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	Piedmont Airlines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Piedmont Airlines is a division of the US Airways Group However, the name "Piedmont Airlines" usually refers to an earlier airline that was, during its heyday, one of America's largest airline companies.
		Piedmont began operations with the DC-3 but added the Fairchild F27, the Martin 4-0-4 and the Fairchild-Hiller FH 227B to their fleet by the 1960's.
		Following airline route deregulation in the late 1970s, the airline grew rapidly and began to a develop hub and spoke system with a hub at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Piedmont_Airlines (849 words)

	Piedmont Triad International Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Piedmont Triad International Airport (IATA: GSO, ICAO: KGSO) (commonly referred to as PTIA) is an airport just west of Greensboro, serving High Point and Winston-Salem in North Carolina.
		Piedmont Airlines, which for years had served both GSO and Smith Reynolds Airport in nearby Winston-Salem, announced its intention to consolidate its operations at Greensboro Regional Airport.
		In addition, TSA screeners used to screen checked bags in front of the airline ticket counters, because there was limited space available.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Piedmont_Triad_International_Airport (861 words)

	US Airways: All-American Airline Story
		Pacific Southwest Airlines, the legendary and beloved (of intra-California travelers) "PSA," was born out of war surplus pilots and DC-3's in 1949.
		As the airline grew, it moved to larger aircraft (DC-4, DC-6, the L-188 Electra II) and finally to jets (DC-9, MD-80 and Boeing 727).
		Piedmont, also a postwar start-up, served the mid-Atlantic region and the south from the Carolinas.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/airline_liveries/110998/2 (383 words)

	Airsider - commercial aviation news and reports
		After that, Piedmont Aviation was formed on January 1, 1948 as a holding company for the airline and Piedmont General Aviation.
		In 1967, Piedmont entered the jet age with the inauguration of the Boeing 727.
		Airlines such as Pan Am, Eastern, Braniff and several smaller carriers broke down sooner or later as they couldn't handle the new challenges.
	www.airsider.net /files/2002/0902/002/pi_page1.htm (1334 words)

	Salisbury Chamber of Commerce
		The name was changed to Piedmont Airlines and the Salisbury operation grew to over 800 employees, as it became the maintenance center for U.S. Airways Express commuter aircraft.
		Piedmont Airlines carries approximately 135,000 passengers a year through the airport, making it the second largest airport in the State.
		It includes an airline ticketing and check-in area, 2 departure gates, 1 arrival gate, a baggage claim area, the Airport Café and Lounge and is surrounded by 6 acres of parking apron.
	www.salisburyarea.com /bizgov/transportation.html (1094 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Retirement of the Dash 7 in 1997 consolidated the airline to one aircraft-type.
		Piedmont was one of the first airlines of any size with a fully operational Advanced Qualifications Program for pilot training.
		Piedmont was also the first regional to be certified for use of the TCAS anti-collision system.
	avstop.com /History/HistoryOfAirlines/Piedmont.htm (786 words)

	JetPiedmont.com: Piedmont Airlines Footnotes in History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Piedmont and Norfolk and Western Railway Company enter into a stock purchase agreement whereas Norfolk and Western agrees that until January 26, 1987, it will not acquire more than 20.5% of the total combined voting power of all securities of Piedmont, or dispose of the Shares it owns in a block.
		Piedmont and the City of Charlotte file a joint application with the U.S. Department of Transportation to designate Charlotte as a gateway to London, England and Piedmont as the carrier to operate transatlantic flights on the route.
		Piedmont, the City of Charlotte, and civic parties of the Tampa Bay area file a joint petition with the Department of Transportation asking the DOT to shift the dormant Tampa gateway designation for London to Charlotte and that Piedmont be selected to fly the route.
	www.jetpiedmont.com /footnotes/index.php?daterange=1980 (3529 words)

