Do You Remember

[flyJOE]

I worked mostly in PHL (cust. svc), as well as BOS, RIC, and DEN in the '90s.

PHL:
-McCloskey's breakfast 'diner' in the ABR room on under B5
-the old employee lot in Cargo City
-the never ending construction wall partitions in B & C
-the employee cafe down by D
-the cash deal
-3 on, 4 off swap deals & those that would fly in half way through their shift
-the dingy domestic ticket counter in B
-Willows and the Gaslight
-going up to U Penn after the 10am bank left and playing ice hockey. Then back to work for the 1230p arrivals.
-mainline employees working Express, the B-13 pit operation, and oh yes, the trailers at the commuter pad.
-two TA departures to CDG & FRA at the end of C-Con. BA was doing our London flights at the time.

BOS:
-we were the only station that had to use a timeclock & had to swipe our ID badges in before/after shift. We all worked to the end of our shift time, EVERY night. I was due to some Mass. overtime law.

DEN:
-having 3 agents & a PSS working every flight, all 737s at the time. This after coming from PHL where we were fortunate to have two of us working the trans-Atlantic flights.
-telling the stories of what happened in PHL and constantly hearing, "that happened?" or "they did what".

 

[PHX PHLyer]

I know this has been geared as a USAir/US Airways/Piedmont/PSA/Trump Shuttle thread....but I thought I would throw in old school America West

-Free cocktails in all cabins
-Free newspapers in all cabins (NYT, WSJ, etc.)
-Employee cross-utilization
-On-board ticketing
-24-hour childcare service for all employees (including in-home care service)
-Fast Check
-T-4 valet parking

 

[LGA / 037]

What about Charter Connie .. What ever happened to her . 😀 😀 😀

"UNOFFICIAL Spokeswoman " of the NHL!

 

[EMBFA]

SkyMix

 

[spanglish]

Aircraft:
Smoking in the cockpit, aft galley or last row of PAX seats
Unsecured galley items including;
* The aft center garbage can on the 737 sliding up to the exit windows upon landing



this still happens! haha.

 

[orioleman]

how bout this. As an employee you had the option of purchasing stock thru payroll deduct at a discounted rate.


100.00 cash bonus for christmas not because of hat tricks or any other gimmick.. but maybe just maybe

just because the company you worked for appreciated your dedicated service and wanted to show there appreciation


long live the speed bird

 

[Us/boston]

Thank you to everyone that added a little to this thread. I am leaving the company in march and it was a nice walk down memory lane. I was hired in 1988 and remember almost everything that was mentioned. Some of it made me LOL and some of it made me sad. I wish you all nothing but the best. If there is one thing about U that you can count on is You never know whats going to happen so hang in there. I would have liked to stay but I just could not wait any longer and decided to try something new. So far I like my new career but will always think fondly on my 23 years at Usairways.

 

[SegmentKing]

I remember back when they ordered a shitload of these and had them done up in the most comfortable configuration for a commuter airliner.

Now, its been sardine canned and sold to the highest bidder.... 🙁

 

[SS255]

Metallic-colored livery
767's out of LAX
LAX-SFO shuttle flights
LAX-SAN barbie jets
Free domestic round-trip ticket with accompanying hotel and rental car certs
The PIT hub
Allegheny
PSA
Piedmont
Mainline out of AVP

 

[Travelpro72]

Usairways....The official airline of Alabama. AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! ! ! !

 

[hp-csr-phx]

LAS overnights at the Boardwalk
The Elvis impersonator on the round bar.
The showers that did not drain.
A dump hotel, but lots of HP crews.

 

[Travelpro72]

Remember when you told someone where you worked and they would say something like, "Wow that must be awesome". HA. Now it's, "Ohhhh you poor and I do mean POOR thing". 😉

 

[700UW]

PI's LGW flight with Prime Rib or Beef Wellington.

A true First Class and Envoy.

On-time Arrivals.

PI Airline of the year.

Winning the Quality Award for best Airline.

Piedmont Punch

Chipwhichs on the Trans-Cons

Smoked Almonds or Cashews.

A winning Race Car Team with Terry Labonte winning the Winston Cup while driving the Piedmont Car.

Non-Revs standing in the cockpit on oversold flights.

Pride in the Airline.

 

[LD3]

Chicken wings being brought to the gate in BUF from the Airways hotel.

 

[soc-hpjester]

Remember when we were running the Suns charters with a 737-100, a/c 708, that was the best.