Us Airways

The company I chose was US Airways Group mostly because they were listed as a least admired company for every attribute listed including Product Quality. They are in the airline industry and are headquartered in Tempe, AZ. US Airways supplies air travel both domestically and internationally to its customers. They have been in business since 1939 when they started out as All-American Airways providing air-mail delivery in Western Pennsylvania and the Ohio Valley. Over the years, through buy outs and mergers with such companies as Lake Central Airlines, Mohawk Airlines and Piedmont Airlines, as well as an alliance with British Airways they have transformed into US Airways, becoming the fifth largest airline. US Airways domestic environment is the United States. In the US the airline industry is governed by a few different agencies such as Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) with a variety of regulations. Areas that are covered include security, aircraft integrity, traffic control, mergers scrutiny, and business practices. The TSA oversees and protects the Nation 's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce with approximately 50,000 security officers, inspectors, directors, air marshals and managers. Regulations cover carry on items, baggage, background checks on passengers and physical screenings of passengers and cargo. The FAA oversees the construction, sale, maintenance and resale of commercial aircraft. They ensure airline companies are following through with safety and maintenance requirements with such measures as flight and maintenance logs for each aircraft as well as regular inspections. The FAA manages air traffic around airports and tracks the movement of aircrafts both internationally and domestically. They are also the main player when investigating commercial

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