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b737gearboy · 03-10-2002, 10:13 AM

Hey Chicken,
It's my understanding that O and D traffic is the bread and butter of an operation as you might well imagine. If you are flying from BOS to CLT it definitely saves the airline big bucks to fly you nonstop rather than connecting you through PHL. That's been the problem with PIT and CLT, the local traffic base just isn't there. CLT is a growing city and the numbers are getting better as the city expands. Things look good for CLT as it may become the next ATL. PIT on the other hand is a problem, declining population and industry base to draw from. PHL as I understand it has been a gold mine (if there is such a thing for U) for the airline because of the many corporations and population base. U's hubs require a tremendous amount of feed to be profitable, just like CVG and CLE. Thus this underscores how important rj's are for US Airways. By the way as you might have read U's specialty is said to be to fly one from nowhere to nowhere. It's kind of funny to me that Wolf and Gangwal are supposed to be great minds in the airline business yet Gangwal when asked by the employee groups about the need for additional rj's back in 1997 he stated they are a "fad". He could be right to some extent but lets save this for another discussion. As for other factors hurting U, geography. The hubs are pretty close together with nothing in the midwest or west coast.
As for rj's being flown on mainline it was proposed by Gangwals plan B from outerspace (the title of an actual article you might have read) that some 70 seat rj's would have been flown on mainline. Thats the funny thing about it, if mgmt wants unlimited rj's on mainline they can have them tomorrow and there is even a payscale in our contract. But as we all know they would rather pay peanut wages and benefits to the commuters. As for an about face, some might think it is beneath them to fly a small regional jet. However with so many jobs going to the commuters some have finally had a paradigm shift. For me I don't care what I fly I just want the most pay with the most days off. Sounds kind of selfish but my ego and self happiness has never been determined by what I fly. Hope answered some of your questions, fire away with more if you want.

03-10-2002, 10:13 AM	#19
b737gearboy Senior Collector Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: KMHT Age: 40 Posts: 248	Hey Chicken, It's my understanding that O and D traffic is the bread and butter of an operation as you might well imagine. If you are flying from BOS to CLT it definitely saves the airline big bucks to fly you nonstop rather than connecting you through PHL. That's been the problem with PIT and CLT, the local traffic base just isn't there. CLT is a growing city and the numbers are getting better as the city expands. Things look good for CLT as it may become the next ATL. PIT on the other hand is a problem, declining population and industry base to draw from. PHL as I understand it has been a gold mine (if there is such a thing for U) for the airline because of the many corporations and population base. U's hubs require a tremendous amount of feed to be profitable, just like CVG and CLE. Thus this underscores how important rj's are for US Airways. By the way as you might have read U's specialty is said to be to fly one from nowhere to nowhere. It's kind of funny to me that Wolf and Gangwal are supposed to be great minds in the airline business yet Gangwal when asked by the employee groups about the need for additional rj's back in 1997 he stated they are a "fad". He could be right to some extent but lets save this for another discussion. As for other factors hurting U, geography. The hubs are pretty close together with nothing in the midwest or west coast. As for rj's being flown on mainline it was proposed by Gangwals plan B from outerspace (the title of an actual article you might have read) that some 70 seat rj's would have been flown on mainline. Thats the funny thing about it, if mgmt wants unlimited rj's on mainline they can have them tomorrow and there is even a payscale in our contract. But as we all know they would rather pay peanut wages and benefits to the commuters. As for an about face, some might think it is beneath them to fly a small regional jet. However with so many jobs going to the commuters some have finally had a paradigm shift. For me I don't care what I fly I just want the most pay with the most days off. Sounds kind of selfish but my ego and self happiness has never been determined by what I fly. Hope answered some of your questions, fire away with more if you want. __________________ GO BUCKEYES!!!! NATIONAL CHAMPS!! O----H----I----O