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And the last Boeing will leave the fleet in ???

Check this out http://worteldrie.com/flash/emergency.swf No insult intended to retired pilots!!

I haven't flown into PHL in a couple of years. Has there been a noticeable improvement in the departure area? Is the baggage system better? Are there more (and more operating) tugs and loaders? Are the break rooms refurbished?

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Doug had the options in January, 2005. If you look at the what they were worth then the value was pretty close to zero. He was granted the options by the America West Board of Directors as an incentive to get the stock price up. Guess what? He did exactly what the shareholders wanted and has...

Sadly it looks like management & union won't compromise. Delta can't survive as it is and the threat of a strike is causing the downward financial spiral to accelerate as travelers book away from Delta. The sins of the past such as ineffective management and pilots that chopped off the head of...

:( I don't fly to MSP or DTW as my final destination. The only reason I flew NW this year was to build up miles and because I could get preferred seating or at least check my seats on-line to make sure I got at least an aisle seat. My company will not pay the $15. It looks like NW has seen...

WN's labor cost per ASM is still almost the lowest in the industry. Contributing factors are: one fleet type - no crew ladder induced training events (how many training events are caused by the retirement of one A330 captain)- a pilot in training to transition to another equipment type is not...

For additional information about the terms of the Airbus A350 order and rescheduling of other deliveries check out the bankruptcy filings at http://www.donlinrecano.net/ After you accept the disclaimer go to the court docket for the lead case and look at filing 3052, the Airbus term sheet...

The plan of reorganization says the combined airline will have 361 mainline jets. That fleet will be 10% smaller than the fleet US Airways had in August 2001. In service fleet August 2001 Aircraft Type-------Variant-----In Service Fokker 100--------------------------40 Airbus...

According to the Airbus web site the following are the range cpabilities of generic airplanes with aux fuel tanks and full passenger payloads. A319 3,700 nmi A320 3,050 nmi A321 3,000 nmi

One of the things happening at US AIrways is de-peaking of hubs. You lose a few connects but airplanes, flying crews, and ground personnel spend more time doing their job rather than waiting. (suprise - you need fewer people, gates, & planes. Look at Southwest's gate utilization and compare...

One thing you all miss about Siegle & Lakefield is that Siegle missed the boat in Chapter 11 #1. US Airways had 3 strikes against it from the cost side - short haul network; multiple hubs; running traditional connect banks with lots of ground time. Siegle hammered labor, vendors, debt holders...