Frontier piles on US Airways at PHL

[vc10]

It must suck to be a pilot for US Airways. 16+ years of seniority, taking pay cuts and you're still facing the same ugly choice:

1) give up even more concessions
2) lose your job and take another job almost certainly paying even less than in (1)

(1) has to be the leading scenario. It's worth it to take pay cuts all the way down to the point where what US Airways is paying you isn't any better than what you could get elsewhere. And what is a 16+ seniority pilot going to get elsewhere?

It has to suck. These guys are screwed.

Oh, and don't tell them to let the airline fail instead "for the good of the profession". All that would do is release a lot of high quality aircraft and facilities for JetRed, JetMauve, JetChartreuse to use to fly against the rest of the airlines---with _even lower_ pay.

From Dow Jones:

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Frontier Airlines confirmed it will announce on Thursday new service to
Philadelphia. The Denver airline invited the media to a a press conference at 11
a.m. EST in Philadelphia "for some great cheesesteaks and details about the new
destination including schedules and introductory fares."

Mike Boyd, an airline consultant in Colorado, said adding Philadelphia is
probably a good move for the 10-year-old airline.

"It probably is. It's a strong east/west market," he said.

He pointed out that Frontier will compete with US Airways on routes from
Philadelphia to the West, but won't likely compete on routes with Southwest
Airlines.

Southwest will begin service to Philadelphia in May.

 

[sailorman]

I had the misfortune of flying frontier den iad. minature seats.
could not stow my 22" carry on because the fa's had no control over the cabin. usair may have problems, but frontier is not a threat in any manner. 1 trip on frontier, can cure you of flying .

 

[holdon]

Funny, I traveled on Frontier from Den to IND and found them to be awesome! As a matter of Fact, Cheap Fare, New A/C with nice seats, plenty of leg room (or at least I forgot about it due to the show I was watching on TV.) and pleasant Cabin Crew. then again, I am a "glass is half full" kind of guy

 

[HooverPig]

Frontier.

Flown them 10 times.

To and from cities like DEN, IAD, LGA, MCO, DFW.

I have the largest Purdy Neat Thing flt bag. Packed for 5-7 days. FULL.

ALWAYS fit into the overhead. Sometimes strategic boarding (on early) played a key role in space availability since the flts were usually full.

Flt attendants were on par with SW and JetBlue. Friendly, helpful.

Airboy 2

 

[Heavy Set]

Never had a problem with Frontier - very comfortable seats and overhead. Add many more ergonomic Airbuses and you'll have a winner.

 

[Avee8tr]

IAD

Funny how 2 posts out of four said they flew to IAD and F9 doesnt even fly there....maybe thats why you had a bad experience.....it wasnt Frontier.

 

[T-Bags]

"Funny how 2 posts out of four said they flew to IAD and F9 doesnt even fly there....maybe thats why you had a bad experience.....it wasnt Frontier."

sure they do!!! every time they mess ujp the DCA arrival procedure...."now where did I put that dang 10-7 page...."

 

[crashpad]

I have been jumpseating on airplanes for over a decade, and while the number is something over fifty on Frontier, I must say it was always the best experience; from agents to aircraft to flightcrews. Thanks F9!