"Eastern Airlines" news
 

Oh please... just let it die for cryin' out loud...:rolleyes:

I also heard about a company called Family Airlines.........

Just thought it was funny and ironic how an old Mesa "executive" is spearheading the Eastern revival.......talk about irony.

Are they gonna bring back the stinky lavs, bitter NY ticket agents, no speaky english res agents, cancel flights at last minute, surly flight attendants, run out of booze on a super bowl charter before the wheels are in the well?
And last but certainly not least............Charlie Bryan?

Yeah, you're right. Why bother bringing it back if they're just going to operate like all the other airlines do today?:eek:

Bingo ! we have a winner lol:D

That article cited "the crisis of the first persian gulf war" as one reason why Eastern failed, can anyone elaborate on that???

Oil doubled to $40/bbl and took both EAL and PanAm out. Not that they weren't having tons of problems already, but the surge in fuel finished 'em. PanAm also was hurt by a big drop off in international traffic due to the conflict.

Eastern was a sick puppy from years and years of mismanagement and failure to respond to changing market condition. Then along came Frank Lorenzo, which is like gangrene festering in an open wound. He destroyerd everything he touched. Never forget his name, or his spawn such as Jonathan Orenstein still running airlines as we speak.