives will change signifigantly even if they aren't furloughed.

 

[flybywire]

What hire date does this go back to? Good luck guys and gals.

Looks like 165 brings it to the first class in August 1999.

 

[MCDU]

The big question, 165 from the bottom, which includes leaves such as many military or 165 active line pilots?
3408-165=3243

If its 165 active line positions the cuts wll go lower. Maybe sen. # around 3200.

M

 

[becket]

on the east maybe.. But what about on the west? All the way back to 2007?

2004.

 

[Cowboy75]

I wonder how many furloughs are scheduled for management?

 

[AutoBus]

with nic in place not one original AWA pilot would be furloughed. all Soon to be almost 500 furloughees would be east pilots. there is a reason awa wants the list implemented.

M

yep, on the street when awa bailed them out, back on the street now.

 

[OurMoney1]

What a mess. And Parker is calling for a focus on core business, sounds like Siegel, or Wolf, or Gangbanger Rakemyfish. Reminds me of when Lorenzo took over Eastern. Believe it or not; He was welcomed as a saviour because he called for a return to roots/back to the East Coast to save the airline. Of course we all know he turned out to be the biggest scum bag in aviation.

My thoughts are with the families tonight that will be affected by todays announcements.

 

[ultrarunner]

Looks like 165 brings it to the first class in August 1999.

Wow, that's the month I interviewed!

 

[Cobraair75drvr]

I don't think you can compare Pan Am and Usair. Pan Am was a world class, world wide respected airline. Usair is Usair. A hodgepodge of regional airlines, somewhat like republic is becoming. They tried to do the widebody intl. thing and failed.

Yeah, tore down a la Pan Am.

When an airline starts looking like an aircraft and gate broker instead of flying passengers to make money something has to change.

Good luck to all involved.

 

[satpak77]

as an outsider, why did America West even aquire US Air? Cactus had a good identity on its own I thought. Was it not obvious to all the MBA's that US Airways (the company, nothing against the Pilots, but...) was like signing up to get infected with a new flu bug? "This will make us stronger" etc

WTF

 

[S40Sailor]

as an outsider, why did America West even aquire US Air? Cactus had a good identity on its own I thought. Was it not obvious to all the MBA's that US Airways (the company, nothing against the Pilots, but...) was like signing up to get infected with a new flu bug? "This will make us stronger" etc

WTF

Parker ego...