TRUMP's $365M Dollar Airline that MISERABLY FAILED

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  • čas přidán 14. 07. 2024
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    0:00 Welcome To Grounded
    0:59 Back In The Late 80s
    2:23 Enter Donald Trump
    3:26 Upgrading
    5:11 Pan Am vs Donald Trump
    6:57 Flaws Revealed
    8:54 Next Time
    In the late 1980s, everyone wanted to own an airline. North America saw an explosion of carriers catering to all demographics and niches - and there was no more lucrative market than the northeastern shuttle routes of New York to Chicago and to Washington. In this game was Pan Am Shuttle, and Eastern Shuttle - shuttle services that were the most profitable parts of their respective airlines.
    But bigger problems brewed at Eastern with the rise of low-cost carriers, like People Express Airlines, who cut deeply into its profits. Various pivots failed to make enough profit and facing massive wage cuts, pilots of eastern went on strike. The airline was forced to sell off routes and subsidiary carriers, like Eastern Airlines Shuttle.
    Enter our titular character Donald Trump, who back in the late 80s was riding on the coattails of success with his New York real estate empire. Meeting then president of Eastern Airlines Frank Lorenzo at a party, he managed to band together a bank deal to sell the shuttle service to himself for a cool price of $365 million - far more than the cost to start up his own airline at the time, but would come with the share of the market that Eastern Airlines Shuttle dominated with Pan Am.
    Part of this deal includes the entire fleet of 17 Boeing 727s, landing facilities and gates at each of the three cities that the carrier flew to, and the right to put his TRUMP brand on the aircraft and the uniforms. Speaking of the staff, over 1000 Eastern employees were transferred to the new venture and saved their jobs.
    On the first day of business, Trump got work, adding his own unique spin to the business. Essentially these shuttle airlines operated as a no-frills low cost operation to keep out low-cost-carriers and to rival against ground-based transport like buses and trains. Trump had a different idea and converted the airline into a luxury carrier.
    What do we mean by luxury? Trump spent over $1 million on each plane to revamp the planes in his new trump livery and had the interiors redecorated with maple wood veneer, chrome seat belts, and gold-colored lavatories with marble benches. Much like the apartment that Trump lived in at the time. Keep in mind, these aircraft were only worth $4 million US.
    To be fair, the upgrades were not just vain surface-level details but included free meals for all passengers (such as trump steaks), free champagne, beer and wine and technology like self-check-in , inflight telephones, and rentable laptop computers.
    Needless to say, that these features quickly allowed Trump to regain market share against Pan Am, and control 40% of the northeast air shuttle market. Trump had seemly conquered the airline business - much where others had failed.
    With competition heating up between Pan Am Shuttle and Trump shuttle,
    the real estate magnate went a little too far and criticized the safety record of Pan Am - a big no-no in the competitive airline game.
    “I’m not criticizing Pan Am,” Trump said that day. “I’m just speaking facts.”
    And as luck would have it, it would bite him when his own plane suffered a nose gear failure in August 1989 arriving in Boston.
    “It was the most beautiful landing you’ve ever seen “It went all the way down the runway. By the time it landed at the end, the front just touched very softly. Everybody got off. Nobody was injured. They were shaken up. But they were fine,”
    This PR disaster revealed that the airline was losing money and that in 18 months had spent over half of the money, $128 million, it had cost to buy.
    You see several flaws with this airline. It focused on opulence rather than convenience - focusing on the image of a successful, rich man airline rather than what CEOs and business leaders wanted. Sure, passengers could dine on the very best while in flight, but it was only a 45-minute flight... there was not enough time to even pop the bottle when the seat belt line turned on.
    By the 1990s, over 100 employees had been let go and many of the perks had vanished, such as free coffee in the terminals. Limping for another year, it was clear that a luxury shuttle model had not worked, and trump was forced out of the business. The $245 million in loans and the $135 million in personal guarantees were washed away and he only took a loss of $35 million.
    US Airways would step in and take control of the airline and another ten years, profit-sharing with the option to buy it in 1997 for the original $245 million. The new owners scrapped the holden toilets and dropped the name.
    Ironically, in the early 90s, the Washington Post ran a 450 business travelers survey in the three shuttle markets of New York, Chicago and Washington, asking them what the first airline shuttle came to mind.
    Their answer? Eastern.

