Re: Piedmont/US Air, Request

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Actually, I believe US aquired Piedmont about the same time CO aquired
PeopleExpress.  I remember the change in scheme.  They also went from a white
fuselage to a silver one.  You can still see a few of these planes at PHL (At least
you could in 2001).  They did not repaint many DC-9s etc.
B6 is jetBlue, the hottest airline around.  Everyone seems to know QQ and WN,
so what is the big deal.  I don't feel like typing jetBlue all the time, JB
means something else and I don't know 3 letter codes

In a message dated 8/12/2003 10:19:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
kurtzke@xxxxxx writes:

<< 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.
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