http://www1.faa.gov/ATPubs/CNT/3-3.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Kurtzke" <kurtzke@xxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 1:20 PM Subject: Piedmont/US Air, Request > Allegheny (a.k.a. Agony) become U.S. Air before it "acquired" Piedmont. > (Interesting tidbit: the other competitor for Piedmont was CSX, formerly > known as the Chessie System for you RR buffs). The reason for the name > change was the subject of much caustic and snide comments -- shortly after > the change, on a flight where everything was going wrong, an F/A said in > frustration, "it's still Allegheny." > > When U.S. Air took over Piedmont, it changed its red U.S. Air logo to a > logo where "U.S." was blue and "Air" still red (or maybe it was the > other way around). That was part of their way of "integrating" Piedmont. > It did look nicer. > > Request: When naming airlines, please give the name, especially when the > two letter code does not suggest the name. Most folks know AA is American > -- but not everyone -- but I certainly don't know what B6 is. > > john > > -- > John F. Kurtzke, C.S.C. > Department of Mathematics > 278 Buckley Center > University of Portland > Portland, OR 97203 > 503-943-7377 > kurtzke@xxxxxx >