Komentáře • 864

  • @twistedyogert
    @twistedyogert Před 3 lety +429

    *"I will start a great great airline and I’ll have Eastern airlines pay for it."*

  • @jolttsp
    @jolttsp Před 3 lety +438

    I like the landings where the gear comes down

    • @Marchant2
      @Marchant2 Před 3 lety +18

      Poetic justice for dump lying about the safety record of the competitors.

    • @kdawson020279
      @kdawson020279 Před 3 lety +13

      Landing gear is highly overrated. Just have a fleet of KC-135 tankers and do air-to-air refueling. Passengers enter Executive Decision style and exit DB Cooper style. 😎🤣🤣🤣 Trump had gold plated toilets on nearly unserviceable aircraft... what could go wrong?

    • @JDC-ij9ql
      @JDC-ij9ql Před 3 lety +12

      Now I understand why he wanted to waste taxpayer money repainting airforce one. All superficial branding without true business acumen. Lets see how that track record of losing is applied defending the coming litany of lawsuits and failing luxe golf resorts.

    • @ecthelion222
      @ecthelion222 Před 3 lety +1

      Haha good one

    • @tcrebelguy
      @tcrebelguy Před 3 lety +7

      Only liberal snowflakes like landing gears.

  • @neildutton8077
    @neildutton8077 Před 3 lety +304

    "It was the most beautiful landing"
    "It was a perfect call"
    See a pattern here?

    • @jacksons1010
      @jacksons1010 Před 3 lety +27

      “It was perfect coup. Went exactly as planned.”

    • @Branfaol1
      @Branfaol1 Před 3 lety +18

      Even more telling when you watch other vids about him and criminal investigation around him. Form "He's a very good person" to " hardly knew him." The man is a deep as a water drop in Death Valley in the middle of summer during a heat wave.

    • @mariacristinamiranda8411
      @mariacristinamiranda8411 Před 3 lety +11

      Is there such thing as being “perfectly demented” or “perfectly deranged”?

    • @ecthelion222
      @ecthelion222 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes idiocy.

    • @kcindc5539
      @kcindc5539 Před 3 lety +5

      “Everybody says....”

  • @woolyimage
    @woolyimage Před 3 lety +72

    Richard Branson allegedly once said "how do you become a millionaire?" "Begin as a billionaire and start and airline...."

  • @riliryrimaddyvia9630
    @riliryrimaddyvia9630 Před 3 lety +107

    I love how you stay true to your words and actually make this an actual topic which was recommended in your live stream

    • @FoundAndExplained
      @FoundAndExplained  Před 3 lety +22

      Of course! You are my youtube family and I always listen to what you like :)

    • @abuBrachiosaurus
      @abuBrachiosaurus Před 3 lety +3

      @@FoundAndExplained I love how it is never bias either

    • @nickkorkodylas5005
      @nickkorkodylas5005 Před 3 lety +1

      @@FoundAndExplained A very usual trait of virtue signaling sellouts.

    • @Hunting380
      @Hunting380 Před 2 lety +3

      Actually make actual actualization of actual.

  • @VITORB82
    @VITORB82 Před 3 lety +376

    Spoilers: Trump failed and never aknowledged it.

    • @matthewb769
      @matthewb769 Před 3 lety +31

      And he still has failed as the President

    • @williamhaynes7089
      @williamhaynes7089 Před 3 lety +10

      @@matthewb769 - better than hillary

    • @matthewb769
      @matthewb769 Před 3 lety +40

      @@williamhaynes7089 Hillary didn't get a chance to prove herself, now did she?

    • @jacksons1010
      @jacksons1010 Před 3 lety +32

      @@williamhaynes7089 Hillary has never bankrupted, and never denied her failures. Hillary also never got locked up, which is something The Donald may not be able to say before too long, LOL.

