Pan Am (a/k/a Boston-Maine) Ceases Operations
 

It finally happened. Below is a link to the story in the USA Today.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/2008/03/pan-am.html

Not surprising news as they have all kinds of problems.

Note that the cause of the shutdown was pending FAA certificate action due to poor finances....maybe mesa will be next? The Aloha lawsuit is right around the corner :)

Good...now let the Pan Am name rest in peace.

That's ashame, but i'm not gonna be surprised if the name kicks around somewhere else sooner than later.

I'm willing to bet 99% of the traveling public didn't know pan am was even still around in any way shape or form anyways.

One of the 727's is sitting on the AAR ramp in Oklahoma City.

Still looks good in the old Pan Am paint.

I was wondering where their 727s ended up. Maybe they will try and sell them.

i actually got an interview there about a month ago...it was not a happy place at all...the hangar and offices seemed to be right out of the 60s...the aircraft and maintenance facilities were awful and no one seemed to be in a good mood. after going up there for an interview they finally told me that they were only looking for street captains...which is fine with me...i just wanted to see the inside of a jetstream...:D

My father is a former 747 captain for the original company. I just spoke to him a little while ago and told him. He was always very critical of this version of Pan Am. He said that he felt bad for those who lost their jobs but happy as this will be the end of it. He always said this company was a huge insult to the original company and the name.

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.

There is one in MIA as well.... looks great... reminds me when i was a little 5 yeard old kid... it was the first airplane i ever got into.. aww ok enough haha :D