The Best Manager To Your Opinion
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USAirways has never had a good CEO, That is why we are where we are today.
Piedmonts Tom Davis was the most decent man I ever met. He made the people whom built Piedmont into a great airline that it was, by how he treated them, and the communities it served. We would have done anything for that man.
Now look at our leadership... We are truely Doomed.
Piedmonts Tom Davis was the most decent man I ever met. He made the people whom built Piedmont into a great airline that it was, by how he treated them, and the communities it served. We would have done anything for that man.
Now look at our leadership... We are truely Doomed.
Harry Callahan
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Although I never meet Tom Davis, I will sure second everything else you said.CS AGENT said:
OldGuyinPA
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Kenny Freidkin...
PSA...the airline that SWA copied...
PSA...the airline that SWA copied...
PITbull
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Statement of question: Who is the best CEO U ever had?
IMHO, Colodney. However, that was in different times and a different environment.
I don't know what he would do confronted with the environment the industry finds itself in today.
It use to be that CEOs didn't expect to become millionaires as CEO in just a few short years of service. Their wealth was incentivized by company performance.
Today's CEOs who graduate from the IVY league schools expect to be millionaires in a very short tenure. They want the good life NOW, and don't care how it happens or how they get there.
PARACHUTE CITY!
As far as Executive of the decade....Crew Sched Senior Director of mainline (RF).
IMHO, Colodney. However, that was in different times and a different environment.
I don't know what he would do confronted with the environment the industry finds itself in today.
It use to be that CEOs didn't expect to become millionaires as CEO in just a few short years of service. Their wealth was incentivized by company performance.
Today's CEOs who graduate from the IVY league schools expect to be millionaires in a very short tenure. They want the good life NOW, and don't care how it happens or how they get there.
PARACHUTE CITY!
As far as Executive of the decade....Crew Sched Senior Director of mainline (RF).
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Former SR VP of Maintenance Bruce Aubin.
Actually grew the maintenance department, wanted to bring in the CFM56 engine work inhouse and actually started bring in third party work.
A man of his word and someone you could deal with.
Bruce Aubin, is a recently retired senior air transport industry executive. Previously he was Senior Vice President of Technical Operations at Air Canada and Executive Advisor to the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, before becoming the Senior Vice President, Maintenance and Operations, of U.S. Airways. There he was responsible for a workforce of 10,000 mechanics and well as airworthiness, reliability and maintenance of its 440 aircraft fleet. In 1998, he was elected Chairman of Aerospace North America, the premier aerospace Congress and Exhibition for North America.
Bruce Aubin Receives 2003 SAE/AIAA William Littlewood Memorial Lecture
Warrendale, PA (July 28, 2003) - Mr. Bruce Aubin, Senior Vice President of Maintenance Operations (retired) at US Airways, has been selected to receive the 2003 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)/ American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) William Littlewood Memorial Lecture. He will be presented the award on Wednesday, September 10 during the 2003 SAE Aerospace Congress and Exhibition (ACE) at the Palais des Congrýs in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
This award, established in 1971, recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of air transport engineering. The award perpetuates the memory of William Littlewood, the only person ever to serve as president of both SAE (1954) and the AIAA. He was renowned for his contributions to the design of, and operational requirements for, civil transport aircraft.
Aubin has dedicated over 50 years of service to the advancement of aerospace engineering. After serving as the 1993 SAE President, Aubin still remains extremely active in the society by holding leadership positions as Chair of the SAE Aerospace Program Office and Vice Chair of the SAE Foundation Canada Board of Directors. He is also a Fellow of SAE, Royal Aeronautical Society, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, and an Associate Fellow of the AIAA. He is listed in Who's Who in Engineering and has been honored with several awards including the SAE Franklin W. Kolk Air Transportation Progress Award, SAE Marvin Whitlock Award, SAE Forest R. McFarland Award, ATA "Nuts and Bolts" Award, and the Landry Award.
Aubin holds a bachelor's in aeronautical engineering from St. Louis University and a master's in business administration from McGill University in Montreal.
He currently resides in St. Catherine, Ontario with his wife Nancy.
Actually grew the maintenance department, wanted to bring in the CFM56 engine work inhouse and actually started bring in third party work.
A man of his word and someone you could deal with.
