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US Airways cutting 1,000 jobs, reducing flying
AP/YahooNews ^ | 10/28/09 | JOSHUA FREED

Posted on 10/28/2009 10:35:39 AM PDT by Kartographer

Struggling US Airways said on Wednesday it will cut some 1,000 jobs next year, shift nearly all of its flying to its three hubs and Washington, and suspend several international routes.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: airlines; bhoeconomy; dca; layoffs; usair
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More wing clipping.
1 posted on 10/28/2009 10:35:39 AM PDT by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

More Dominoes falling.


2 posted on 10/28/2009 10:36:47 AM PDT by sr4402
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To: Kartographer

Green shoot?


3 posted on 10/28/2009 10:36:52 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Kartographer

Oh please. Don’t make me fly Southwest.


4 posted on 10/28/2009 10:38:14 AM PDT by scooter2 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW !)
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To: Kartographer

Wow, that was so “unexpected”. /s


5 posted on 10/28/2009 10:38:44 AM PDT by CatOwner
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To: Kartographer

Oh please. Don’t make me fly Southwest.


6 posted on 10/28/2009 10:38:50 AM PDT by scooter2 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW !)
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To: Kartographer

Make air fares more affordable. My kids can’t afford to come to visit at Christmas, about 5k to fly the family of 5. Cheaper flights = more frequent customers?? No?


7 posted on 10/28/2009 10:39:11 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (DON'T BLAME ME I VOTED FOR "PALIN"!)
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To: 2banana
Did someone say Green Shoots?

8 posted on 10/28/2009 10:39:13 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: scooter2
'DING!' ;-)
9 posted on 10/28/2009 10:40:43 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

Hope & Change Obama is creating an America that will no longer be able to sustain itself.


10 posted on 10/28/2009 10:41:21 AM PDT by Gator113 (Obamba, Reid, Pelosi, the socialist triad.)
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To: Kartographer

This is actually a good thing because it means less pollution /sarc


11 posted on 10/28/2009 10:41:57 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Obama, Hitler, Stalin: Who are 3 people nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.)
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To: scooter2

You really think that US Air is better than Southwest?!?!


12 posted on 10/28/2009 10:42:42 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Obama, Hitler, Stalin: Who are 3 people nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.)
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To: Kartographer
And another one's gone, another one's gone, another one bites the dust! Heh!

We're gonna get you to! Another one bites the dust!

13 posted on 10/28/2009 10:44:09 AM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I don’t..


14 posted on 10/28/2009 10:46:32 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: Kartographer

Couldn’t happen to worse airline! Part of the problem with airlines in the US is that for years the US government never let them fail therefore free market principles do not apply.


15 posted on 10/28/2009 10:50:34 AM PDT by rwh (What great fortune it is for those in power that the people do not think!)
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To: Kartographer

The only phoenix that will be left to fly out of these economic ashes will be Obamao l, cruising with the one.


16 posted on 10/28/2009 10:56:51 AM PDT by pallis
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I've flown on African airlines that are better than US Scare.

Classic example of how unions and utterly inept management destroyed the company.

Good riddance.

17 posted on 10/28/2009 10:58:30 AM PDT by starlifter (Sapor Amo Pullus)
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To: Red in Blue PA

As one who often drives 150 miles each way just to take Southwest fligths rather than suffer through US Airways flights, I have a feeling that the original post was intended as sarcasm.


18 posted on 10/28/2009 10:59:24 AM PDT by rod1
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To: Bringbackthedraft

If only it were that easy. They have to cover costs right? Otherwise it’s Amtrak with airplanes. Jet fuel is expensive (we just bought a 50 gallon drum for research for about $650 taxes in). The taxes on airline tickets are ridiculously high too. You may want to talk to your representatives about that.


19 posted on 10/28/2009 10:59:47 AM PDT by AntiKev ("Within the strangest people, truth can find the strangest home." - Great Big Sea - Company of Fools)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Greyhound is better than Southwest.


20 posted on 10/28/2009 11:15:25 AM PDT by scooter2 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW !)
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