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I used to fly em as a baby

Just because you share a name with a much loved legacy airline, doesn't ensure success. The original Western, was one of the pioneer airlines in the U.S. and people had affection for these airlines. Their exemplary service, the family like feeling between the employees and knowing that you were a part of history and something spectacular, goes a long way towards building a successful company of ANY kind. Many people who try to start airlines with a legacy carrier's name, think that the name and sentimentality will bring them success and money. It doesn't work that way. An airline requires a major investment in time and money and you must LOVE the airline business. This is a service industry above all else and your employees, as well as your passengers, can tell rather quickly, that you don't have their best interests, safety and comfort in mind. Speak to the former employees of any airline that fell victim to greed and mismanagement. Especially the airlines that were once "powerhouses"; Pan Am, Eastern, TWA, Continental, Northwest and Frontier. A name alone, will not give you the "Midas touch"..😞

L1011s are beautiful airplanes

These types of videos are bittersweet because they remind us of a time when aviation was exciting, glamorous and enjoyable. De-regulation messed it all up. These airlines were fun and made flying an adventure...we need them back.😞😒

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thanks for educating me about PSA more thoroughly! i'm a SoCal kid but not old enough to have experience with them... although I've loved their livery & interior palettes for a long time. just curious why the image at 8:20 is very obviously LAX while talking about game-changing departures from SD & Oakland to destinations in Nevada

We unite!! I used to be a flight attendant for ATA. The best years of my life and visited wonderful countries with great hospitality. No other airline will allow you to experience what we had. 😢

So, it's fall 1985 and I had just finished my 3rd AIT school in the Army at Ft. Devens in MA and caught a People's Express from Boston to Newark. Last seat in the back row right next to some psychotic woman in full body leather who kept belching in my face and trying to lick my ear...they run the Pay Cart down the isle after takeoff and she's still going totally psycho. No help from a stewardess - I pay my bill when the cart comes by - and elbow blow the nut and put her to sleep...still trying to forget that little hop from Boston to Newark.

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I live only a block from where PSA 182 went down in North Park in 1978 (thankfully, I didn’t live here then) but it was a tragedy that haunted the airline until the end…the neighborhood never recovered either😊

I initially thought this was about Midwest Express and was perplexed why you started talking about Chicago (as Midwest Express was beloved in my hometown of Milwaukee)

I would’ve love to fly this one just once being someone on a budget

Mmmmm fresh chocolate chip cookies! Oh how I would have loved to fly this airline

Just so you and everyone else know, it is a BAE 146 not BEA 146

I was working at the Ala Moana Hotel when that last crew arrived to check in. The announcement of suspended operations came shortly after they arrived but we knew a little before it was coming. I was the manager on duty and our GM told me that the crew members needed to pay us directly for their rooms as the airline owed us a huge amount of money. I felt so bad for the crew and gave them some free meal vouchers to help them save on the added expense. Ironically, I was in their shoes when the airline I flew with (Rich International Airways) had gone under in 2006 and was faced with the same predicament when we arrived in San Francisco after an overnight flight from HNL - DFW and I ended up getting a flight from SFO back home to HNL the following day. The crew were very kind and sympathetic to us on that flight home. ATA was a good airline and it’s sad they couldn’t stay aloft.

Eastern was the last major Airline to go all jet. I was a Steward ( flight attendant) in the 70's for Eastern and actually flew on the Electra ( huge prop jet with First Class in the back). We got Franked by both of these men!

Thanks for the Midwest Express Airlines story.

American Airlines helped destroy Braniff by overbooking their flights.

Let's take a wild guess " GREED"

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I work for the original Midway Airlines in the mid-80s we were based on LaGuardia at the time it was well-loved it was well-liked but management made very critical errors Chief among those was picking up a bunch of Old Eastern aircraft and another cold weather Hub it doomed them and then when they declared bankruptcy they completely went out of business instead of seeking protection under chapter 7 or chapter 8 whatever it is called they just flat out went bankrupt didn't need to do that either Midway had a loyal public and they had a real Niche that they could have exploited using Chicago Midway Airport when they got away from that and over-expanded that was when they got into trouble

Me and my friends used to drive from Richmond to Norfolk to fly up to NYC because it was quicker and cheaper than taking the train.

Kinda surprised you didn't tap into some of the talks Howard Putnam did that are on YT where he talked about some juicy stuff things like the Enterprise episode ("Tailspin") didn't mention - a lot of small things like on Putnam's first day the FBI showing up to arrest the director of fuel purchases, or even silly things like as a joke fellow higher ups changing his nametag so it read "Shithead." 😂 (and how humor helped them try to keep pushing on). The channel "PDA Speakers" is one channels that has these talks he did.

