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12-02-2009, 09:34 PM
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You guys didn't get the FIL? Im on the street and I got it, the new website is http://mesa-air.com Maybe you guys can fly pretty jets after all..
12-03-2009, 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted by piper338
You guys didn't get the FIL? Im on the street and I got it, the new website is http://mesa-air.com Maybe you guys can fly pretty jets after all..
12-04-2009, 02:44 AM
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US Airways pilots have petitioned the US Dept. of Justice to conduct a full antitrust investigation of the airline's massive Washington National/New York LaGuardia slot swap with Delta Air Lines, a transaction that reportedly will lead to job losses or transfers for 261 LGA-based US pilots. US and DL announced in August that they will enter into a slot swap that, if approved by regulators, would greatly enhance US's presence at DCA while lowering its presence at LGA, where DL plans to establish a "domestic hub" (ATWOnline, Aug. 13). US also has said it will cut 1,000 jobs in the first half of 2010, implement a "realignment" of its flight network to focus on its "core network strengths" (ATWOnline, Aug. 29) and defer 46 A320s and eight A330s that were scheduled for delivery in 2010-12 (ATWOnline, Nov. 25).
Crain's New York Business reported yesterday that US filed notice with New York's Dept. of Labor stating that it will eliminate 261 LGA-based pilots beginning late next month. It is unclear how many of those jobs will be part of the 1,000-worker reduction and how many will be transferred to other locations. US pilots represented by the US Airline Pilots Assn. told DOJ in a letter sent this week that the slot swap deal will place "a great burden on many of US Airways' New York-based employees whose jobs will be eliminated and will cause financial harm to the New York City and tri-state economy." It added that the deal would create "market concentration" that will result in "much higher fares and. . .a reduction in service to smaller communities." It said DOJ must weigh the "consequences" of the transaction. DL pilots, in contrast, have signaled their support for the slot swap.
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Crain's New York Business reported yesterday that US filed notice with New York's Dept. of Labor stating that it will eliminate 261 LGA-based pilots beginning late next month. It is unclear how many of those jobs will be part of the 1,000-worker reduction and how many will be transferred to other locations. US pilots represented by the US Airline Pilots Assn. told DOJ in a letter sent this week that the slot swap deal will place "a great burden on many of US Airways' New York-based employees whose jobs will be eliminated and will cause financial harm to the New York City and tri-state economy." It added that the deal would create "market concentration" that will result in "much higher fares and. . .a reduction in service to smaller communities." It said DOJ must weigh the "consequences" of the transaction. DL pilots, in contrast, have signaled their support for the slot swap.
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