Originally Posted by MrBigAir

So there is no question: This company had absolutely no affiliations what-so-ever with Pan American World Airways 1927-1991. Mellon bought the name and the symbol for super cheap and slapped it on some of his airplanes. Then he did everything they could to steal PA's history and legacy as their own for legitimacy. This whole thing was sacrilegious and blasphemous. Good riddance to a union-busting, law-skirting, shady airline.