Lorenzo took EAL down. This video leaves out many details.

i think midwest DC9 crashed after taking off back in the 80s.

It was foolish to take on USAir in PHL. Midway had a big long ticket counter there. I booked many fights and knew Midway was in for a fight when USAir, the main east coast hub carrier lowered ticket prices.

Republic airways still uses the code YX for flights. A little bit of Midwest still remains.

My first flight was in a PSA L-188 Electra from San Diego to LAX on my happy way home to MCI from Navy boot camp in April, 1966. Made several more uneventful and on time trips with PSA over the next 4 years. I was heartsick over the tragic crash into a SD residential neighborhood many years later. Felt close to that 727, passengers and crew for some reason. Not happy that PSA was gobbled up in the endless mergers in the 1980s. A good company was lost to corporate greed.

I flew on Eastern Airlines to Guantanamo Bay Cuba naval station when they charter flights from keywood to Jamaica to Puerto Rico

I flew Eastern since mid 80s from SJU to MIA to LAX. Old big L1011s. Last time flying EA was round trip SJU to Dominican Republic. On the DR-SJU leg I got in The filthiest and smelly airplane I ever flown. Even the air conditioner diffusers were broken and you can look inside. I was scared to fly that plane once I noticed the lack of maintenance of those basics. To top it all, the landing at SJU was aborted at almost touchdown and there was a lot of scared faces and looking around. A year later EA was gone!

PSA is still an airline but they just operate planes for american

The plane was configured for landing, with flaps and leading edge slats deployed on both wings. When the collision with Cessna happened it caused the starboard leading edge slats/,flaps to retract but the leading edge devices on the portside wing were still deployed. The additional lift on the port wing caused the plane to roll to the right, past 90 degrees eventually. They were at too low altitude for the aircraft to recover.

ATA was the first airline I worked for. Your research showed in this video. Well done!

Sad, but Great video. I lost my job with Midway on September 12th.

They accepted checks as payment. At the time I ran a collection agency and tried to collect on their bad checks. Some people had paid with bad checks multiple times, basically flying for free. They refused to compile a list and refuse to fly these people.

I still have my Braniff charge card - (this was before MasterCard!)

Delta is not based in Dallas. It was named Braniff Place not Palace.

BEGAN not Begun

Services conducted WITHIN a State are “INTRA-STATE” not interstate which is between different States.

AC

OMG… I grew up with PSA! When I was a kid in the early ‘70s, my parents took us on a trip to San Diego. This was my first time flying round trip from LAX to San Diego. We flew in a 727. Back then flight attendants were called “stewardesses.” They had on these bot pink and orange outfits that were miniskirts. They also wore strap up white gogo boots. They were so humorous and at the same time sexually appealing to many of the customers. By today’s standards that would be a no no. But PSA was another era. I flew it many times as I grew up. In 1986, I was at the ticket counter at LAX and the sign said: “US Air/PSA.” I asked the agent, “What’s with the US Air?” He told me that USA bought out PSA. I felt so sad. And then shortly thereafter, PSA was gone. They were like a sibling to me. I will always miss them.

Just subscribed I will be flying from JFK to Hong Kong thank you for the video

Another very little known fact about Eastern - I flew on them in 1974...

I used to work at Busch Gardens back around 1990. I remember some guest would have pins on their shirts with "Lorenzo" and a circle with a line crossing out his name. I used to give them a thumbs up.

PSA WAS ONE OF THE BETTER AIRLINES BACK IN THE DAY..I ALWAYS ENJOYED FLYING THEM

Delta was never based in Dallas. They had a hub there until the early 2000s. Deltas headquarters has been in Atlanta since the 1940s

Eastern was a victim of deregulation in 1979. They were never able to overcome the influx of new carriers in the late 80s, and didn’t adapt to new era of competition. Frank Lorenzo was the reason for Eastern, Texas international, Frontier, people Express, and continental to fail. Only continental survived. Frontier was restarted in the late 90s as a separate entity. continental ended up merging with United. They were a victim of deregulation which they didn’t adapt to.

Eastern's downfall can be attributed to 1 man....Frank Lorenzo !! In the days of merger mania, Frank Lorenzo, Ed Acker from Pan Am, Carl Icahn at TWA and Alfred Checci at Northwest, destroyed the airline industry.😡

Always funny to see the roles unions play in the downfall of their own members….

AC, bruh!