There are no 737 pilot bases at LGA or BOS, only A320's >From: Tyler Munoz <tmunoz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: The Airline List <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tyler >Munoz <tmunoz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: NYTimes.com Article: US Airways Presses Its Plea for Pay Cuts >Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 14:56:04 -0500 > >Understood, however, why only swap the DCA flights and not the LGA >flights? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael T. Davis [mailto:Michael_T._Davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 2:53 PM >To: The Airline List; Tyler Munoz >Subject: Re: NYTimes.com Article: US Airways Presses Its Plea for Pay >Cuts > > > >Airbus A320's are much more useful on Caribbean and Transcon. Also, >competition >(Delta) has switched from 73 NG's to classics. > >Michael > > > > > > >Tyler Munoz <tmunoz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> on 03/25/2004 12:21:03 PM > >Please respond to The Airline List <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Please >respond > to Tyler Munoz <tmunoz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >cc: (bcc: Michael T. Davis/ALS/USAIR) >Subject: Re: NYTimes.com Article: US Airways Presses Its Plea for Pay >Cuts > > > >Speaking of US, I found out Tuesday that all of the BOS-DCA-BOS shuttle >flights are now operated by a B733. The LGA flights will remain an A319. >Does anyone know why the switch happened? 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The flight >attendants' union, which opposes further concessions, >declined to comment. > >The airline held the unusual broadcast, accessible online, >in an effort to convince employees of its dire situation >and the need to fix it. "I don't want to start burning the >furniture, but we may have to burn the furniture to keep >warm," Mr. Siegel said. "We don't have a lot of time and we >don't have a lot of choices." > >Mr. Siegel, dressed in a dark suit and yellow tie, stood >alone before an audience of 75 airline employees, many in >their uniforms, while graphics and talking points flashed >on flat-screen monitors behind him. > >A federal loan board agreed this month to revise conditions >of $900 million in guaranteed loans, which the airline >obtained when it emerged from bankruptcy protection a year >ago. Without the revisions, the airline would have been in >default. > >Mr. Siegel said the move gave the airline a reprieve but >stressed US Airways still had to address its costs. Mr. >Siegel reiterated the company's goal, made in recent >presentations to union leaders, to cut its overall costs to >6 cents a seat mile, the average for the industry's >low-fare carriers including Southwest and JetBlue Airways, >from a little over 10 cents. > >He did not offer specifics on how the company planned to >achieve that, but reiterated that half the savings, or 2 >cents a seat mile, needed to come from labor unions. Mr. >Siegel said he was willing to give up some of his own >compensation, and he appealed directly to employees to >consider the airline's future, regardless of union >officials' resistance to contract cuts. > >"I don't think they should make that decision for us," Mr. >Siegel said. He said he respected union officials' views, >but added, "Our individual employees need to decide whether >or not to participate." > >Even as he stressed the need to cut costs, Mr. Siegel >depicted Southwest as US Airways' biggest menace. > >On May 9, Southwest, the biggest low-fare carrier, plans to >begin flights to six cities from Philadelphia, where US >Airways is the dominant airline, with 68 percent of daily >flights. Southwest is offering fares as low as $29 each >way, with none higher than $299 each way. > >By contrast, US Airways in the past has charged last-minute >fares of $1,000 or more to cities where it offers the only >direct flights. It plans to match Southwest's fares to >cities where the two directly compete and has added more >flights on the routes that Southwest will fly. > >The two airlines have faced off twice before, in California >and at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, where >Southwest has displaced US Airways as the lead carrier in >the last decade. Mr. Siegel warned of dire consequences if >that happens in Philadelphia. > >"They beat us on the West Coast, they beat us in Baltimore, >and if they beat us in Philadelphia, they're going to kill >us," he said. "It's going to be a battle for our lives." > >Stressing his point, a screen showed Southwest Airlines' >founder, Herbert D. Kelleher Jr., dressed as Uncle Sam, >pointing his finger, next to the words, "I want your job!" > >"Let's not let Southwest take away our customers," Mr. >Siegel said, as he ended the broadcast. "Let's not let >Southwest take away our jobs. Let's not let Southwest take >away our future. Let's not let Southwest take away our >airline. Think about that." > >A Southwest spokesman, Ed Stewart, said he was surprised to >hear Mr. Siegel dwell on Southwest. "To be sure, it's a >very competitive industry, but we're just coming there to >do what we do in all the cities where we fly, which is to >bring fares down." > >He noted that AirTran, another low-fare airline already >serves Philadelphia, and Frontier Airlines will begin >service this spring. > >http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/25/business/25air.html?ex=3D1081234464&ei >=3D= >1 >&en=3D2ba26866c7334e67 > > >--------------------------------- > >Get Home Delivery of The New York Times Newspaper. Imagine >reading The New York Times any time & anywhere you like! >Leisurely catch up on events & expand your horizons. Enjoy >now for 50% off Home Delivery! 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