[Paladin2]

US Airways of ~10 years ago sucked.

[Sicon]

Good riddance! One of the wors, if not THE worst, air travel experiences of my life was with US Airways.

[driftdiver]

I bet even the last flight will be late.

[FredZarguna]

Their name was much more descriptive of their product when they were called Agony Airlines.

[867V309]

In the last 10 years, mergers have eliminated Northwest, Continental and AirTran. Before that, Pan Am, TWA and many smaller carriers disappeared.

The Proud Bird with the Golden Tail

[Alex Murphy]

I’d better spend those frequent flyer miles I have with them!

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[Toespi]

Last time I flew US Air, it was a turbo prop commuter flight from Philadelphia to NJ. As they were in early taxi, I looked out the window and saw the gas cap laying on the wing. The flight attendant was also the co-pilot who was obviously not available. Got up, went to the cockpit and informed them that Philadelphia had a problem. LOL

[jaz.357]

Gone like the wind....

...was it just yesterday?

[Moonman62]

So long Allegheny Airlines.

[central_va]

I’ve heard it called US Scare.

[Jaxter]

I had the honor (or misfortune) to be on the first, and as far as I know, only US Airways flight to land in Iceland. It was on a Frankfurt to Pittsburgh flight in the early ‘90s. There was a lady that had a medical episode of some sort and apparently Iceland was the closest place to land. We were stuck on the plane for a couple of hours and they refused to let us off. It was a very dismal looking place.

[Teacher317]

US Airways was not very good... but United is THE worst.

[Peter W. Kessler]

Skid Row Airlines

Horrible

I would walk before I flew U.S. Air again.

[Retired Chemist]

Mohawk, Alleghany, U.S. Airways. My first flight was on a Mohawk DC-3. My first jet flight was on a Mohawk BAC-111.

[Organic Panic]

I am weeping at the loss. How will we survive as a nation. First Studebaker folds and now this.

[Ezekiel]

The last flight for US Airways will take place this fall, and one more name in airline history will disappear.

Things that make you go hmmm.

On the fifteenth day of the first month...

wiki
On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320 piloted by Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles, made an unpowered emergency water landing in the Hudson River after multiple bird strikes caused both jet engines to fail. All 155 occupants, the passengers and crew, successfully evacuated from the partially submerged airframe as it sank into the river; they were rescued by nearby watercraft. Several occupants suffered injuries, a few of them serious, but only one required hospitalization overnight. The incident came to be known as the "Miracle on the Hudson", and Captain Sullenberger was soon regarded as a hero by some accounts.[4][5][6]

Exodus 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.

The farewell flight for US Airways will be a red-eye...

[Wayne07]

Ugh, I dread flying US Air, and hate that they monopolize Charlotte.

[AlaskaErik]

I don’t think I’ve ever flown on US Airways. Apparently I didn’t miss much.

[dalereed]

their uppity attitude killed them on the west coast.

they took over PSA and at Burbank their flights dwindled to one a day from one every 20 minutes.

would fly anyone else than put up with their helps holier than thou attitude.