	Business North Carolina: Earning Wings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The airline adopted the slogan, “Piedmont puts New York City on the map.” Piedmont acquired a fleet of Boeing 737 jets that seated 90 passengers each, establishing a close business relationship with Boeing Co. Those aircraft, along with the subsequent larger ones, became the workhorses of the airline.
		As Piedmont entered the jet age, it became established as one of the country’s strongest regional airlines.
		Largely because of Davis’ ability to be a father figure and stay in touch with airline employees, Piedmont kept its family spirit in the midst of rapid growth.
	www.businessnc.com /archives/2003/03/aviation_piedmont.html (1493 words)

	Reenactment Highlights Release of Piedmont Airlines History
		WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The restored Piedmont Airlines DC-3 from the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, NC will fly to Wilmington, NC on Sunday, February 19, for the introduction of Piedmont: Flight of the Pacemaker, the new pictorial history of Piedmont Airlines.
		Piedmont: The Flight of The Pacemaker was written by Frank Elliott and compiled by Elizabeth Norfleet.
		The book was published by the Piedmont Aviation Historical Society, dedicated to promoting and sharing the memory and spirit of Piedmont Airlines.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-16-2006/0004284020&EDATE= (264 words)

	Winston-Salem Journal \| A Good Trip: Illustrated story of Piedmont Airlines suffused with the character of the man who ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Whenever Tom Davis, the founder of Piedmont Airlines, received a public honor, it was a given that he would bring up the story about the man who came upon a turtle perched on top of a fence post.
		After deregulation, Piedmont was one of three companies - USAir and Southwest were the other two - that showed a profit every year in that transitional period.
		The plane is scheduled to arrive between 1 and 1:30 from the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte The tour is being held in conjunction with a signing for a new pictorial history of the airline, Piedmont: Flight of the Pacemaker.
	www.journalnow.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137834495210 (1681 words)

	2001-A-67 -- Amendment to a condition - Piedmont Airlines, Inc. dba USAir Express dba US Airways Express
		Under Licence No. 975107, Piedmont Airlines, Inc. doing business as USAir Express doing business as US Airways Express is authorized to operate a scheduled international service in accordance with the Air Transport Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America signed on February 24, 1995 (hereinafter the Agreement).
		Airlines may, at their option, combine two or more points in the territory of the other Party in a through service carrying no local passengers or cargo between points in the territory of the other Party.
		In addition, the Agency notes that as Piedmont Airlines Inc. carrying on business as US Airways Express is now authorized to operate between any point in the United States of America and any point in Canada, Licence No. 975108 is now redundant.
	www.cta-otc.gc.ca /rulings-decisions/orders/2001/A/2001-A-67_e.html (640 words)

	US Airways History
		One year later, the airline decided to purchase a DC9-10, and was replaced in 1967 by a DC9-30, which would eventually go on to form most of Allegheny’s fleet.
		Piedmont Airlines, which began in 1948 and was the dominant carrier throughout the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, acquired Empire Airlines in 1986.
		One of the first things the airline did after the name change was challenge its relationship with British Airways; the same relationship that a few years ago had it giving up its London flights.
	www.erau.edu /research/BA590/USAIR/chapters/ch1.htm (1688 words)

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		Piedmont seems like a great company to start with, and as you can see by my time they are not looking for just high flight time pilots (I was the low time in my class though).
		Piedmont is a small, family type airline, if you are worried about US Air going under, don't work here becuase your attitude will make you and your coworkers miserable.
		Piedmont Interview The interview was held in Salisbury, Maryland and conducted by Bob Trout who is the Director of Human Resources and Pilot Recruiter.
	www.v1rotate.com /cgi-bin/Interviews/gouge.cgi?&getkeywords=piedmont (14780 words)

	USATODAY.com - Today In the Sky: Archives
		The Piedmont jet is the second to be officially unveiled in US Airways' series of "heritage jets" -– or aircraft the airline is painting in color schemes of the predecessor airlines that have combined over the years to comprise today’s US Airways.
		The Piedmont jet was first sighted in May but had to return to the paint shop for a touch up to tweak the hue of its colors.
		Piedmont and Allegheny - and their tired, unimaginative logos - are best left in the vaults of corporate history.
	blogs.usatoday.com /sky/2006/06/us_airways_dedi.html (974 words)