    • @dcoffee4396
      @dcoffee4396 Před 3 lety +29

      @@williamhaynes7089 Really? How so? How many Hillary owned businesses went belly up? Trump Airlines. Trump Casino, Trump Vodka, Trump University, Trump Steaks, and his most recent HUGE belly flop The Trump Presidency. Now with a 2nd helping of impeachment. Oh, how many times did Hillary get impeached?

  • @chrispontani6059
    @chrispontani6059 Před 3 lety +182

    Just like today, he didn’t know what he was doing, he lied through his teeth, and made shit up.

    • @quanbrooklynkid7776
      @quanbrooklynkid7776 Před 3 lety +1

      Yup

    • @doopedoog
      @doopedoog Před 3 lety +7

      Ngl he was one of the best presidents the US has ever had, and that's a fact

    • @Jammermaker
      @Jammermaker Před 3 lety +20

      @@doopedoog that’s an opinion

    • @johnlewis3891
      @johnlewis3891 Před 3 lety +25

      @@doopedoog Trump is so great that he lost his bid for reelection. Trump is so great that his approval rating is about 40%. Trump is so great that his approval rating never hit over 50% Trump is so great that he is the first president to lose the House, the Senate, and his reelection in the spam of one term.

    • @b0b5m1th
      @b0b5m1th Před 3 lety +10

      @@doopedoog are you confusing facts with opinions? Yeah you are!

  • @sim61642
    @sim61642 Před 3 lety +84

    Orange Man Airlines.... has a nice ring to it

    • @HuplesCat
      @HuplesCat Před 3 lety +1

      White Star Airline. Flies the titanic Boeing’s lol

  • @kennethlee4894
    @kennethlee4894 Před 3 lety +18

    That is hysterical. A luxury airline in the NE Shuttle. 45 minute flights only.

  • @JuniorJr...
    @JuniorJr... Před 3 lety +185

    He never admits his flaws and outsources his guilt by firing executives.

    • @jobee3635
      @jobee3635 Před 3 lety +3

      Plz dont forgot u are talking abaut OGLY TRUMP. Pure gold 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @dcoffee4396
      @dcoffee4396 Před 3 lety +7

      Do you really think Trump is gonna take responsibility for anything??

    • @xiaoka
      @xiaoka Před 3 lety +9

      The same guy who disbanded the pandemic task force!

    • @utkarshg.bharti9714
      @utkarshg.bharti9714 Před 3 lety +4

      That's what most corporate heads do. Surprising you are even an American saying that.

    • @bunnicula38
      @bunnicula38 Před rokem

      Shaddap, tool. You will never be president.

  • @jasoncentore1830
    @jasoncentore1830 Před 3 lety +7

    They say if you're a Billionaire buy an airline if you want to be a millionaire

  • @MrButch-ls8vl
    @MrButch-ls8vl Před 3 lety +6

    A failed airline, a failed university, a failed casino hotel, a failed presidency, a failed man.

    • @frevazz3364
      @frevazz3364 Před 3 lety +1

      If I remember right it was 3 casinos that he ran into the ground, the man has a "gift"

    • @MrButch-ls8vl
      @MrButch-ls8vl Před 3 lety +1

      @@frevazz3364 Yes, it was actually 3 casinos in Atlantic City.

  • @johniii8147
    @johniii8147 Před 3 lety +4

    What has he done that hasn’t failed?

  • @ThePowerofJames
    @ThePowerofJames Před 3 lety +18

    Love it dude, you're getting on Mustard and Bright Sun Films levels of quality. Would love to see a couple Canadian failures on this, Zoom Airlines and Canada 3000!

  • @Zomby1Woof
    @Zomby1Woof Před 3 lety +12

    And now he's failed royally at being the President of the USA. I knew that would happen from the start but he turned out to be far worse than I could have eve imagined.

