Callsign change date near

[LD3]

I have never heard ATC say "USAir's" over the radio! Where did that come from? I'm a F/A but have been in the flightdeck hundreds of times over the past 19 years and I can honestly say I've never heard it said that way! I do think the "cactus" call sign is fitting for this mess of an Airline....it's very appropriate because it shows NO professionalism like the rest of the Airline! And it should be quite funny to hear that call sign over ATC in Europe!

There is a controller in CLT that always uses the "s" on all the airlines...I am sure some of the pilots know who it is, it is the controller that sounds like he is running an auction. Usairs' 235 have a gooood day.

 

[Callsign_Cactus]

I don't know where you come up with this stuff. As bad as things are, I'll take Dougie any day over all existing CEOs, and any past US CEOs. Schofield was popular I understand ( or was it Colodny?), but I don't think he was prepared to handle the lost cost carrier invasion.

You guys act like US Airways was some big international carrier, when if fact you were always a small NE regional carrier. Compared with the big boys, you were guppies among fish. Now, the east will slowly become mostly a commuter operation using E190s.

Look how West is running this Circus, why not do it Easts' way. DoUgIe would screw up a one car funeral. International to him is a flight not on a RJ!

 

[N924PS]

I don't know where you come up with this stuff. As bad as things are, I'll take Dougie any day over all existing CEOs, and any past US CEOs. Schofield was popular I understand ( or was it Colodny?), but I don't think he was prepared to handle the lost cost carrier invasion.

You guys act like US Airways was some big international carrier, when if fact you were always a small NE regional carrier. Compared with the big boys, you were guppies among fish. Now, the east will slowly become mostly a commuter operation using E190s.

Don't be too surprised if you see some of your West B737's morph into lower paying E190's as well.

It takes a guppie to know a guppie.

 

[N965VJ]

<SNIP> As bad as things are, I'll take Dougie any day over all existing CEOs, and any past US CEOs.

Just curious, but who were "your" past airline CEOs?

 

[Callsign_Cactus]

They are not planning for that today, thankfully, but things can change overnight around here.

Don't be too surprised if you see some of your West B737's morph into lower paying E190's as well.

It takes a guppie to know a guppie.

 

[Callsign_Cactus]

AWA was founded (started service in 1983) by Ed Beauvais and was the first CEO. After BK in 1991, the board removed Ed and made Mike Conway CEO. After Mike I think there was another CEO with a brief tenure before the dark years of Bill Franke. Doug became CEO after Bill was forced out due to incompetence at running an airline operation. Boy did Doug inherit a mess Franke made, but we cleaned our act up with some new management talent that Doug brought in.

Just curious, but who were "your" past airline CEOs?

 

[N965VJ]

Thanks for the concise reply.

East has had its share of clowns, but I really find it interesting how the front line folks wish for the days of “No Plan Bâ€￾ Gangwal/Wolfe.

Talk about a circus…

 

[Be Careful What You Wish For.]

Don't be too surprised if you see some of your West B737's morph into lower paying E190's as well.

Is this not what is happening back east?

 

[EMBFA]

Are these posters really pilots that I may have to fly with? I hope they are just 13 year old aviation geeks fooling around... although I've never met an aviation geek that is into America West. Concerning.

 

[Be Careful What You Wish For.]

Concerning.

????

 

[HPearlyretiree]

Richard Goodmanson and Maury Meyers were the guys between Conway and Franke's reigns.

Goodmanson was pretty much a ghost, no one ever saw him.

Meyers was a nice guy, but in the wrong industry, he left and went to Yellow trucks, then on to Waste Management.

But Franke...oy vey, pure freaking evil. Heart of stone and dead spiders.

 

[EMBFA]

I find the maturity level concerning.

 

[Prince of PAWOBs]

catpiss

Yeah. That or CRAPTUS.

This is how DoUgIe improves the airline. Wow! Good going with your big, important decision. It really improves so much stuff.

 

[YVINTERN]

Are these posters really pilots that I may have to fly with? I hope they are just 13 year old aviation geeks fooling around... although I've never met an aviation geek that is into America West. Concerning.

well...there is this kid in chicago who was a fanatic about HP...now US...does this ring a bell EMB? or have you been hearing too many Ding Dongs in that crammed clusterf*ck of an EMB 😉

 

[EMBFA]

well...there is this kid in chicago who was a fanatic about HP...now US...does this ring a bell EMB? or have you been hearing too many Ding Dongs in that crammed clusterf*ck of an EMB 😉

Aww, Mesa. I don't even have to comment for all of us to laugh at you.