America West Airlines - Doug Parker & the Beginning of the Legacy
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- America West Airlines started off in 1983 as a small regional airline based out of Phoenix, Arizona. The airline would continue to grow through innovative practices and aggressive expansion. Although this strategy would eventually lead to a short bankrupty, the airline would emerge and eventually become a major US airline. The demise of the America West brand occurred in 2005, but that is only the beginning of its story.
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Hired 7/1/89. Started at DCA, went on to SBA, LAS (for Fast Track Fully-Crossed Training), then back to DCA. Loved every second of my time there.
Hired in 1986 as a Fully Cross Utilized CSR, Class 24 - so many memories!!!
Class 24? I thought you were from Class 1......:)
I remember seeing flight crews and flight attendants from "east" and "west" shouting at each other in the jetways. It was a very contentious merger. After passage of the Mccaskill-Bond Act it didn't get much better.
I flew American West a few times, great little airline. Crews were fantastic!
I flew America West a few times; mainly in between the east and west coasts. It was an ok airline. They did send me first-class upgrades quite frequently. 👍
I remember flying with them from Phoenix to LA in the 80s. Their fare was insanely low for flying , like actually lower than bus fare. It was the Phoenix talk of the town back then.
I remember flying with them when I was a kid since they were the biggest airlines in Phoenix at the time
*Tempe Arizona was the home office not Phoenix and the CMH was expanding via Mesa Air but Sept 11 happened leading to based closer in 2003
My dad had worked for America West back then. His first ever flight as a pilot carrying passengers was from Phoenix to Los Angeles.
I flew with them many times!
Even though "we" bought us air, our seniority got diluted and became worthless.