    • @Fate263
      @Fate263 Před 3 lety +1

      Hmm...
      Winery, Steaks, Casinos, Airlines... and now the presidency. For a man that screams success, there doesn't seem to be much of that.

    • @Zomby1Woof
      @Zomby1Woof Před 3 lety +2

      @@Fate263 There's one thing Trump has been successful at. He's successful at Failing.

    • @williamhaynes7089
      @williamhaynes7089 Před 3 lety

      @@Zomby1Woof he was successful at keeping Hillary out of white house, thanks donald...

    • @Zomby1Woof
      @Zomby1Woof Před 3 lety +1

      @@williamhaynes7089 I got to admit. I didn't like her either. But she was probably the lesser of two evils.

  • @nerdify3780
    @nerdify3780 Před 3 lety +26

    "Anything he puts his hands on turns to gold"
    I smell cap

    • @mariacristinamiranda8411
      @mariacristinamiranda8411 Před 3 lety +3

      Turns to crap, including a country

    • @neothurmic3780
      @neothurmic3780 Před 3 lety

      He did put gold in the planes... Maybe he meant it more literally?

    • @morrisjvan
      @morrisjvan Před 3 lety +1

      Must be a few gold pu$$ys out there then.

    • @Bird_Dog00
      @Bird_Dog00 Před 3 lety

      It's sorta true.
      Y'know, in the sense that a lot of things stop working if they are turned into solid gold...

    • @martytu20
      @martytu20 Před 3 lety

      Neo Thurmic who would have thought putting unnecessary weight on a plane makes no sense.

  • @rorymacve
    @rorymacve Před 3 lety +10

    Fantastic video, a very insightful look at an airline that has often held my curiosity! :D

  • @riliryrimaddyvia9630
    @riliryrimaddyvia9630 Před 3 lety +27

    Ah yes a new series which we all would love .

    • @FoundAndExplained
      @FoundAndExplained  Před 3 lety +2

      Yes im excited! So we will have normal content and this content is a bonus :)

  • @HELLH0WND
    @HELLH0WND Před 3 lety +34

    Can't wait to see Hooter's Air.

  • @maaltagabriel
    @maaltagabriel Před 3 lety +167

    "anything he puts his hands on turns to gold". Well, that aged like milk.

    • @Daniel-lb3jw
      @Daniel-lb3jw Před 3 lety +14

      Golden Milk aka piss

    • @julianreymus1721
      @julianreymus1721 Před 3 lety +10

      Just like his integrity, albeit he never had any to start with

    • @kenexx
      @kenexx Před 3 lety +1

      @Jak that wont work either. Give it time.

    • @endeavourist5287
      @endeavourist5287 Před 3 lety +18

      @Jak I guess you're unfamiliar with his handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Or international trade. Or nuclear deals. Or national debts. Or climate change. Or the economy. Or elections.

    • @ronik24
      @ronik24 Před 3 lety +7

      @Jak Declaring the strong victors and f***ing the subdued is not "brokering peace". I mean, obviously you can ignore Palestinians, West Saharans, etc., but that means millions of people continuing to live in horrible conditions as second-class citizens. That is not a solution in a civilized, humane world. That is just the right of the strongest, brute force.

  • @deputy3690
    @deputy3690 Před 3 lety +4

    Got ahead because of his dads fortunes, and not paying the contractors that did work for him, and failed miserably in life. I wouldn't call myself a successful business man if that's the path I took. In his mind he is great, and that's all that matters to him. Unfortunately there is a huge downside to that, and that would be he lives everyday in a miserable state of mind. He will never be a happy man. So sad.

  • @superque4
    @superque4 Před 3 lety +53

    My God this sounds all too familiar. The failures, the delusion...followed by the lies. GOOD RIDDANCE!

    • @SoulDelSol
      @SoulDelSol Před 3 lety +4

      He did same thing with trump taj mahal casino too

    • @waterheaterservices
      @waterheaterservices Před 3 lety +2

      Our economy was terrible under Trump. Glad we have Chairman Bei Jing Biden and The Party installed now to make it better.