	Hooters executive to buy Pace Airlines of Winston-Salem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The sale of the charter airline is a "straightforward acquisition" that was never necessarily dependent on the Vanguard transaction, said Piedmont Hawthorne President Dean Harton.
		Pace Airlines CEO Darrell Richardson said that while the deal is still subject to change, his understanding is that Pace will not change its name and will remain a charter service.
		Harton said Piedmont Hawthorne was interested in selling its charter airline division primarily because it had outgrown its parent company.
	www.cwalocal2000.com /NewChat/_disc31/00000047.htm (543 words)

	Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
		Negotiations over a new Piedmont Airlines flight attendant contract have continued for more than 2 years without an agreement.
		The flight attendants do the same work, many times have more duties, wear the same uniform and are employed by the same company as their counterparts at US Airways, yet their pay is drastically lower.
		The Piedmont flight attendants are trying to bridge the wage gap-up to a 40 percent difference in pay-between flight attendants at the major airlines and those at the express carrier.
	www.afanet.org /afa?id=320 (328 words)

	PI9/9/04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On September 9, 2004 a meeting was held in Washington, DC with Piedmont Airlines.
		Representatives present for Piedmont Airlines were Keith Houk, President; Michelle Foose, Director of Human Relations; Attorneys Kevin Kraham and Ronald Henson from the Law Offices of Ford and Harrison.
		We advised the Company that we believe the Piedmont agreement will be the surviving agreement based on previous historical decisions made by the National Mediation Board.
	www.iamdl142.org /pi9_9_04.htm (241 words)

	ALPA News Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		SALISBURY, MD --- The Piedmont Airlines dispatchers, as represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), successfully ratified a restructuring agreement with their management on Feb. 20, 2003, making Piedmont the first of the US Airways Group’s wholly-owned subsidiaries to acquire contract relief from all of its labor groups.
		All Piedmont employees, including members of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), and the Store Clerks and other employees who also are represented by the IAMAW, have now complied with the US Airways Group’s financial requests as a means of emerging from bankruptcy.
		Piedmont Airlines, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of US Airways Group, Inc., and operates as a US Airways Express carrier.
	www.alpa.org /alpa/DesktopModules/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=2243 (399 words)

	News 14 Carolina \| 24 Hour Local News \| TOP STORIES
		SPENCER, N.C. -- An old Piedmont Airlines plane that was built during World War II has been transported piece by piece from Durham to Spencer.
		It flew for Piedmont Airlines from 1956-1963, and it was a part of Western Airlines before that.
		Former Piedmont Airlines workers might be brought in to help paint the plane and put it back together.
	www.news14charlotte.com /content/top_stories/?ArID=60596&RegionCookie=12 (358 words)

	JetPiedmont.com: A Tribute to Piedmont Airlines 1948 - 1989 \| Official Web SIte of The Piedmont Aviation Historical ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Piedmont Flight 41 was carrying one paying passenger, founder T.H. Davis who was not yet 30 years old and a handful of local dignitaries.
		In an effort to offset some of the costs surrounding the Annual Piedmont Reunion, a computer screensaver was developed to be sold at this year’s event, which was held on September 16.
		Drawing on exclusive access to Piedmont's files, the book traces the antecedents of the airline before World War II and documents its growth over the ensuing decades into an international carrier.
	www.jetpiedmont.com (840 words)

	Piedmont airlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was a part of the Piedmont Airlines legacy.
		Piedmont Airlines made its first departure from ILM in 1948.
		The Piedmont Triad Airport, served by most major airlines, is 13 miles north of town.
	toledohotels.info /piedmont_airlines.html (1320 words)

