US Airways CEO hints more airline consolidation may be ahead

[Travelpro72]

Oh yeah, I can see it now....the Boeing 777 from SFO to NRT with only 6 f/c seats and hardly ANY ameneties. LOL.... Maybe bring the seat pitch to 29 inches while were at it. Hmmm can we get the airbus 320 fleet to be 7 seats across? LOL.... Honestly Tempe is more together than the last group but they dont know the difference between cost effective and functional.

 

[luvthe9]

Oh yeah, I can see it now....the Boeing 777 from SFO to NRT with only 6 f/c seats and hardly ANY ameneties. LOL.... Maybe bring the seat pitch to 29 inches while were at it. Hmmm can we get the airbus 320 fleet to be 7 seats across? LOL.... Honestly Tempe is more together than the last group but they dont know the difference between cost effective and functional.

That's not saying to much!!!!

 

[USCREW]

Ya'll need to stop passing that pipe around!

Playing "fantasy airline" only feeds the :wacko:!!

Well then quit hogging the bottle

 

[longing4piedmont]

I'm sure Piedmont would have done better right y'all?

You catch on quick.......

 

[US1YFARE]

another thing those UA FA's said was that are getting a lot of memos on the importance of business customers. they really work the fc cabin. meal orders are taken by status and drinks are constantly refilled. real blankets.

 

[hp_fa]

another thing those UA FA's said was that are getting a lot of memos on the importance of business customers. they really work the fc cabin. meal orders are taken by status and drinks are constantly refilled. real blankets.

So is the last person in FC supposed to feel good about this?

 

[PITbull]

Yeah right. He is doing such a great job with the first one........ :down:

I have to just shake my head with the folks who are posting on this thread. Since when is it considered "ok" to go into Bankruptcy for any reason other than a restructuring to curb debt.

A merger???? SOMEONE IN CONGRESS NEEDS TO write A NEW BILL TO CHANGE THE BK LAWS.

This is ridiculous.

 

[USCREW]

You catch on quick.......

Not shabby for a damn yankee pitbull.

another thing those UA FA's said was that are getting a lot of memos on the importance of business customers. they really work the fc cabin. meal orders are taken by status and drinks are constantly refilled. real blankets.

Well that will go junior....

 

[USCREW]

I have to just shake my head with the folks who are posting on this thread. Since when is it considered "ok" to go into Bankruptcy for any reason other than a restructuring to curb debt.

A merger???? SOMEONE IN CONGRESS NEEDS TO RIGHT A NEW BILL TO CHANGE THE BK LAWS.

This is ridiculous.

Chill. We're joking.

 

[US1YFARE]

So is the last person in FC supposed to feel good about this?

Well, let's see, if you have a US1 sitting in 6F because he/she bought his ticket at the last minute and that was the only seat available on a 321, and you have a US5 in 1A, I think giving the meal choice to the US1 is the better business decision. That US1 gives a heck of a lot more revenue to the airline than the US5. UA gets that. US and you apparently don't.

What you say doesn't make sense because when I am in 6F on US and don't get my meal choice, I don't feel good about that, but I guess you don't care.

Another thing UA is doing which is great, if the FC pax doesn't like the meal choices in FC, they can have the BOB for FREE in the back. This is the way it should be.

 

[hp_fa]

Bob, I need to remind you that not everyone in FC wants their name used. I have unintenionally "outted" someone in FC and they were miserable the rest of the trip with people trying to converse with this person. Sir or Maam work just fine.

 

[PHX-F/A]

Bob, I need to remind you that not everyone in FC wants their name used. I have unintenionally "outted" someone in FC and they were miserable the rest of the trip with people trying to converse with this person. Sir or Maam work just fine.

I wish PHX inflight administration/mgmt felt the same way.

 

[US1YFARE]

They are doing whatever they can to attract biz customers. If UA fails, they can't say they didn't try hard to make it succeed. Those FA's, whether or not assigned to the FC cabin, would ask any of the FC customers who had an empty glass if they needed anything. It was nonstop attention. Four out of the 8 people in FC purchased a F ticket. The rest were status upgrades.

The food on US is ok--when the flight is catered properly and they actually serve food. Just had a flight last week that was not catered properly and the food was lousy. The FA felt horrible.

But the food on UA is much better--for breakfast you had a choice of cereal/fruit plate (pineapple, strawberries, kiwi and grapes...much more than US gives you) and mushroom frittata that was plated with spinach, roasted potatoes and sweet potatoes and sausage links. They also brought around a bread tray that had bagels, cheese danish, and croissants. Then, they passed around a snack packet with pretzels and nut mix. And then warm chocolate chip cookies...this was a morning flight. THe afternoon/evening flights have even more service and ice cream. But, even without the food, they make the FC experience feel like a FC experience.

 

[Singleflyer]

Bob has it right. However I do not like the first name either. Mr./Mrs//Miss ... would be fine.

There are many good FAs who do this on their own, and it should be the norm.

When my company pays mor than $1,000.00 PBI-DCA-MHT for a one way ticket. I expect a little service. Not a FA sitting in the outboard seet reading USA Today. That still steams me, and an apology from HQ dosen't mean much. It is poor management that allows the poor service on board. Other airline do get it, and had a great FA on NW tonight. And they are having big problems now as you well know.

 

[US1YFARE]

When you do things on the cheap, you attract cheap people.

You got that right. Last week I witnessed HP customers first hand. one word--YIKES! It is WN. Everything makes complete sense. Maybe they should get on some East flights and they will see that the pax are a little different. I am not saying that the East doesn't have its share of Greyhound bus folks, but theplane on HP on these short hauls is filled to the brim with those people. I've flown TED short haul out west and it is a different crowd--maybe I've been lucky and just got unlucky on my flights last week, but it was scary.

I even found the FC cabin to be scary. And I was the only US1 in any of the FC cabins--so, how loyal are the West customers.

And you would think Vodka is Gold out West because you have to just about break their arm to give you a drink...and then you won't get the whole mini it...

Oh, and for anyone complaining about no glassware in the East, HP doesn't give glassware on short haul flights...they save that for "dinner" flights apparently! Big ole plastic cups.