US Airways Callsign Question

[Scope out RJ's]

I remember well pilots willing to fly the mighty 747 for commuter wages and no pension and work rules at America West. AWA Pilots led the way in undercutting all the airlines by lowering the bar. It was a trade mark of AWA pilots back then. Just like sc..bbing downunder and all the Wien Air pilots that crossed.

I would not be proud of being a lifer at AWA. Its pretty sad Fred. Its like someone saying I have been employed at Mesa since 1997.


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Or in your case Gulfstream international!
But then again ****************************** bag, US Air east lead the way into pension termination and paycuts. So at least you got that going for them!

 

[eaglesview]

Or in your case Gulfstream international!
But then again ****************************** bag, US Air east lead the way into pension termination and paycuts. So at least you got that going for them!

Hey wait a minute here!!! I thought we at United led the way on paycuts and pension dumping. We never get any credit.

 

[Cobraair75drvr]

Ladies,

I think one thing everyone can agree on is both airlines were crappy midsized airlines. Combined they are a crappy big airline. Be realistic, neither airline was ever considered to be one of the places to be. AA, Ual, Dal in the last 20-25 years were the logical choices. Large domestic, with a growing intl. the best pay, retirement and workrules. Us, Aw, Tw, Sw, Cal, etc. while considered good jobs, they were not considered by most the best. Better than a commuter but not the brass ring. I ended up at NW, a hybrid of the above. Not considered the brass ring, but better than the next tier. At NWA, the company and our union had us convinced we were not equals with the AAs, Dals, Uals but slightly better than the lower tiers and as a result our pay, workrules etc. reflected this. Funny though, when Ual got hammered in ch11 all of a sudden they were our closest peers.