Piedmont Airlines Tribute

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  • @donnyrodenbergerjr4757
    @donnyrodenbergerjr4757 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Was a Ramp Rat out of Charlie South in the 80s. Loved it!! I wish that airline was still here. I miss seeing Monongahela, Tampa Bay, Grand Rapids, Dixie, Savannah River, Blue Bonnet, Triad, Research Triangle.....Hell, there's TOO MANY of them, I can't name 'em all!! I miss all the Pacemakers.

  • @CaptDennisAlmond
    @CaptDennisAlmond 13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for the memories! I grew up with Piedmont, dad was 00050, mine was 33570. What a great family PI was...and still is.

  • @pigasysPDX
    @pigasysPDX 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I almost cried. Native of RIC. Undergrad ECU first "realjob" in corp/gov trvl DCA I heard a drawl recently here at PDX damn if it wasnt a VERY senior crew member from CLT. i have never met her previously but itwas like a family reunion. Also all those whisperjets were fun to see as well. KUDOS

  • @RushProbeSix
    @RushProbeSix 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have very fond memories of Piedmont as well. Whenever I flew out of North Carolina on Piedmont and transferred to another plane, the return trip once I finally connected back to Piedmont made me feel like I was already back home in NC once I got on the Piedmont plane, in whatever state that may have been. Those were the good days of airline travel.

  • @mikeklaene4359
    @mikeklaene4359 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    First flew on Piedmont in 1967 - it was a Martin 404 between Norfolk, VA (KORF) and the Covington, KY (KCVG) - aka Cincinnati Intl. This was while in the Army stationed at Ft Story, VA.
    My first business trip was while working for a department store in Cincinnati and myself and a manager flew from KCVG to KCLT in 1972. The purpose of the trip was to see how Belk Stores handled some parts of their credit card processing.
    My first time on a Piedmont aircraft was at KCVG in 1960?. My brothers and I had ridden our bicycles out to the airport to do some plane watching - it was about a 7 mile ride each way. We used to do this a couple of times during the summer. On time while we were up on the observation deck, a crew preparing a Piedmont DC-3 asked if we would like to see the inside of the plane. In a flash we were downstairs and at the door. He even let us sit in the pilot's seats. Wow!
    In 1993 I finally earned my pilot's license!

  • @jamesholder1478
    @jamesholder1478 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My father was a pilot for 40 years with piedmont, He loved this airline and his job. His memory will forever remain in my heart. Capt James F. Holder. (2-20-24---11/14/2011) Capt Frank as he was known never had a late flight or a mis-hap. Started with the DC-3 and retired in the 727-200 last flight March 1st 1984.

  • @rustyshackleford9115
    @rustyshackleford9115 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I still miss Piedmont and it's 2017! The best airline ever!

  • @TWATWA-qy4zn
    @TWATWA-qy4zn 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Piedmont will forever hold a special place in my heart. Flew them to RIC FROM LGA, with my father, in 1979. They were great.
    It was a travesty that they were bought out by US AIR.

    • @27hfd
      @27hfd 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      MDT (Harrisburg)/BWI/Ft Lauderdale....great vacation connection ..3 times a year for 6 years.. Always glitch free and on time.

  • @SabraStiehl
    @SabraStiehl 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My employee # was 7678. When I hired on as a pilot in '66 there were about 250 of us. When I retired 4 years early at the end of '93 due to despising the USAir culture there were well over 4000 of us. Tom Davis set things up so he could retire and maximize the value of his stock options by doing two things, selling the railroad (Norfolk Southern) 22.8% of the shares and by keeping the equity in the F-28s bought from Garuda and refurbished on premises instead of selling them to a leasing company and leasing them from that company. After Bob Claytor of the railroad decided to retire, and six days later his replacement as CEO announced they were selling the Piedmont stock, those two acts provided Colody of USAir and his cohorts about half the equity needed to buy the 22.8% from the railroad and take control of Piedmont. Thanks for posting the video. I had forgotten how intelligent the advertising was back in those days. I had not forgotten the slogan or whatever - The Up-and-Coming Airline. A phallic symbol described as up and coming headed upward was subliminally potent.

    • @27hfd
      @27hfd 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your write up on the business end of the merger that I did not know.. It seemed that US Air just had to have the CLT hub. A quick 15 years later, all of their own juice and energy was gone and they folded into AA. To you and the entire Piedmont aviation team, ground and air, thanks for the great service and memories.

  • @mmcc587
    @mmcc587 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Began my airline career with PI in the early 80s. Our airline had a great reputation for fine service and friendly ground and in flight personnel, and I took great personal pride in being an employee out of BOS. Survived the merger with USAir in 89 and retired in the 90s. I still plan and attend the PI/USAir BOS Employees Reunion every July.

  • @michaelconley6138
    @michaelconley6138 ปีที่แล้ว

    The greatest airline ever!

