Structure of an Organization. Specifically

¶ … structure of an organization. Specifically it will discuss U.S. Airways as an organization, including its structure, it infrastructure, and budgeting cycle. U.S. Airways is a global air carrier based in Arlington, Virginia. The company began as a small local airmail carrier in 1939, and expanded to a global airline through acquisitions and development. U.S. Airways also operates the U.S. Airways Express and the U.S. Airways Shuttle.

Combined, the company serves 179 airports, with 3,474 departures each day in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe. The airline is a non-governmental organization, in business for profit. The main company, U.S. Airways, Inc., is one arm of the U.S. Airways Group. Other companies under the Group are U.S. Airways Shuttle, which is a wholly owned subsidiary. Two regional airlines acquired by U.S. Airways in the 1980s are now operating as wholly owned subsidiaries of the Group. They are Piedmont Airlines, Inc.

whose headquarters are located in Salisbury, Maryland, and PSA Airlines, Inc. whose headquarters are located in Dayton, Ohio. The Group also wholly owns U.S. Airways Leasing & Sales, Inc. The management structure of U.S. Airways Group and U.S. Airways are separate. The Group officers include CEO and President, Bruce Lakefield; Executive VP, Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary, Elizabeth K. Lanier; Chief Financial Officer, Ronald Stanley; Senior VP, Finance and Controller, Anita P. Beier; and Treasurer, Stephen L. Morrell.

Interestingly enough, all of these senior officers also are officers of U.S. Airways, Inc. They are: CEO and President, Bruce Lakefield; Executive VP, Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary, Elizabeth K. Lanier; Chief Financial Officer, Ronald Stanley; Executive VP, Operations, Alan W. Crellin, Executive VP, Marketing & Planning, N. Bruce Ashby; Senior VP, Finance and Controller, Anita P. Beier; Senior VP, Corporate Affairs, Christopher L. Chiames; Senior VP, Employee Relations, Jerrold a. Glass; Senior VP, Maintenance, John Prestifilippo; Senior VP, Planning, Andrew P.

Nocella, and VP, Finance and Treasurer, Stephen L. Morrell, among several other officers. The management structure of the organization includes management decisions to obtain operating capital from Republic Airways Holding, Inc., and its majority shareholder, Wexford Capital LLC, on an equity and financing package that includes a $125 million investment upon U.S. Airways' emergence from Chapter 11, in addition to options for obtaining $110 million of other liquidity enhancements that would be available prior to emergence to assist the airline in completing its restructuring. The U.S.

Bankruptcy court approved this agreement on March 31, 2005. The agreement also stipulates that Wexford and Republic will continue flight agreements with U.S. Airways, and will place representative on the U.S. Airways Board of Directors. Thus, the management structure of the organization could eventually change, or even become a subsidiary of Wexford or Republic.

The major portion of the organization's it infrastructure is outsourced to EDS, a worldwide it outsourcer who also owns Sabre, Inc., which is one of the major ticketing resources major airlines use to issue tickets to passengers. EDS has had to downsize thousands of jobs after U.S. Airways claimed bankruptcy a second time, because EDS is one of the airline's largest unsecured creditors. This is not to say that U.S. Airways does not have an internal it department with its own infrastructure.

The internal it department coordinates workings between EDS and U.S. Airways. The company also maintains an internal Help Desk, and maintains their own it security development and monitoring. The it department is based in the Arlington, Virginia headquarters. Within the it infrastructure, there are code sharing agreements with other airlines that allow passengers to use mutual airport clubs, and participate in simplified ticketing and baggage procedures. The agreements are coordinated through software used by the specific airlines, as well as in other areas of operations. U.S.

Airways it infrastructure is complicated and large, but it would be even larger if U.S. Airways did not outsource much of the operations to EDS. As such, the infrastructure now is primarily service and help for computers and users in each of U.S. Airways operations centers and airport locations. As such, there is not a high level it director or officer listed in the management structure of the organization. US Airways budgeting cycle is annual, with their fiscal year.