Hello Newman
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I still say had Colodny stuck around
u would've been much better off.
u would've been much better off.
What Airline
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Hello Newman
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How was Gordon forced out?
I'd love to see the return of the original National Airlines with the Brilliant Sunburst on the tails of the 727's, DC-8's, DC-10's, and the two Classic 747's. The Fly Me add campaign was great with the girls names on the planes and all those
great commercials with so many beautiful flight attendents. The employees
of National were awesome. What a great way to fly.
great commercials with so many beautiful flight attendents. The employees
of National were awesome. What a great way to fly.
Hello Newman
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No I think Gordon left on his own.
gearsnapper
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Okay lets take a second and have a little history lesson here.
Early to mid 80s West Coast market structure, where PSA basically owned the West from Mexico to Seattle to some points east. Let's also remember that it was Southwest who paid PSA to teach them how to run a lean and mean machine.
Piedmont, on the other coast, was run leanly as well.
USAir, however, was lazily feeding off the fat of the land- and owned the market share of the highest yield in our nations route structure, and had the costs to prove it had little competition.
Fast forward to the buyout. Take an already fat airline, and buy two skinny airlines. What was the end result? An amazing route structure that with good management would have made USAir the premier US carrier. However, an arrogant management killed the airline to save their jobs and decimated what used to be a great carrier. How? By keeping too many middle managers than was necessary. And replacing larger airplanes on highly profitable transcon routes to put them on smaller segments with a lower yield. Poor decisions like this began USAir's demise and it began with Colodny. Undoubtedly, Mr. Colodny was an excellent executive - but in a GOOD economy. The lagging economy of the early 90s in combination with poorly thoughtout mergers started the ball rolling downhill. And when PSA was bought, and the paint changed, the smiles were wiped off more than just the airplanes.
Early to mid 80s West Coast market structure, where PSA basically owned the West from Mexico to Seattle to some points east. Let's also remember that it was Southwest who paid PSA to teach them how to run a lean and mean machine.
Piedmont, on the other coast, was run leanly as well.
USAir, however, was lazily feeding off the fat of the land- and owned the market share of the highest yield in our nations route structure, and had the costs to prove it had little competition.
Fast forward to the buyout. Take an already fat airline, and buy two skinny airlines. What was the end result? An amazing route structure that with good management would have made USAir the premier US carrier. However, an arrogant management killed the airline to save their jobs and decimated what used to be a great carrier. How? By keeping too many middle managers than was necessary. And replacing larger airplanes on highly profitable transcon routes to put them on smaller segments with a lower yield. Poor decisions like this began USAir's demise and it began with Colodny. Undoubtedly, Mr. Colodny was an excellent executive - but in a GOOD economy. The lagging economy of the early 90s in combination with poorly thoughtout mergers started the ball rolling downhill. And when PSA was bought, and the paint changed, the smiles were wiped off more than just the airplanes.
D3o2r8kdrvr
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Peoples Express, because it challenged the American Corporate Democracy, it was radical. It was a head of its time.
Columbia blue
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Braniff....and TWA
Seatacus
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On 2/19/2003 10:36:38 PM gearsnapper wrote:
And when PSA was bought, and the paint changed, the smiles were wiped off more than just the airplanes.
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good post gearsnapperOn 2/19/2003 10:36:38 PM gearsnapper wrote:
And when PSA was bought, and the paint changed, the smiles were wiped off more than just the airplanes.
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I started with Poor Sailors Airlines long ago and since have heard many a person recall the good times on that airline.
aircraft_artificer
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As an Ex-Blue Baller I have to say that the one I miss the most would be Pan Am. My mother in law that did not even speak english knew who Pam Am was. They opened up the world for many to see with their adventurous attitude in making air travel a world wide experience.
TheWatcher
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I vote for Transtar. Anyone remember them?
