David A dumb question where did B6 come from? AFAIK only 3 letter contractions assigned. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: <damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 6:59 PM Subject: Re: Piedmont/US Air, Request > A good way to do it is to name the airline in full the first time then give the > code and use the code after that. Example: JetBlue (B6) blah blah blah > also blah blah blah also blah blah blah and B6 blah blah blah > blah blah blah > > Just a suggestion > David > > > 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. > > >> >