Why dont they just have the EMBs and CRJs in the red livery like Metro had. Red is the short haul division and navy is the long haul divison. The blue is our long haul, dual class product, the red our enhanced single class product for short haul. Both would just wear US Airways titles. I think that would be pretty simple, differentiates it slightly while retaining the marketing power of the US Airways name alone.
With the way things are going, it'd make more sense to call the Express US Airways and paint US Airways Special Big Plane on the dwindling mainline fleet. Some of our customers in certain markets could easily fly to a different city each week untilizing a different hub and still never set foot on an actual US Airways aircraft. If I'm correct there are much more Express aircraft and flights than there are mainline ones.
I was on an Express flight in PIT where a customer asked the FA how many airlines made up US Airways- they were under the impression that it was like Star Alliance, just a collection of regionals operating under a single brand (it kind of is these days, especially the PIT hub). They had obviously come in on one Express and connected onto the other. The flight attendant didnt explain it to him very well and I think he was left with the impression that there is not an actual airline called US Airways (this was on one of our lovely contract carriers that arent known for thier sharp flight attendants or for bothering to wear a uniform).