    • @SoulDelSol
      @SoulDelSol Před 3 lety +2

      Divide and conquer. We are weakened by huge rift between parties. Where left and right see each other as enemies rather than fellow Americans- that puts us in vulnerable situation internationally. The only reason biden was able to be elected (with no one liking him, seeing him as easily manipulated like puppet) was because trump was thaat bad. I think most americans are center right but trump was so far out that he's fractured and destroyed republic party. I've voted republican many times but events since Jan 6 have totally changed my opinion on Trump. He cares nothing for anyone but himself and he created all these conspiracy theories to bolster his power base. I don't want to see this country go socialist but with guys trump, republicans lose Presidency, senate, and the house- and I'm not surprised. Gop needs to take strong stance and distance selves from him if it's going to be a viable party going fwd, they've changed their identity to get support of fringe groups. If you don't want 8 years of biden then again gop ought to take strong stance against trump. Otherwise that's going to happen

    • @superque4
      @superque4 Před 3 lety +2

      @@SoulDelSol you hit the nail on the head. I'm neither Dem or GOP and prefer the term realist. I'm a gun owner, pro choice anti trickle-down mash-up voter. My nonallegiance to a party gives me the freedom to vote my convictions and readily call out bs. #DividedWeFall

    • @SoulDelSol
      @SoulDelSol Před 3 lety +2

      @@superque4 exactly I've been registered independent for 20 years and vote for both parties. I agree, i work in a field that makes me more socially liberal but I'm also personally a little more fiscally conservative. Also def hold strong on bill of rights - 2nd amendment shouldn't even be open for debate

  • @johncollier608
    @johncollier608 Před 3 lety +76

    Good to see the Trump Leopard hasn't change his spots down the years. Great video, thank you.

    • @tdgreenbay
      @tdgreenbay Před 3 lety +6

      Good to see it's easy to poke at people whom you dislike but you never tried to start a airline yourself so you would really know what you speak of

    • @frankthespank
      @frankthespank Před 3 lety +5

      @@tdgreenbay I know right? Bunch of losers poking fun at Trump, a billionaire that owns skyscrapers and even an airline at one point. Oh and 45th president 😎

    • @tdgreenbay
      @tdgreenbay Před 3 lety +5

      @@frankthespank doesnt mean everything works out... especially when you are dealing with someone who ended up with one of the first Major scandals in the 1980s.... mr junk bond king...Trump lost plenty of money on that deal I'm sure just like many others

    • @xiaoka
      @xiaoka Před 3 lety +6

      @@tdgreenbay you are right. It’s unfair to publicly criticize people you don’t like. Donald Trump would certainly never do that, would he?

  • @ronik24
    @ronik24 Před 3 lety +8

    So, he was already the same liar back then. Nothing really changed, nothing turned him into the insane monster he is now. He always was like that. Just look at this expression: 5:55 It is the same tactics as his right wing populism now. Hint at a lie without any basis in fact, something will always stick and some people will always believe it.

  • @deeya
    @deeya Před 3 lety +12

    @6:07 "we had no proof to back it up..."
    It's nice that some things don't change.

  • @matthewbrown2037
    @matthewbrown2037 Před 3 lety +3

    I am not a "supposedly" astute businessman, but even i could see that far too few people would be bothered about luxury, on a 45 min short haul flight, to make a viable business. Surely even wealthy people can go a whole 45 mins without champagne, and as for a steak meal, I'm sure they'd just rather wait until they shortly reached, whichever city they were flying to, and have a, probably much nicer, meal sat in a restaurant, rather than a cramped 727. No wonder it went belly up so quickly. Unfortunately Trump doesn't learn from his mistakes, because people always just threw money at him, so he took risks with other people's cash, then just declare bankruptcy, so he didn't have to pay it back. That's not business, it's theft, and it pisses me of that he's never been held accountable for all of his massive mistakes, many of which have cost hundreds, maybe thousands of jobs on top of the money.

  • @riliryrimaddyvia9630
    @riliryrimaddyvia9630 Před 3 lety +14

    Nice animations which probably took you over 2-3 days so good job and that and we hope to see more .

