FlyingHippie
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Anybody have any idea about the fate of PIT? Nobody seems to be bringing that up.
The Fate Of Pit
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If you want to know what is going to happen to PIT just look a little to the southwest (no pun intended) and see what DAL does at CVG. PIT will become U's Cincy. It's already in progress.
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I wonder where this misconception comes from. I know USA320Pilot rants about it but PIT is a shadow of CVG. PIT 4 years ago mirrored CVG. I hope PIT becomes CVG. DELTA has over 500 departure whith over 200 mainlien and 6 daily Transatlantic flights. PIT currently has 385 departures, 100 and change mainline and 2 daily transatlantic flights one which is seasonal. I would love to see PIT become a CVG.mwereplanes said:
The pit airport would have been the ideal replica of CVG, its truly a great facility. Unfortunately things do not look like they are headed in that direction.
If you have been on concourse A recently you can see that you could literally roll a bowling ball down the concourse and be lucky if it came close to any passengers on that concourse. This place use to be booming and now it is ghost town USA.
Hopefully Mid Atlantic will get things going there but from what I am hearing they are going to put that on the "B" concourse with mainline. Does anyone have any further information where Mid Atlantic will operate out of???
Anyway what a huge waste of a great airport.
If you have been on concourse A recently you can see that you could literally roll a bowling ball down the concourse and be lucky if it came close to any passengers on that concourse. This place use to be booming and now it is ghost town USA.
Hopefully Mid Atlantic will get things going there but from what I am hearing they are going to put that on the "B" concourse with mainline. Does anyone have any further information where Mid Atlantic will operate out of???
Anyway what a huge waste of a great airport.
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US Airways' survival strategy keeps PIT in plans
Friday, February 13, 2004
By Dan Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
More details emerged yesterday about US Airways' new business plan, a strategy designed to simplify the company's fares, increase productivity and, in a move that could bode well for Pittsburgh, build a franchise that can grow westward.
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Friday, February 13, 2004
By Dan Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
More details emerged yesterday about US Airways' new business plan, a strategy designed to simplify the company's fares, increase productivity and, in a move that could bode well for Pittsburgh, build a franchise that can grow westward.
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US Airways signed a 10-year lease on 10 mainline and 10 Express gates, which is a sizeable operation. It's possible with the right deal that US Airways could commit to more gates and make the airport like Cincinnati, but the off airport facilities, maintenance hanger, and on-site airport facilities could be easily consolidated in North Carolina to lower the company's unit costs.
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Seems that PIT has a lot to offer somebody.
Airport soars to the top
Friday, February 13, 2004
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh International Airport may be having its troubles with US Airways, but it has won the hearts of passengers worldwide in one customer satisfaction survey.
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Airport soars to the top
Friday, February 13, 2004
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh International Airport may be having its troubles with US Airways, but it has won the hearts of passengers worldwide in one customer satisfaction survey.
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nice article i'm not sure its a plan though (the highlights from article)
...Leverage existing strengths in large Northeast cities.
...Increase productivity to low-cost carrier standards.
...Provide consumers amenities they are willing to pay for
...Use simple restriction-free pricing
...Market directly to consumers and intermediate services
...Reverse East Coast market share losses
...Build a franchise that can grow westward
now as an investor, thats sounds great its what i would expect to hear would you mind describing HOW you (mgmt) are going to do this BEFORE i invest?
and mind telling me WHY this hasn't been in progress for the past oh say year or so?
on first glance nice business buzz words (remember RIGHTSIZING?) was all the rage. listen to Conference calls listen to UAIR, WN, JBLU. see if you can tell a difference. You dont have to "tip your hand" stategically speaking but you can answer the questions more directly.
Isnt it like being an investor; when the employees are asked to invest (give up) their wages, benefits (which all boil down to a dollar figure) into a company shouldnt prudence dictate that you investigate before investing? you dont buy a car because they have cool commercials right? you do some checking before your hard earned money is spent. why then not the same thing here? just one or two ways in which you (mgmt) might want to accomplish these goals.?
lets just look at the above general statements.
Provide consumers amenities they are willing to pay for..................
sounds great like emails, food, tv, movies and what phone calls? on the surface i applaud an idea designed to finally increase revenue (as opposed to simply cutting costs) now as an investor why would i pay for say TV that i could get free on a competitor? or Music or whatever? tell me why that product will allow you to charge more for it will your fares be rock bottom? ok that would work or you could include that in the price of the tickets..... how much will it cost to retrofit all the planes with individual screens? you dont expect to charge more tv and then not let me make the choice right? if you have to retrofit wont that increase the cost of the capital asset your doing business with? thus haper your ability to reduce the 10+ cents csm?
point out what i am missing so i can invest in this plan. thats what mgmt job is develop this plan, "sell" the plan to employees and investors alike, then execute the plan then come back with periodic updates on the plans success or failure....
another idea...Use simple restriction-free pricing...
i LIKE it great idea doesnt reguire employee input at all, just do it then tell the world about it.... trouble is BE FIRST that way it looks like YOUR idea not Alaska's
LEAD follow or get out of the way.
all the tools for success (a profitable company) are in place already.
that is rather plain to see, also the execution of any plan ANY plan is also plain to see as well.
...Leverage existing strengths in large Northeast cities.
...Increase productivity to low-cost carrier standards.
...Provide consumers amenities they are willing to pay for
...Use simple restriction-free pricing
...Market directly to consumers and intermediate services
...Reverse East Coast market share losses
...Build a franchise that can grow westward
now as an investor, thats sounds great its what i would expect to hear would you mind describing HOW you (mgmt) are going to do this BEFORE i invest?
and mind telling me WHY this hasn't been in progress for the past oh say year or so?
on first glance nice business buzz words (remember RIGHTSIZING?) was all the rage. listen to Conference calls listen to UAIR, WN, JBLU. see if you can tell a difference. You dont have to "tip your hand" stategically speaking but you can answer the questions more directly.
Isnt it like being an investor; when the employees are asked to invest (give up) their wages, benefits (which all boil down to a dollar figure) into a company shouldnt prudence dictate that you investigate before investing? you dont buy a car because they have cool commercials right? you do some checking before your hard earned money is spent. why then not the same thing here? just one or two ways in which you (mgmt) might want to accomplish these goals.?
lets just look at the above general statements.
Provide consumers amenities they are willing to pay for..................
sounds great like emails, food, tv, movies and what phone calls? on the surface i applaud an idea designed to finally increase revenue (as opposed to simply cutting costs) now as an investor why would i pay for say TV that i could get free on a competitor? or Music or whatever? tell me why that product will allow you to charge more for it will your fares be rock bottom? ok that would work or you could include that in the price of the tickets..... how much will it cost to retrofit all the planes with individual screens? you dont expect to charge more tv and then not let me make the choice right? if you have to retrofit wont that increase the cost of the capital asset your doing business with? thus haper your ability to reduce the 10+ cents csm?
point out what i am missing so i can invest in this plan. thats what mgmt job is develop this plan, "sell" the plan to employees and investors alike, then execute the plan then come back with periodic updates on the plans success or failure....
another idea...Use simple restriction-free pricing...
i LIKE it great idea doesnt reguire employee input at all, just do it then tell the world about it.... trouble is BE FIRST that way it looks like YOUR idea not Alaska's
LEAD follow or get out of the way.
all the tools for success (a profitable company) are in place already.
that is rather plain to see, also the execution of any plan ANY plan is also plain to see as well.
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Right now most MidAtlantic departures are tentatively scheduled out of B, with a couple in A (which will probably change?).shaka said:
