USAirways is very dysfunctional--more so than the average airline.
The management has no deep loyalty to the organization; in fact, the current leadership is known for packaging an airline for sale and walking away with the merger-related inflated stock profits.
The pilot's union has a vise-like grip on alot of the details of management without the long-term
plan or ability or power to make it all work: witness the obstructionist attitude toward Regional Jets at their own subsidiary Regional Airlines (Allegheny, Piedmont and PSA).
In the face of the highest costs in the industry the management and pilots jointly agreed to a contract keeping their costs the highest in the industry! Go figure!
Making USAirways work is like trying to negotiate peace in the Middle East--it might happen but don't invest the rent money betting on a successful outcome!