  • @waffle-waffle5416
    @waffle-waffle5416 Před 3 lety +10

    he got in, he make it look sweet on paper, he broke the norm, he left it messed up, he called it a success. it's sounded so familiar recently where do i heard it before

  • @watermelonhelmet6854
    @watermelonhelmet6854 Před 3 lety +2

    So, he bought a successful business and lied about how successful it was while he ran it into the ground because he didn't have a clue what he was doing? Wow... Shocker.

    • @fawkewe
      @fawkewe Před rokem

      It was already unsuccessful and hemorrhaging money before trump bought it which is why he was able to buy it. Trump definitely didn’t know what he was doing though.

  • @JoaoSoares-rs6ec
    @JoaoSoares-rs6ec Před 3 lety +3

    that guy saying everything Trump touches turns to gold, more like turns to crap every single time,

  • @calbob750
    @calbob750 Před 3 lety +2

    Six corporate bankruptcies and couldn’t get loans from American banks. This seems to be a pattern of behavior.

  • @vernalc2449
    @vernalc2449 Před 3 lety +47

    EVERYTHING the Orange touches is run into the ground. He just proved it AGAIN.

  • @SargeScum
    @SargeScum Před 3 lety +73

    Guy is still the same. Don't wanna lose? Make stuff up about safety while everyone else is telling you otherwise.

    • @techhelpportalextras3007
      @techhelpportalextras3007 Před 3 lety +3

      Except there's significant evidence he won. I don't like him for the record

    • @Brewza50
      @Brewza50 Před 3 lety

      @@techhelpportalextras3007 bullshit. There is absolutely no evidence he won the election. In fact, there is overwhelming evidence he didn't.

  • @Stephie2007
    @Stephie2007 Před 3 lety +205

    Much like his Presidency, This had Vanity Project written all over it.

    • @mariacristinamiranda8411
      @mariacristinamiranda8411 Před 3 lety +13

      Looser man, looser airline

    • @ytisfinggarbagenow8028
      @ytisfinggarbagenow8028 Před 3 lety +7

      @@mariacristinamiranda8411 lt's "loser" but you're right

    • @ZX-zw3ge
      @ZX-zw3ge Před 3 lety +3

      Vanity also had a second name, and it's destruction.

    • @alektonjes7467
      @alektonjes7467 Před 3 lety

      @James Gravil worse looking than all of them

    • @macrussell78
      @macrussell78 Před 3 lety +2

      @Banned4life 1488 Imagine defending said loser and your only argument is a spelling error. You're a clown and you're always going to be a clown till you rot in the ground

  • @comradehabibi4451
    @comradehabibi4451 Před 3 lety +9

    What would happen to America if Pan Am eventually became the president. Yea i know, pretty out of context lol

  • @rafaelcamilo2904
    @rafaelcamilo2904 Před 3 lety +1

    What about one billion in a casino that expert in marketing advised him that would not work. But, he knows more than the experts. Ups a billion gone. He is known for colossal mistake.

  • @ogjk
    @ogjk Před 3 lety +4

    G'day, stateside here. Love Aussie aviation channels, was starting to tire of DJ's aviation just reading the news. Keep up the great work.

    • @FoundAndExplained
      @FoundAndExplained  Před 3 lety +1

      Welcome to the channel! If you like the videos then perhaps consider subscribing :)

    • @ogjk
      @ogjk Před 3 lety

      @@FoundAndExplained done and done can't wait for your next livestream.

    • @chrismckellar9350
      @chrismckellar9350 Před 3 lety +1

      I agree with you about DJ's Aviation.

  • @michaelmorales1475
    @michaelmorales1475 Před 3 lety +5

    And now they're both gone. :/

  • @minimalist...6203
    @minimalist...6203 Před 3 lety +75

    It's just so funny listening to him in 1980s, he hasn't changed, just speaks more slowly and radically. Amazing, lol.

    • @jasonatkins1467
      @jasonatkins1467 Před 3 lety +4

      Radically?

