The Airline That Refused To Die

[700UW]

The Airline That Refused to Die
By MICHELINE MAYNARD
Published: February 5, 2005

US Airways has defied its critics and rivals by refusing to die.

"Frankly, we know that we've disappointed a lot of our competitors, and that's just fine with us," Christopher L. Chiames, a senior vice president, said in an interview this week.

Six weeks ago, such confidence was unimaginable. US Airways was paralyzed by a Christmas debacle that bungled its baggage operations, causing thousands of passengers to go without luggage as late as the new year and igniting predictions that the airline would not last the winter.


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The biggest impact has been on its employees, who have given three sets of concessions in the last three years. As a result, some are earning less than cashiers at Wal-Mart. Job eliminations have left the airline short of workers, a situation it is trying to fix with a mix of new hires and overtime. In some areas, like Philadelphia, the airline has found it difficult to hire enough workers at $7 an hour, so it bumped the pay up to $9 an hour, even though its contracts allow it to offer less.

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[Doc]

Gotta love this line.......




But as Dr. Bronner considers his options, he might consider an airline industry adage, which asks, "What's the best way to become a millionaire?" The answer: "Start as a billionaire and invest in an airline."

 

[Doc]

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Some airline workers have given up so much that they are now making less than a cashier at Wal-Mart.

 

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it is nice to see Jetblue's Dave Neeleman cheering us on at the same time that other airlines are now having to play catch up.

 

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Bumped the pay to $9 in PHL, huh. I guess when they get enough people, Bruce will just drop the pay to $7 saying, "Sorry, that's contract pay, take it or leave it." I can't imagine what kind of morons you get for $9 in a city with a cost of living like PHL. I wonder if they speak english, or can even read and write.

 

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it is nice to see Jetblue's Dave Neeleman cheering us on at the same time that other airlines are now having to play catch up.

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Neeleman's desire for US to survive is legit... If US folds, WN will continue their drastic growth into areas that JetBlue has their sights set on.

 

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You posted the SAME EXACT LINK all ready posted. WHY?

 

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The Airline That Refused to Die
"Frankly, we know that we've disappointed a lot of our competitors, and that's just fine with us," Christopher L. Chiames, a senior vice president, said in an interview this week.

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Frankly, we know that we've disappointed a lot of our employees, we took their money because they let us and that's just fine with us,

 

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Neeleman is on record as saying that JetBlue is not ready for US Airways to die. He wants it to last another 1-2 years, then JetBlue will be ready.

it is nice to see Jetblue's Dave Neeleman cheering us on at the same time that other airlines are now having to play catch up.

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