The US Airways name will stay as part of a merger with America West Airlines, but many of US Airways' top executives will be departing once the new enterprise is aloft this fall, leaving a string of America West officers in charge.

The airlines proposed a new, combined executive team to more than 40,000 employees yesterday, and many of the top US Airways names were left off the list, including executive vice presidents Jerry Glass, Liz Lanier, Chris Chiames and Chief Financial Officer Ron Stanley, all of whom will not be joining the merged airline at its headquarters in Tempe, Ariz., according to a source close to the company.

US Airways CEO Bruce Lakefield will stay on the board as vice chairman but will have no day-to-day role in management. And Executive Vice President Bruce Ashby, once considered a CEO candidate at US Airways, is leaving at the end of the month to run an Indian start-up airline.

The only top US Airways officer included in the new executive team is Al Crellin, currently US Airways' executive vice president of operations. Crellin, a US Airways employee since 1988, will have the same title in the new company.

The rest of the team is from America West -- another sign of how much influence the much-smaller company will have in shaping the new US Airways. America West Chief Executive Officer Doug Parker will be CEO of the merged carrier, and six other current America West officers will play critical roles: Scott Kirby will run sales and marketing; Jeff McClelland will be the company's chief administrative officer; Derek Kerr will be chief financial officer; Jim Walsh will act as general counsel; C.A. Howlett will handle public affairs; and Elise Eberwein will handle communications.

To be final, the executive selections still need the approval of the new airline's board, which has not yet been announced. Managers a level or two below the top executives will be selected over the next few weeks, according to both airlines.

US Airways would not confirm what executives would be leaving the Arlington, Va.-based airline, but it did acknowledge that some would.

"The executive team at US Airways has worked on this merger with one goal in mind, to preserve the franchise, save jobs and provide stability for the combined airline," said US Airways spokesman David Castelveter. "They are pleased to have been able to play a role in restructuring US Airways. With the merger agreement near complete, for personal reasons, some of them will not be joining the new company."

An America West spokesman also declined to name those not making the cut. "Different things can be inferred, but we just haven't gotten that far yet," said Carlo Bertolini, the spokesman.

Both airlines expect to close the merger in late September or early October. They still need the approval of a U.S. bankruptcy judge, the U.S. Department of Transportation, US Airways creditors and America West shareholders. Once everything is done, America West would control a larger chunk of the company and more board seats. As yesterday's announcement shows, America West executives would largely run the new airline, day after day.