Molykote From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 1336 posts, RR: 30 Posted (6 years 4 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 4731 times:
Having grown up in the Pittsburgh area I've been informed through trusted* hometown sources that the new US Airways OCC will be located in Pittsburgh. This should be announced in public by the end of the week.
My inclination is to believe that this announcement is simply the result of experience already on hand in Pittsburgh. I'm silently hoping this doesn't spawn the weekly "PIT Renaissance" thread.
* ---> or at least trusted to the point where I'll risk my "alias internet reputation" (worth approximately $1.22) on the statement.
HPLASOps From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (6 years 4 months 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 4694 times:
I find this to be a shock, if it's true. PIT did not show as much interest in hosting OCC/SOC as did PHX and CLT. Considering I'm going to be attending D/X school in a couple of months and hoping to get a D/X job with US, this may have an impact on my decision if the combined flight ops will be in PIT over PHX.
DL Widget Head From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 2041 posts, RR: 5 Reply 2, posted (6 years 4 months 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 4665 times:
Quoting HPLASOps (Reply 1): I find this to be a shock, if it's true.
Agreed. I thought PHX was a given considering the incentives that the city was offering. By the way, what is a D/X job?
USPIT10L From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 3267 posts, RR: 8 Reply 5, posted (6 years 4 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 4518 times:
Quoting Molykote (Reply 3): Latest update is that the OCC will be placed on county land near the airport adjacent to a (golf) driving range.
If I remember the area correctly from my youth in Pittsburgh, I believe this may be the Scully's (spelling?) driving range.
That would be Scally's on Ewing Run Road. The Airport Ice Arena is near there, as is the former Bon-Air Golf Course. That may be where they're planning to build. When, may I ask, is this to be built? No offense, but what are your sources? I haven't heard anything detailed about this since the DL/US merger talk started.
Tooluther From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 286 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (6 years 4 months 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 4402 times:
The County Exec is giving a "state of the county" speech today. I blew it off, but I wonder if he'll hint to anything. While I still have my doubts until something concrete shows up, this would be great news.
I still think US has thrown in a few non monetary calculations into their choice (ie dropping local o/d percentage as well as east coast operations over west coast ones) that would tip the scales towards a Pittsburgh location.
I hope there wasn't an under the table upping of the county's bid for the center though. This was getting out of controll!
Luketenley From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 419 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (6 years 4 months 2 hours ago) and read 3988 times:
I posted this when I heard it at 8 am this morning but for some reason it was deleted. This is definately good news for us here in Pittsburgh. We finally get some good news from US. US is supposed to have a press conference this afternoon sometime.
Luketenley From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 419 posts, RR: 1 Reply 14, posted (6 years 4 months 2 hours ago) and read 3973 times:
I'm sure they will announce something about the new jobs today during the press conference. I bet alot of the dislocated US employees will try for these as well.
Kohflot From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 17, posted (6 years 4 months 1 hour ago) and read 3904 times:
Congrats to PIT, but condolences to the Cactus employees that have roots in the PHX area (and those who enjoy Arctic-free winters).
If I were an HP employee, I would think the biggest downside to this is moving away from a good non-revving hub. Sure, PHL is close.. but there will be plenty of times when finding a seat on those 6-7 nonstops a day will be impossible, and it'd be an even bigger problem getting stuck in PHL on the way home.
This comment is interesting too: "...we chose Pittsburgh for a variety of reasons, including the impact of relocating experienced employees from the Pittsburgh area..." I imagine the point of looking at CLT was to find a third location for everyone to go so there would be no favoritism. Again, condolences to the PHX folks.
OPNLguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 18, posted (6 years 4 months ago) and read 3826 times:
On the bright side, I think that many of the PHX folks will find that their home-buying dollar goes alot further in the PIT area... I can remember when the PSA was acquired and folks who sold ther SAN-area homes were able to find equivalent homes in the PIT area at a fraction of the SAN-area price....
