But the spunky, familylike airline that grew into a major carrier and a huge Arizona employer is an

This is the story of how two old friends and former protégés of legendary American Airlines CEO Robert Crandall found themselves on opposite ends of what may be the last great airline merger in the U.S.
Horton and Parker declined to comment but interviews cheep airline tickets with executives, union officials, lawyers and others connected to the deal — agreed to late Wednesday — outline how it was filled with tactical negotiations, clandestine meetings and gut-wrenching decisions.
A former executive who worked for Parker for several years at both America West and US Airways said he is generally an approachable leader. At US Airways' cheep airline tickets Tempe headquarters, Parker plays fantasy football and baseball with other employees and walks to a nearby Five Guys burger restaurant for lunch.
"He's hard to shake, he's pretty even-keeled," said the executive, who asked not to be named because he works for a rival airline. cheep airline tickets "I once saw him angry at a shareholder meeting when a shareholder was haranguing him. That was the only time I ever saw him mad." Read more .
But the spunky, familylike airline that grew into a major carrier and a huge Arizona employer is an unmistakable part of the story. There would be no US Airways-American merger, at least in its current form, if it weren't for America West. It was America West, under CEO Parker, who bought cheep airline tickets the larger US Airways out of bankruptcy court in 2005 to form the new US Airways, based at America West's old Tempe headquarters.   Read more
Personally, I wish they would keep the old posts from the pre-merger as read only archival forums (no new posts) and have all new discussions in the merged airline forum. The United forum is a PITA to read with people cheep airline tickets still posting in the pre-merger forums.