	Where are you, Piedmont Airlines? / Mountain Xpress / mountainx.com
		In 1983, my wife and I strolled up to the Piedmont Airlines desk in the foyer of the Haywood Park Hotel and purchased two round-trip tickets to Washington, D.C., for about $175 each.
		The big airlines got bigger, the rich got richer, and now regional airlines serve small towns all over America with small planes feeding "hubs." This is a huge advantage if you happen to be a major airline.
		Piedmont was a good airline: home-grown, born and bred in Charlotte, vibrant and successful.
	www.mountainx.com /opinion/2000/0412thomas.php (998 words)

	Carolinas Aviation Museum - Piedmont Airlines Douglas DC-3 N44V
		The exterior was painted in the color scheme and insignia used by Piedmont from 1948 to 1963.
		Piedmont Airlines was "the" classic example of "the" classic DC-3 operator.
		Eventually, Piedmont Airlines operated 24 of these magnificent aircraft, with the final flight occurring exactly fifteen years to the date of the first flight with the airline.
	www.carolinasaviation.org /collections/aircraft/dc3n44v.html (1179 words)

	Piedmont Airlines, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Piedmont Airlines, Inc. operates as an US Airways Express carrier and is a wholly owned subsidiary of US Airways (LCC).
		Today, Piedmont operates nearly 490 daily departures to 55 cities throughout the eastern United States and Canada.
		As a wholly-owned carrier for US Airways, Piedmont Airlines will be an integral part of the new company.
	www.piedmont-airlines.com (154 words)

	First Flight Shrine: Tom Davis - The First Flight Society - The First Flight Society
		In 1940 he changed the company's name to Piedmont Aviation, Inc., the holding company for Piedmont Airlines.
		Piedmont became a successful regional carrier and by the late 1970s was strong, well managed and well positioned to take advantage of the airline industry deregulation in 1978.
		US Air purchased Piedmont Airlines in 1987, following which Davis was named director emeritus of US Airways.
	www.firstflight.org /shrine/tom_davis.cfm (253 words)

	newsobserver.com \| North Carolina History
		Fourteen years later he launched Piedmont Airlines, one of twenty-three regional, or feeder, airlines established in the 1930s and 1940s.
		Piedmont took advantage of deregulation by expanding operations and setting up a number of hubs, the first at Charlotte/Douglas Airport.
		Davis retired from Piedmont Airlines several years before the merger but maintained an office at the company and remained devoted to the employees until his death.
	www.newsobserver.com /543/story/185272.html (655 words)

	US Airways gives a nod to its history with tail logos, paint schemes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The US Airways predecessor carriers of the 1950s, '60s, '70s and '80s are all a part of the new look, with their logos gracing the side of each newly painted plane, near the door.
		Both airlines are trying to honor the history of an airline that began in 1939 as All American Aviation, became Allegheny in 1953, changed its name to USAir in 1979, acquired Piedmont and PSA in 1987 and changed its name again in 1997 -- to US Airways.
		The airlines also said the new design will appear on the 350 regional planes that fly as part of the US Airways Express network.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05236/558710.stm (1110 words)

	globeandmail.com : globeinvestor.com : US Airways Express Carrier Piedmont Airlines Earns Top Award for Excellence in ...
		This is Piedmont's third consecutive year receiving the award, repeating its achievements for 2000 and 2001.
		Piedmont Airlines, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of US Airways Group, Inc., and operates a fleet of 51 aircraft, including 50-seat Bombardier Dash 8 300s and 37-seat Dash 8 100 and 200 series turboprops.
		Piedmont Airlines has maintenance bases in Salisbury, Md., Norfolk, Va., Jacksonville, Fla., and Roanoke, Va. Piedmont also has line maintenance stations in Washington D.C. and Charlotte, N.C. For more information on Piedmont Airlines, visit piedmont-airlines.com.
	www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/WireFeedRedirect?cf=GlobeInvestor/config&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&date=20030415&archive=prnews&slug=2003_04_15_09_5511_916129 (420 words)

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