Flight number "427" no longer retired.

[BuffaloJoe]

Goes to the fact that Tempe wants us ALL to know just who is in charge.

Just like the Guy in D.C.

 

[ONT_CP]

Well just looked this saturday it is US/HP493 3:44PM - 6:23 PM and weekdays it is US/HP500 3:44PM-6:23 PM (RENO-PHX)

Looks like someone did an OHH CR** moment and fixed it.

 

[NCFL]

I worked family support for 427, 1016, 405, 1492, 5050 and (forgive me, I can't recall the number, the Air Midwest CLT accident). NONE of those numbers should ever be used. For East folks, they represent very dark days. Not to mention, more importantly, the families who lost loved ones. How insensitive to have a US427 out there.

There is a tail number in the fleet N427US (B737-400) that I won't fly on....Ironically, it's on an EAS poster.

The emotional aftermath of 427 was gut wrenching.

 

[US1YFARE]

I'm sorry, but other than the year columbus discovered america, what is the significance of 1492?

 

[flynomore]

I'm sorry, but other than the year columbus discovered america, what is the significance of 1492?

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It was 1493 CMH to LAX. I lost a good friend on that one, too.

 

[SegmentKing]

Its sad when a small Part 135 Airlines knows better. They had the code "PA" and had flight #s PA101, 102, 104, 105, etc.

Notice something missing?

So yet, a small airline ran by 3 people can honor the memory, but an airline with 45,000 employees can't seem to get it right?!

 

[robbedagain]

I'm sorry, but other than the year columbus discovered america, what is the significance of 1492?

1493 was the 737-300 that landed on top of a commuter plane at LAX and crashed due to air traffic control tower error i think 12 on the commuter and may be like 14 or so on the jet i cant remember.

 

[singh4us]

I worked family support for 427, 1016, 405, 1492, 5050 and (forgive me, I can't recall the number, the Air Midwest CLT accident). NONE of those numbers should ever be used. For East folks, they represent very dark days. Not to mention, more importantly, the families who lost loved ones. How insensitive to have a US427 out there.

There is a tail number in the fleet N427US (B737-400) that I won't fly on....Ironically, it's on an EAS poster.

The emotional aftermath of 427 was gut wrenching.

It was Air Midwest Flight 5481, a Beech 1900. Air Midwest is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, is a regional carrier operating as US Airways Express.

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

Technically the flight is still an "America West Airlines" flight number and that is probably where the oversight lies. Over the years our mainline flights in the Phoenix-El Paso market have always been operated as flights 421, 423, 425, 427, etc. America West Airlines, thank God, has never had to permanently retire a flight number in their history as a result of a tragedy. However as we begin merging operations, I do believe that these factors do need to be recognized and respected.

........... With this merger we have taken on the history of US Airways...both good and bad...and should be sensitive to this history.

Thanks for the background info. Better a historical flight number that wasn't changed when the US designator was added (true, it should have been )than it being a new flight number.

 

[hula-flyguy]

Well just looked this saturday it is US/HP493 3:44PM - 6:23 PM and weekdays it is US/HP500 3:44PM-6:23 PM (RENO-PHX)

Looks like someone did an OHH CR** moment and fixed it.

427 still operates, SAT only, SFO=PHX and PHX ELP

 

[JS]

I worked family support for 427, 1016, 405, 1492, 5050 and (forgive me, I can't recall the number, the Air Midwest CLT accident). NONE of those numbers should ever be used. For East folks, they represent very dark days. Not to mention, more importantly, the families who lost loved ones. How insensitive to have a US427 out there.

There is a tail number in the fleet N427US (B737-400) that I won't fly on....Ironically, it's on an EAS poster.

The emotional aftermath of 427 was gut wrenching.

It's one thing to not use a flight number any more. I personally think it's silly but I respect other's opinions on the subject, which apparently outnumber mine by a large margin.

But when you avoiding flying a plane with a tail number of 427, which has zero to do with a flight number 427, you're being ridiculous. Maybe you should seek counseling. An irrational fear of "427" is not something to be overlooked when the safety of flight is in your hands.

And why is that ironic that it's on an EAS poster?

 

[local 12 proud]

The flight number that disturbs me to this day is 191, God Bless them all. I was on my way to A&P school at love field the day Delta 191 went down at DFW, it was raining so hard you could barely see.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_191

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines_Flight_191

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comair_Flight_5191

 

[Harry Callahan]

The flight number that disturbs me to this day is 191, God Bless them all. I was on my way to A&P school at love field the day Delta 191 went down at DFW, it was raining so hard you could barely see.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_191

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines_Flight_191

Wow, I see what you mean here. I was working for Dl when that one went down......

 

[drifterreno]

Okay so fill me in so I don't have to read all 5 pages. I checked last night and no 427 flying out of Reno. Is it now to ELP??

 

[BuffaloJoe]

Okay so fill me in so I don't have to read all 5 pages. I checked last night and no 427 flying out of Reno. Is it now to ELP??

I just checked the schedule on USAIRWAYS.COM and it has 427 listed PHX-ELP on the 17MAR07. Lv 6:15p Ar 8:29p