Captaink From Mexico, joined May 2001, 5095 posts, RR: 13 Reply 19, posted (6 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 3776 times:
Congrats to PIT. I did my US CSA training in PIT, in those days the airport was quite busy, even with transatlantic flights. Kinda sucks for the employees to see the state of PIT now. Glad they at least got this.. Hope it works out.
Steeler83 From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 8852 posts, RR: 19 Reply 20, posted (6 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 3747 times:
I just about had heart failure when I saw the Post-Gazette article!!!
YAHOOOOOOO!!!!!
Quoting Molykote (Reply 3): If I remember the area correctly from my youth in Pittsburgh, I believe this may be the Scully's (spelling?) driving range.
Yeah, and it's also a good place to do a little spotting. I used to do that AND play mini golf there
Quoting Pgh234 (Reply 8): Is this the first time in 6 years that PIT was not screwed?
Yeah, really... Now if they'd restore some lost flights (in addition to seasonal SAN and SEA) it would all be good...
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AGC525 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 989 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (6 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 3617 times:
Quoting ATLAaron (Reply 13): live in the PIT area, anyone have any idea how I would go about getting one of these "new 150 jobs"?
Ditto for me! Any info would be great....
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MrSTL From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 468 posts, RR: 1 Reply 24, posted (6 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 3609 times:
Quoting Steeler83 (Reply 20): I just about had heart failure when I saw the Post-Gazette article!!!
YAHOOOOOOO!!!!!
Congratulations PIT, hopefully this is a sign of better things to come with US, especially since DL did not work out.
25 Midcon385: Yeah, it's definitely PIT as my best friend is a dispatcher in PHX and he's going to have to move to PIT. The Operations Control Center (OCC) will be
26 Midcon385: All the money goes a lot farther in PIT than PHX as I hear, plus the folks at PHX coming to PIT (at least the Dispatchers) are getting a major pay ju
28 BlueElephant: Congratulation to Pittsburgh, My Home town. extremely glad US decided to keep their operations center in PIT. I went to see it when i was 10 years old
29 Steeler83: US withdrew it/the creditors saw DL doing better as a stand-alone carrier, er something of the type. Either way you slice it, the US/DL merger crashe
30 Luketenley: Must you ask about PIT? PIT is a fantastic facility that got screwed over when US took away the hub status. Search for Pittsburgh and I'm sure you wi
31 Jmc1975: What kind of experience do you bring to the table? Would you outqualify the PHX employees that will be transferring to PIT, which are expected to mak
32 Steeler83: Well, this is actually half-right... Stephen Wolf was the CEO who pretty much screwed the airline big time. He was a joke of a CEO. I forget when he
33 WesternA318: Well, looks like our friend Steeler83 is having a coronary over the good news, I might have to flyout and start the Defibrillator.. This is indeed exc
34 N670UW: I don't know if Wolf was a 'joke' of a CEO. While he and Gangwal certainly had their flaws during their management period, particularly in the manage
35 WesternA318: Yep, to basically a United plane flying upside down...I love thenew US scheme..a much BETTER improvement..
36 Mah584jr: While I agree that he may have done some positive things, I think overall he did a poor job of management. I think he had a real problem managing the
37 A/c dxer: I was real surprised it went to pit. I can understand one side of it due to the experience level in pit but if you look at it how many from pit would
38 Steeler83: Oh yeah, THAT whas the schmuck who lied to PIT and broke the promises. Sorry, there have been so many CEO changes for US in 5 or 6 years before the U
39 PSU.DTW.SCE: Congrats to PIT & US A great, completely underrated city. It has a lot of character, pride, and stuff to do. You get a lot of value for your money in
40 OPNLguy: I agree completely. With the bulk of their ops east of the Mississippi and especially on the east coast, shift start times for those sectors would ha
41 Steeler83: I like the compliments! Thanks a lot! Pittsburgh does have its culture and everything else that you said above. South side went from being a filty sm
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