End of an era for sure. Due to a relocation abroad, I took my last US Airways flight in April of this year.
My first Piedmont Airlines flight was in August 1982. My wife's first flight on Piedmont Airlines was in August 1981. Prior to that, she had flown long hauls South America to Europe on Air France since 1960. She cannot recall the type of plane her Piedmont flight was but it was extremely small and even as a seasoned flyer she got scared when her plane got in the path of a Boeing.
We joined the USAirways Dividend Miles (or whatever is what called then) in 1991 for me and 1992 for my wife.
The only good thing is that when they announced the new amenity bags with the different airlines that are part of US Airways, my wife said she wanted one from Piedmont. On my last flight in J in April, I got one. She was a happy camper.