  • @zuzuspetals9281
    @zuzuspetals9281 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My first flight from SFO to GSO in 1976 was on Piedmont Airlines, and then was my airline of choice as I flew back and forth after I moved here to my family visits in CA until USAir took over. I loved Piedmont Airlines. They had low fares, nice employees and good service from an airport just 20 minutes from my home in Stokesdale. That sure beat leaving three or four hours early and trying to battle for a place to park at SFO while visiting my family! Boy have I been spoiled. With all the mergers, added runways and roads, limited service and increasing rates it's a toss up as to whether flying from PTI - RDU - CLT is a better choice on any given day. Making choices as to connection city based on the weather, airline based on cost and delay history, and flight based on which ticked me off the last time I flew is basically the way I roll. It's not like the olden days of being loyal because an airline treats the customer right anymore. I sure appreciate all the Piedmont employees who treated us customers right back then, we noticed, and we were sorry when we were all sold out. We miss you all.

  • @sayshal
    @sayshal 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    THANK YOU for this. I still live in Greensboro and fondly remember the Piedmont "Whisperjets". They WERE quiet, the service exceptional, the pilots caring and kind, for a kid's first airplane trips, I couldn't have asked for better. I truly MISS miss this airline

  • @randsonic
    @randsonic 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great job. Piedmont Employee number 19580 speaking. I was with this great organization from May 21, 1981 till merger. Didn't take too much USAIR crap to make me leave. Regardless...SDF-ORD-CVG-SFO-DAY-LEX in my years with the company. Great company, great leadership, great people.

  • @JeffnShane
    @JeffnShane 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome airline!!!! I remember the F28 with 4 FC seats, 2 on each side!

  • @MrVertigo63
    @MrVertigo63 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome video. Was some of the early footage taken at CLT? I remember the observation deck there in the 70's. Great times. Nice work!

  • @bill1943ify
    @bill1943ify 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was based in ORF. Best damn airline around. Enjoyed my time there, it was a pleasure to go work........... Unheard of these days !! Bill W.

  • @stitch-xx2oo
    @stitch-xx2oo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wished they would bring back Piedmont Airlines.....

    • @donnyrodenbergerjr4757
      @donnyrodenbergerjr4757 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too. Piedmont is supposedly back, more like a regional airline. All I've seen are ERJ 145s ,but none with the Speedbird on them. They're all flying for other airlines. I've seen them with American airlines colors. They're all Corporate style, not the Family style attitudes, like original Piedmont had. Oh, I was stationed in CHS. Helluva lot of fun back then.

    • @stitch-xx2oo
      @stitch-xx2oo ปีที่แล้ว

      @@donnyrodenbergerjr4757 True

  • @calico03
    @calico03 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I rode on a few of Piedmonts Turbo props in the early 70's

  • @mrskrabbs7857
    @mrskrabbs7857 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good old Piedmont! Usairways sucked and still does! The day I quit was the happiest day of my life!!!

  • @boeingtrijet
    @boeingtrijet 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Greatest Airline Ever!

  • @boeingtrijet
    @boeingtrijet 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ditto!

  • @Colonialpara
    @Colonialpara 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As a. commercial traveler in the 1980s, I really loved flying Piedmont. I knew they'd be ruined after USAIR bought them and I was right and that horrible service continued after America West bought US Airways and later still the merger with AA.

  • @flu4pdmt
    @flu4pdmt 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome....Only got to work there 2 years before the merger but was the best two years in my aviation career....absolutely the BEST airline ever!!!! USAirways ruined them!!!!

  • @TWA727
    @TWA727 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gee thanks UsAir.

  • @mrblujet
    @mrblujet 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video.

  • @johnsonwaite9865
    @johnsonwaite9865 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They never should've never have gotten sold to USAir back in the late 80s.

    • @donnyrodenbergerjr4757
      @donnyrodenbergerjr4757 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree 150%. Working in CHS at the time, and the moment I heard about the merger I KNEW it would be a mistake. Damn, I really wish Piedmont was still here.

  • @mt45408
    @mt45408 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice job, great memories!
    I sure miss it....... Matthew Townsend - Employee # 37333

  • @alexlascu2136
    @alexlascu2136 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They are American airlines now

  • @jjjillyeo
    @jjjillyeo 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Asheville?

  • @jarrodhayworth
    @jarrodhayworth 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been tasked with a project to make a video about my company's history; and by reading the responses below, I've gained a greater appreciation for all the fine folks that I get to meet every day. Who do I work for? Piedmont Advantage Credit Union formally Piedmont Aviation Credit Union.

  • @255-southcarolina8
    @255-southcarolina8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You know I see this video they were locking down hubs a lot of other airlines were scared that's when the money came out to buy them out they should never had sold out they should have thought about the employee and the welfare of the airline that was the up-and-coming airline right there the way it was run they were going places and they were making money somebody made some bad financial decisions I don't care what you say that's like my dad's Airline that he work for all us life National they screwed up to just wanted to put that out there

  • @boeingtrijet
    @boeingtrijet 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    No fatalities from 1968-1988 when bought out by their arch enemy US-scare. Also always dolphin safe, and gluten free!

    • @TRIChuckles
      @TRIChuckles ปีที่แล้ว

      I love PI but we did lose a couple in that era. Not the least was a 727 full of camp kids out of AVL. A friend was working gates. But I love and loved PI.

  • @mmcc587
    @mmcc587 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Employee number 50877