Bruce Aubin, is a recently retired senior air transport industry executive. Previously he was Senior Vice President of Technical Operations at Air Canada and Executive Advisor to the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, before becoming the Senior Vice President, Maintenance and Operations, of U.S. Airways. There he was responsible for a workforce of 10,000 mechanics and well as airworthiness, reliability and maintenance of its 440 aircraft fleet. In 1998, he was elected Chairman of Aerospace North America, the premier aerospace Congress and Exhibition for North America.
Bruce Aubin Receives 2003 SAE/AIAA William Littlewood Memorial Lecture
Warrendale, PA (July 28, 2003) - Mr. Bruce Aubin, Senior Vice President of Maintenance Operations (retired) at US Airways, has been selected to receive the 2003 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)/ American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) William Littlewood Memorial Lecture. He will be presented the award on Wednesday, September 10 during the 2003 SAE Aerospace Congress and Exhibition (ACE) at the Palais des Congrýs in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
This award, established in 1971, recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of air transport engineering. The award perpetuates the memory of William Littlewood, the only person ever to serve as president of both SAE (1954) and the AIAA. He was renowned for his contributions to the design of, and operational requirements for, civil transport aircraft.
Aubin has dedicated over 50 years of service to the advancement of aerospace engineering. After serving as the 1993 SAE President, Aubin still remains extremely active in the society by holding leadership positions as Chair of the SAE Aerospace Program Office and Vice Chair of the SAE Foundation Canada Board of Directors. He is also a Fellow of SAE, Royal Aeronautical Society, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, and an Associate Fellow of the AIAA. He is listed in Who's Who in Engineering and has been honored with several awards including the SAE Franklin W. Kolk Air Transportation Progress Award, SAE Marvin Whitlock Award, SAE Forest R. McFarland Award, ATA "Nuts and Bolts" Award, and the Landry Award.
Aubin holds a bachelor's in aeronautical engineering from St. Louis University and a master's in business administration from McGill University in Montreal.
He currently resides in St. Catherine, Ontario with his wife Nancy.
wings396
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I still say, that Uncle Ed started the ball rolling in the wrong direction. He was good, but he bailed out too soon after the PSA & PI Mergers. We all know that the company has been in a tailspin since then. We have never had any CEO that had a vision for the future direction of the company. Marketing was and still is not up to par. Fleet standardization SHOULD have been in the works soon after the mergers.
The botch job on the west coast with the PSA system, and the loss of marketshare on the East Coast, was the beginning of the end. US Air, and now US Airways NEVER did know how to handle competition. I can say that PSA and PI did, and some of their management and marketing should have been kept on board.
The botch job on the west coast with the PSA system, and the loss of marketshare on the East Coast, was the beginning of the end. US Air, and now US Airways NEVER did know how to handle competition. I can say that PSA and PI did, and some of their management and marketing should have been kept on board.
Of course, one had to be extraordinarily incompetent to be unable to profitably handle monopoly markets, pre-deregulation. So about half of the fifty years aren't particularly telling.
I believe Colodny made the right choice in his acquisitions. At the same time, I believe he made the wrong choice in believing that the only things those airlines brought to the table were airplanes and markets. Had he looked deeper, US might well have become an unstoppable powerhouse.
Nonetheless, by not looking deeper, he set the wheels in motion for the airline's ultimate demise.
I believe Colodny made the right choice in his acquisitions. At the same time, I believe he made the wrong choice in believing that the only things those airlines brought to the table were airplanes and markets. Had he looked deeper, US might well have become an unstoppable powerhouse.
Nonetheless, by not looking deeper, he set the wheels in motion for the airline's ultimate demise.
Prince of PAWOBs
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William Weddle, PSA Airlines, PIT station. 'Nuff said.
wings396
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PITbull, I agree that in his time Ed did a decent job. A lot of his and US Air's success took place prior to deregulation. As the OA's and LCC's started creeping into our backyards, things started going downhill. Much of this took effect several years after deregulation as the other guys started showing up in many N.E. cities that had been ruled by US in the past. This company and it's Management never could grasp how to beat the competition, and run them out of town. Instead it was US that was doing the running away. PI dealt with the threat of PE in EWR at the same time they were starting up the CLT Hub in EA's backyard. AA was trying to put a hurt on the CLT Hub with theirs in RDU, but it was a failed attempt. These are the things that I believe hurt US during the later Uncle Ed years. He was a financial man, but not much of a competitor. Leaving the store to Seth during the transition time, was a HUGE blunder on Ed's part.
