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Piedmont Airlines’ DHC-8-102 N934HA makes a wheels-up landing at Newark this morning

Piedmont Airlines (2nd) (US Airways Express) (Salisbury) had an incident around 0100 this morning at Newark Liberty Airport. The crew operating a flight from the Philadelphia hub to Newark were forced to make a wheels-up landing at Newark with Bombardier (de Havilland Canada) DHC-8-102 Dash 8 N934HA (msn 139) after it was unable to lower the gear. 31 passengers and three crew members were able to walk away from the incident.

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Piedmont Airlines’ pilots ratify the new contract

Piedmont Airlines (US Airways Express) (2nd) (Salisbury), a wholly-owned subsidiary of US Airways (Phoenix), represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), have voted to ratify a new five-year collective bargaining agreement that was reached on February 1. The new contract was ratified by Piedmont Airlines’ 375 ALPA-represented pilots who are based in Charlottesville, Virginia.; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.; New Bern, North Carolina; Roanoke, Virginia and Salisbury, Maryland.

Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Piedmont Airlines’ (2nd) Bombardier DHC-8-102 N807EX (msn 292) taxies to the runway at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport hub.

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Map: US Airways keeps the historic name and logo in play with Piedmont although the aircraft are branded as US Airways Express (soon American Eagle). Piedmont operates the regional feeder routes for US Airways in the eastern United States mainly serving the Philadelphia and Charlotte hubs:

Piedmont Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) reach a tentative agreement on a new contract

Piedmont Airlines (2nd) (US Airways Express) (Salisbury), a wholly-owned subsidiary of US Airways (Phoenix), has announced that it has reached a tentative agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which represents the airline’s 375 pilots. The tentative agreement is subject to language being finalized, which is expected to occur over the next few weeks.

Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Piedmont Airlines’ Bombardier DHC-8-102 N936HA (msn 145) taxies to the runway at the Charlotte hub.

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Piedmont Airlines’ fleet and passenger service employees ratify the contract

Piedmont Airlines (2nd) (subsidiary of US Airways) (US Airways Express) (Salisbury) fleet and passenger service employees have voted to ratify the new collective bargaining agreement previously announced on May 31. The new four and a half year agreement was ratified by Piedmont Airlines’ more than 3,000 employees who are represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA).

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Piedmont Airlines and the CWA union reach a tentative agreement

Piedmont Airlines (2nd) (Salisbury), a wholly-owned subsidiary of US Airways (Phoenix), has announced tit has reached a tentative agreement on a new, four and a half year collective bargaining agreement with the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the representative of the airline’s more than 3,000 fleet and passenger service employees. Details of the agreement will be made available by the CWA.

The CWA will be presenting the details of the tentative agreement to its members for consideration with an endorsement for ratification, which is expected to take place in July. Once ratified, the new agreement will extend through January, 2017.

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US Airways Group reports April revenue was up by 9 percent

US Airways Group, Inc. (US Airways) (Phoenix) today announced April and year-to-date 2012 traffic results. Mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for the month were 5.0 billion, up 2.1 percent versus April 2011. Mainline capacity was 6.1 billion available seat miles (ASMs), up 1.6 percent versus April 2011. Mainline passenger load factor was 83.0 percent for the month of April, up 0.4 points versus April 2011.

According to the company, April consolidated (mainline and Express) passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) increased approximately nine percent versus the same period last year.

For the month of April, US Airways’ preliminary on-time performance as reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) was 90.6 percent with a completion factor of 99.7 percent. Both metrics were all-time Company records.

The US Airways Group includes mainline-operated US Airways flights as well as US Airways Express flights operated by wholly-owned subsidiaries PSA Airlines (2nd) (Dayton) and Piedmont Airlines (2nd) (Salisbury).

Top Copyright Photo: Jay Selman.

US Airways Slide Show: CLICK HERE

US Airways Express-Piedmont Slide Show: CLICK HERE

Bottom Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum.

Piedmont Airlines to cut 299 positions at LaGuardia

US Airways Express-Piedmont Airlines (2nd) Bombardier DHC-8-102 N807EX (msn 292) CLT (Bruce Drum), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Piedmont Airlines (2nd) (US Airways Express) (Salisbury) is playing to eliminate 299 positions at New York (LaGuardia) to the recently approved slot swap with Delta Air Lines. Delta is building up a new hub at LGA while US is downsizing at LGA and concentrating on Washington (Reagan National).

299 customer service agents and fleet service workers will lose their jobs in two stages: on March 25 and on July 11, 2012 according to this report by The Street.

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Piedmont Airlines flight 4352 causes the U.S. Capitol building to be evacuated

US Airways Express-Piedmont Airlines (2nd) Bombardier DHC-8-102 N837EX (msn 217) CLT (Bruce Drum), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Piedmont Airlines’ (2nd) (Salisbury) flight PDX 4352 from Hilton Head Island to Washington (Reagan National) yesterday caused the U.S. Capitol building to be evacuated due to the crew being on the wrong radio frequency.

Piedmont’s agents vote for CWA union representation

US Airways Express-Piedmont Airlines (2nd) Bombardier DHC-8-102 N807EX (msn 292) CLT (Bruce Drum), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Piedmont Airlines’ (2nd) (US Airways Express) (Salisbury) 3,000 fleet and passenger service agents voted by a two-to-one margin for representation by the Communications Workers of America. Ballots were counted yesterday by the National Mediation Board.

The agents were the only major workgroup at Piedmont without union representation. Key issues in the campaign were job security, unfair and arbitrary treatment and the lack of a grievance process.

Voting took place under new election rules set by the NMB that ensured that airline elections would be conducted following the same democratic rules that govern elections in the United States. Testimony and other action by AFA-CWA, CWA and airline workers convinced the NMB to implement the fair election rule in June.