Dear Members,
- US Airways to Close PIT Domicile
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CLOSING OF THE
PIT DOMICILE
This morning, at approximately 0900, I was informed by the Company the
PIT domicile will be closed.
In a 10 am announcement CEO Doug Parker said, "We've worked very
carefully over the past two years to make the right decisions at
Pittsburgh for our customers and the airline as a whole, always mindful
of the impact those decisions may have on our employees," said Doug
Parker, US Airways chairman and CEO. "Unfortunately our ability to
operate profitably from Pittsburgh has been sharply eroded over the past
few years and the hub lost more than $40 million over the past 12 months
alone. We need to acknowledge the economic realities of today and move
forward so that our Pittsburgh service provides a positive contribution
to our system as a whole. Even after these flight reductions, US Airways
will still fly more flights to more cities from Pittsburgh than any
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According to Company officials, the
reduction in PIT service mean the economics of maintaining a crew base for both
Pilots and Flight Attendants is no longer viable.
Vice President of Inflight, Sherri Shamblin, Managing Director of Inflight,
Steve Kingsley joined Mr. Parker in PIT this morning for the announcement. Ms.
Shamblin and Mr. Kingsley will remain in PIT for the remainder of the week.
AFA will be meeting with senior Company officials tomorrow to further discuss
the closure. The immediate plan is to begin reducing the domicile in January
with the closure slated for March.
The Company informed me the bulk of the PIT flying time will be shifted to the
DCA and CLT domiciles.
The closure of the PIT domicile is devastating blow to the PIT members. The
Company has committed financial resources to the Union for use by our EAP
representatives. AFA EAP will be available in PIT to help our members with the
fallout surrounding the closure.
There are many questions that will need to be answered as the process unfolds
and we will be issuing more information as it becomes available. The MEC will be
meeting tomorrow afternoon to discuss the ramifications of the domicile closure.
The Company will be personally contacting all affected PIT employees over the
next few days and is sending each PIT Flight Attendant an informational packet.
Links to that information are above & below.
Thank you,
Mike Flores, President
The US Airways Master Executive Council
AFA-CWA
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AFA Local Numbers
Council 40 PIT 412-245-1214
Council 41 DCA 703-212-8090
Council 69 BOS 781-289-8454
Council 70 PHL 215-492-0840
Council 82 LGA 315-736-3483
Council 89 CLT 704-527-0325
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US AIRWAYS Benefits Information 800-872-4780
Reply to Inflight: askinflight@usairways.com
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