Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
I always thought of Piedmont and America West as lower paying carriers. I think the Piedmont pilots all got huge raises from being bought by USAir. US Airways didn't turn into a crappy place to work until about 13 years ago.
Piedmont was a very good, well paying airline before being acquired by USair. Sailingfun lives down that way and may have better insight.