Comments on: US Airways On the Clock http://crankyflier.com/2007/04/20/us-airways-on-the-clock/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:55:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Zach http://crankyflier.com/2007/04/20/us-airways-on-the-clock/comment-page-1/#comment-628 Zach Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:34:54 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/04/20/us-airways-on-the-clock/#comment-628 (I should also say that I'm not looking forward to spending 6+ hours on a 757, but I guess I'm ultimately less concerned with the equipment than I am with getting there) (I should also say that I’m not looking forward to spending 6+ hours on a 757, but I guess I’m ultimately less concerned with the equipment than I am with getting there)

]]> By: Zach http://crankyflier.com/2007/04/20/us-airways-on-the-clock/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Zach Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:29:38 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/2007/04/20/us-airways-on-the-clock/#comment-627 I'm a United guy who started flying US Airways more frequently over the course of the past few years. My experiences immediately post-merger were strikingly more positive than the pre-merger nightmare that was trying to fly through the ultra-congested, never-on-time Philly hub (in fact, I unsuccessfully swore off US Airways for good after a couple of very poor experiences just before the merger). I still try to stick with United, Delta, or an international carrier when I fly overseas, but I'll be taking US Airways out of necessity to Dublin from Chicago (via PHL, of course) in a few weeks. I left myself 94 minutes to make my connection, but I did so under the assumption that operations to, from, and at the Philly hub had become as clean as the rest of the network in the time since I last had the misfortune of connecting there. Perhaps I should have booked the earlier flight out of ORD... I’m a United guy who started flying US Airways more frequently over the course of the past few years.

My experiences immediately post-merger were strikingly more positive than the pre-merger nightmare that was trying to fly through the ultra-congested, never-on-time Philly hub (in fact, I unsuccessfully swore off US Airways for good after a couple of very poor experiences just before the merger).

I still try to stick with United, Delta, or an international carrier when I fly overseas, but I’ll be taking US Airways out of necessity to Dublin from Chicago (via PHL, of course) in a few weeks.

I left myself 94 minutes to make my connection, but I did so under the assumption that operations to, from, and at the Philly hub had become as clean as the rest of the network in the time since I last had the misfortune of connecting there.

Perhaps I should have booked the earlier flight out of ORD…

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