Originally Posted by
Nucflash
Frank Borman did 10 laps around the moon, but running Eastern was a little much for him…..
To be fair to Frank, the guy was doing all right up until the point deregulation happened and the business model his entire airline, and most others, was built around totally changed. Contract negotiations in good faith with the machinists union were opportunized by the union leader who happily bankrupted Eastern so his folks could get 2 years of great pay followed by unemployment. I’d put Eastern’s failure less to Frank Borman’s management and more to a calcified and immovable business model, unethical and possibly immoral behavior from de-regulators and machinist union. I dunno, just some considerations.