    • @minimalist...6203
      @minimalist...6203 Před 3 lety +5

      @@jasonatkins1467 Compare his rant now to the way he used to speak then, that's what I mean.

    • @FoundAndExplained
      @FoundAndExplained  Před 3 lety +4

      Rationally I believe you mean. I couldn't stop smiling

    • @minimalist...6203
      @minimalist...6203 Před 3 lety +2

      @@FoundAndExplained Rationally, heh. Well hey man, past that, great content!

    • @memc0282
      @memc0282 Před 3 lety +3

      He always sounds angry

  • @michaelpielorz9283
    @michaelpielorz9283 Před 3 lety +1

    Should have called it "Fake News" Airline.With the "Nobody knows" call sign.

  • @ingvarhallstrom2306
    @ingvarhallstrom2306 Před 3 lety +3

    He's always playing with other people's money...

  • @foxyturbine7114
    @foxyturbine7114 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Just discovered this channel. It's brilliant!
    Riddle:
    Q: How do you become a millionaire?
    A: First, become a billionaire. Then, buy an airline!
    😂😂😂

  • @cordorne
    @cordorne Před 3 lety +6

    I CAN'T WAIT TILL NEXT WEEK! LOVE THE VIDEO!!!!!! also thanks for the info. now i know why trump shuttle went out of buisnuss.

  • @arkady714
    @arkady714 Před 3 lety +4

    As a college kid from NY going to school in Boston, I flew the Eastern shuttle a number of times. It was actually pretty convenient. Even back then you were able to bypass the ticket counter and buy from an automatic kiosk. I never did fly Trump airlines but the minute this vid talked about gold, marble and steaks, I knew that doing this was a silly mistake. Yes, the flights were only 45 minutes! PS: Being from central Long Island, a good alternative was flying in or out of MacArthur Airport in Islip. Some of the carriers used smaller, even propeller, planes but it was less hassle than schlepping to Queens, LaGuardia.

    • @cynthiabrent6479
      @cynthiabrent6479 Před 2 lety +1

      I noticed that both 🚆 trains and 🚌 buses were ignored when it came to Trump "taking over" Eastern Airlines.
      When someone utilizes airline travel (especially for business) the final destination is very specific. By that for example, let's say someone plans to go from New York to Culpeper,, Virginia. So a person would have to fly from New York to D.C. NEXT-- have to have an Alternative method of transportation since another airline flight would be out of the question due to the expense. (Culpeper, Virginia is some 70 miles south west of D.C.). Ignoring 🚌 and 🚆 was a major MISTAKE along with many others Trump made in regards to Eastern Airlines. Trump NEVER did any hardcore research into travel options.

    • @amalayperson7208
      @amalayperson7208 Před rokem

      What did you felt when Eastern Airlines went out of business in 1991?

    • @arkady714
      @arkady714 Před rokem +1

      @@cynthiabrent6479 It was all ego and narcissism. His being accustomed to solid gold faucets in bathrooms and warm towels everywhere he was made him believe that everyone needed their ego massaged at every moment. He personally needs a luxury flight even if it lasts on 45 minutes. Normal people not only don't but will also refuse to pay for it.

    • @arkady714
      @arkady714 Před rokem

      @@amalayperson7208 Frankly, it didn't make much difference. Coming in from Long Island into Penn Station in those days wasn't any more difficult than going to LaGuardia Airport. And, as a college kid whose parents were paying my ticket, I really didn't mind taking Amtrak. I thought it a bit of a shame that Eastern went under, but personally it didn't make it that much more difficult to get to Boston.

    • @amalayperson7208
      @amalayperson7208 Před rokem

      @@arkady714 Did you also flew with other airlines other than Eastern?

  • @erich6860
    @erich6860 Před 3 lety +3

    "Everything he puts his hands on just turns to gold",,, until his charity got disbanded for not using its funds for charity. Until his college was sued for not being an actual college. Until he got a casino and ruined that. A steak company,,, ummm, yeah that fell. Vodka company, fell. But hey, he wants to bring back jobs to America,,, by not returning any of the jobs his companies have to America and applying for migrant workers for his vineyards wooooooo. Trump.

