Company Watch - US Airways.Oct 1, 2007 US Airways was granted a single operating certificate Operating certificate is a category of license issued by a government agency allowing an individual or company to provide a controlled type of service. These certificates are generally issued for a limited time period. by the FAA, reflecting the merger of the the former US Airways and America West. "This is a very important milestone, reflecting two years of hard work combining and refining two sets of policies, procedures, manuals, checklists and computer systems for virtually every area of the airline," said US Airways Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Doug Parker
William Douglas Parker is the current chairman and chief executive officer of US Airways. . A single FAA operating certificate, officially cementing as one entity the carrier created in September 2005 when America West Airlines America West Airlines was one of the United States' ten major airlines. The airline was based in Tempe, Arizona, and is now a part of US Airways Group. At the time of its integration into US Airways, the airline maintained two hubs, one at Phoenix Sky Harbor International acquired the assets of the former US Airways, which was enduring its second bankruptcy in three years. Sep 28, 2007 A group of US Airways pilots says it's close to having enough votes to ask the National Mediation Board The National Mediation Board is a three-person board created in 1934 by an act amending the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C.A. §§ 151–158, 160–162, 1181–1188) to resolve disputes in the railroad and airline industries that could disrupt travel or imperil the to force a referendum on the Air Line Pilots Association, which currently represents the pilots. The pilots, from the pre-merger US Airways, recently walked away from contract negotiations with the airline over pay and ALPA-negotiated seniority issues. If ALPA ALPA abbr. Air Line Pilots Association is decertified as their representative, contract negotiations will have to begin again with a new union. Sep 24, 2007 US Airways in no hurry to use integrated seniority list: US Airways CEO Doug Parker says he wants to negotiate a new pilots contract but is in no hurry to adopt the seniority ruling approved this week by the Air Line Pilots Association. "I don't believe we're going to get a contract ratified that has that list go into effect immediately," Parker says. "There's no way." Sep 24, 2007 US Airways has reduced service at Pittsburgh International Airport “PIT” redirects here. For other uses, see PIT (disambiguation). Pittsburgh International Airport (IATA: PIT, ICAO: KPIT, FAA LID: PIT , but state and local officials take comfort in a planned $25 million flight operations control center. At a ceremony celebrating the beginning of construction work on the center, US Airways President Scott Kirby said that the airline plans to continue to be a "major player" at the airport. Sep 24, 2007 Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new real-time service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status, delays, security wait times via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. |
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