American Airlines - Last one standing

On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:30:07 -0400, zak wrote
in ::

All in all, what a sad day for U.S. aviation, and what a sad state of
affairs for a once-prestigious industry.


It's called Free Market Economy, the mainstay of laissez-faire
Capatolism. The airlines wanted deregulation, now they can reap the
consequences.

"Robert J Carpenter" wrote in message
...
I recall that at the time of the previous rash of airline failures,
1991???, Mr. Kahn ? - the chief architect of airline deregulation -
said that foreign airlines / owners ought to be let in to show how to
run an aitline. Back then that was particularly silly since most
European airlins still had protected turf and some subsidies (real or
hidden).

Last I heard, Barnson's Virgin organisation still insisted that they
are going to run an American airline through a "US Owned" shell.
Curious.


It looks like Sir Richard is busy playing around with his buddy Burt putting
together a space travel company. Not sure why anybody would want to enter
the US airline market at this time. In a few years after things shake out
maybe but not now.

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

He said pre-deregulation U.S. major carrier. Do you think Southwest
qualified as a major carrier before deregulation?

I worked on the Hartsfield Airport expansion project in the late 70s. Southwest
was the only carrier I saw flying DC-3 passenger planes into Atlanta (there were
a few cargo carriers using them). I thought it was cool - they looked like new
planes.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

AA last one standing? There are many others that qualify for major status but AA isn't the only legacy that hasn't filed. What about Continental?

Originally Posted by George Patterson

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
He said pre-deregulation U.S. major carrier. Do you think Southwest qualified as a major carrier before deregulation?

I worked on the Hartsfield Airport expansion project in the late 70s. Southwest
was the only carrier I saw flying DC-3 passenger planes into Atlanta (there were
a few cargo carriers using them).

Those two companies are not the same. The present day Southwest Airlines has only flown Boeing 737s. Southwest Airways was the DC-3 operator you remember:

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/PRPhotos/DouglasDC-3.htm

SF3aviatrix wrote:
Steven P. McNicoll wrote:-
He said pre-deregulation U.S. major carrier. Do you think Southwest
qualified as a major carrier before deregulation?-

I worked on the Hartsfield Airport expansion project in the late 70s.
Southwest
was the only carrier I saw flying DC-3 passenger planes into Atlanta
(there were
a few cargo carriers using them).

Those two companies are not the same. The present day Southwest
Airlines has only flown Boeing 737s. Southwest Airways was the DC-3
operator you remember:

The DC3 thing sound strange to me too. I remember mixing with SW's
737s operating out of Dallas Love. At that time, I thought they flew an
extremely limited set of routes that did not reach the SE US or anywhere
else outside of the SW.

SF3aviatrix wrote:

Those two companies are not the same. The present day Southwest
Airlines has only flown Boeing 737s. Southwest Airways was the DC-3
operator you remember:

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/PRPhotos/DouglasDC-3.htm

Yep, that's it.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:kIlWe.20637$ck6.2771@trndny05...

Yep, that's it.


I don't think so. I think it's this one:

http://www.southernairways.org/image...%20DC-3atl.jpg

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:kIlWe.20637$ck6.2771@trndny05...

Yep, that's it.

I don't think so. I think it's this one:

Nope. I distinctly remember the circular sort of Aztec symbol. And it was
definitely Southwestern.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:kIlWe.20637$ck6.2771@trndny05...

Yep, that's it.


I don't think so. I think it's this one:

http://www.southernairways.org/image...%20DC-3atl.jpg

"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:kIlWe.20637$ck6.2771@trndny05...

Yep, that's it.


I don't think so. I think it's this one:

http://www.southernairways.org/image...%20DC-3atl.jpg