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US Airways




Tempe, AZ
www.usairways.com

quicktake

  • Acquiring from Delta in 2012: 42 slot pairs at DCA, $66.5 million in cash, and route authority for additional daily service to Sao Paulo, Brazil (GRU) in 2015
  • Total daily DCA departures will be approximately 230
  • Delta will take over 132 LGA slot pairs from US Airways in 2012
  • Consolidating LGA operations in Terminal C to nine gates and parking positions, and a new 5,000 sq ft US Airways Club
  • Total LGA departures will be in excess of 60 per day, with the US Airways Shuttle service remaining unchanged
  • In NMB-assisted contract negotiations
  • In Sept the US District Court in Charlotte, NC issued a preliminary injunction to stop job actions
  • EFBs utilizing Goodrich touch-screen display units equipped with Jeppesen FliteDeck software are installed on entire A330 fleet, and in 20 A319 aircraft
  • 12 new A321 aircraft to replace the remaining B737-300 aircraft in 2012; retirement of the remaining B737-400 fleet expected by 2014
  • All A330-200 aircraft have 20 lie-flat seats (Envoy Suites) in int'l business class; all A330-300 aircraft to have 30 lie-flat int'l business class suites by summer 2012
  • CLT-Sao Paulo, Brazil (GRU) daily service to begin in late 2012 with 767-200ERs
  • 46 A320 family aircraft scheduled to be delivered between 2013 and 2015
  • US Airways filed a lawsuit in the US District Court in Arizona seeking a Declaratory Judgement from the court concerning the arbitrated seniority list
  • Wifi available on entire fleet of A321s
  • Deliveries of 22 A350 XWBs are scheduled to begin in 2017 and extend through 2019
  • Arbitrator made decision on merged seniority list; however, list is not effective until completion of a joint contract
  • Remaining 8 A330-200 aircraft deliveries to occur in 2013 and 2014
  • 2005 Transition Agreement requires the company to maintain a minimum fleet of 322 aircraft, excluding any E190 aircraft
  • Operates largest fleet of Airbus aircraft in the world
  • This page last updated: Jan 23, 2012 (furlough count correction)
 
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pilots pilots
5,140
Total
5,088
Active
52
Furlough

USAPA (amend. date unknown)
pilots pilots
A330-300: 
9
A330-200: 
7
767-200: 
10
757: 
24
737-300/-400: 
47
A321: 
63
A320: 
72
A319: 
93
E190: 
15

CLT
DCA
PHL
PHX

pilots

Hiring. Hiring for pilot vacancies in the East domiciles (CLT/DCA/PHL) on all narrowbody equipment (E190/B737/A320).

New application window opened 12/23/2011, available online.

52 pilots remaining on furlough are West pilots from the PHX domicile.

US Airways interview gouge.

pilots

List at ticket counter or gate. Unlimited jumpseats. CASS participant.


**correction to above payscale: First year pay for all aircraft on the "East" (except for the E190) is a flat salary of $3,000/month.

Monthly Guarantee: 72 hours (78 hours AWA)
Reserve Guarantee: 72 (long call); 76 (short call) (77 hours AWA)

Most junior US Airways East captain hired: May 1999 (E190/PHL)
Most junior US Airways West captain hired: Jul 1998 (A320/PHX)

Per Diem :
$2.00/hr (dom)
$2.20/hr (int'l)
 

pilots

401K:
yes (plus Roth option)
401k Matching:
none
A/B Fund:
none/10%
Other:
Profit sharing