In a message dated 8/10/2003 10:29:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: << 1. "Legacy" is a stupid word to use with airlines. Call them the major 6, the big boys, anything but legacy. But, the article is from the SF Kronicle so what do you expect? Again, I think WN qualifies as a "Big boy" 2. US Airways is one of the oldest airlines in the United States. No merger formed it. It started out as All American Aviation (or Airways) as a mail carrier. It changed it's name to Allegheny Airways. Then, the name was changed to USAir and finally US Airways. It did have some mergers along the way (Lake Central, Piedmont, PSA) but at no time was the name changed because of a merger. >> Wasn't it Allegheney and Republic?