Talk:Pacific Southwest Airlines

Training Information Added
I don't know if you have noticed, but I have added the training fleet of PSA in the article. I cited the source of course. --White Star Line Fan (talk) 18:35, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Reward for Eagle Scouts
PSA, for a time, offered a free scenic flight around San Diego County to all Scouts who had earned the rank of Eagle in the past year. I (MWS) went in 1977.

Who remembers ...
... "Proud Bird with the Golden Tail" and the cocomitant "We really move our tails for you..." that feminists saw as an invitation to sexual harassment? Rlquall 02:12, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I think what you are alluding to is Continental's [in]famous, early '70s advertising slogan. However, this has nothing whatsoever to do with Pacific Southwest. Pimpom123 14:43, 12 August 2008 (GMT)

Dead link
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 * http://www.psa-history.org/ussmile.htm|title=Smiles
 * In Pacific Southwest Airlines on Mon Jul 17 14:52:54 2006, 404 Not Found
 * In Pacific Southwest Airlines on Thu Jul 27 00:37:09 2006, 404 Not Found

maru  (talk)  contribs 04:37, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Name changed to Jetstream to Preserve PSA Trademarks!?
"Following the merger with USAir, the PSA name was given to Jetstream International Airlines in order to preserve the PSA name and copyrights."
 * That makes no sense to me. How does the name "Jetstream" preserve PSA copyrights. The other airlines that were merged in kept their names as commuter airlines to preserve their copyright. -newkai t-c 03:38, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * There was an airline named Jetstream that US Air Group owned before it bought PSA. When it bought PSA it changed the name of Jetstream to PSA, so no one else could use the PSA name, since US Air was still "using" the PSA name. —Cliffb 05:43, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Broadcasting
I removed this section: The company set up a subsidiary called "PSA Broadcasting" in the mid seventies. It acquired stations in several California markets like Sacramento, San Jose, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Two were acquired together from Biola Bible College, 107.5 KBBI Los Angeles and 102.9 KBBW San Diego. For several years the stations were running beautiful music or "Easy Listening" formats as KEZC, KEZR, KEZL and in LA KLVE (which used KLVE but had asked for KEZD but snagged a complaint from KEZY in Anaheim)better known as K-LOVE. At other times the stations tied their etters to the company name as KPSA, KPSC, KPSD, and KPSJ. KLVE in LA eventually was sold to KLVE Broadcasting Company, purchased 1020 KTNQ from Storer Broadcasting, and ran as Spanish stations for many years, beforee selling to Heftel Broadcasting (rolled up eventually into Univision Radio). KEZL in San Diego wound up in the hands of Gannett Company's KSDO. ASI Communications got KEZC in sacramento.

We really need a cite for this. I find it doubtful that an airline started a broadcasting company. Plus this whole section needs cleaned up, if it can be cited. —Cliffb 15:47, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * If you have read Garry Kissel's book on PSA, it explains they operated radio stations as part of their Fly, Sleep, and Drive campaign. I can place this back in the article and give it that source if necessary. --707 (talk) 05:10, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Inline Citation problem
Some of the refrences are said to have a lack of inline citations. I am having a hard time believing this at the moment. Should the warning box for this issue be removed? -707 (talk) 03:39, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

External links modified
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PSA began drilling for oil to save the airlines during the oil embargo of the 70's.
Link is about the embargo and ots affects on the airlines. https://simpleflying.com/how-the-1973-oil-crisis-impacted-commercial-aviation/

PSA employee Eugene Caldwell decided to combat the jet fuel shortage by drilling and producing jet fuel. PSA created two subsidiaries, PSE Pacific Southwest Exploration (exploration for oil) and PST Pacific Southwest Trading. (Selling jet fuel to other airlines) These two companies were so successful that when PSA was acquired by US Air, they were not included in the transaction. PS Group was created to retain the exploration and trading company. This move to become self sufficient saved PSA as well as several other airlines during the OPEC embargo. Jeanine Gaston (talk) 23:00, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Tone and editorial style
This article suffers from far too much non-neutral and casual writing including inappropriate editoral commentary. The most egregious example would be the section headed "Those Uniforms".

Article needs a lot of re-work. I have tagged it accordingly. ~Anachronist (talk) 22:17, 17 June 2024 (UTC)