  • @redballthing
    @redballthing Před 3 lety +7

    Your animations make me feel like you're the animator of Microsoft Flight Simulator, hmmm....

  • @pablocruise678
    @pablocruise678 Před 3 lety +1

    Bad, massive horrible deal...

  • @benwilson6145
    @benwilson6145 Před 3 lety +5

    Anything he puts his hands on turns to gold?

  • @dafiltafish
    @dafiltafish Před 3 lety +3

    A very bold first episode, I think it's a great series idea!

  • @Kj16V
    @Kj16V Před 3 lety +10

    Who'd have thought this guy would go on to become a stable genius.

  • @Bille994
    @Bille994 Před 3 lety +10

    'Trump' is slang for 'fart' in British English, so to see a plane with the word 'TRUMP' proudly printed on the side is slightly hilarious to me

  • @defcon9998
    @defcon9998 Před 3 lety +1

    This was fun to watch!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍🏻

  • @blockvfive1196
    @blockvfive1196 Před 3 lety +11

    is it me or did trump in the 80s sounded like lower pitched Bart Simpson?

  • @JoseJimenez-fc6pu
    @JoseJimenez-fc6pu Před 3 lety +3

    Guess you can also add "US President" to his latest list of failures too. 😒

    • @bursegsardaukar
      @bursegsardaukar Před 3 lety

      Yeah. How many hundreds of thousands of American lives were lost because mishandling of the pandemic.

    • @mitchellwilliams4242
      @mitchellwilliams4242 Před 3 lety

      @@bursegsardaukar you just repeating news propaganda, you don't get 20 billion in the bank by being a failure....

    • @peaveyst7
      @peaveyst7 Před rokem

      @@mitchellwilliams4242 truth is now propaganda... trumpers truly hate the truth...

  • @JARV9701
    @JARV9701 Před 3 lety +11

    "Everything Trump touches turns gold"
    Quite Literal, the problem that good is pretty much useless except for circuits. Just like Trump's business.

  • @blackkaw1
    @blackkaw1 Před 3 lety

    It was never about operating a successful airline but cashing in on the busted up pieces.

  • @kameronb
    @kameronb Před 3 lety +1

    Oh! Do an episode on Canada 3000! $99 flights YVR to LAX were amazing, and having to walk to the furthest reaches of the airport to catch the flight! The terminal at LAX was original from the 60s and it looked abandoned when you’d walk through it. Good times!

  • @justme-hh4vp
    @justme-hh4vp Před 3 lety +9

    Marble and gold toilets as fuel prices rise... , that's the Donald!

  • @listerdave1240
    @listerdave1240 Před 3 lety +48

    The word 'failed' always has a good place in almost any sentence or phrase that contains the word 'Trump'.

    • @frogstamper
      @frogstamper Před 3 lety +3

      Also, "LOSER" has a nice ring with Trump as well.

    • @Weakest_Bulgarian
      @Weakest_Bulgarian Před 2 lety +1

      And currently we're suffering through the worst administration this country has ever seen. It completely abandoned the American people, lies, refuses to be transparent, doges questions, and is a massive failure in general

    • @listerdave1240
      @listerdave1240 Před 2 lety

      ​@@Weakest_Bulgarian Thankfully that has been gradually changing for the better over the past months. It will take time though to undo the damage done over the previous years.

    • @Weakest_Bulgarian
      @Weakest_Bulgarian Před 2 lety +1

      @@listerdave1240 Lol, keep being literally delusional. Biden's approval rating is at 38%. America has only tasted 1 year of Uncle bad touch and we want a refund

  • @KomradZX1989
    @KomradZX1989 Před 3 lety +2

    THIS IS CZcams AT ITS ABSOLUTE BEST! I love all your videos, they are all so great! Question: I know they were far from boutique, but could TWA ever be done in this series or as it’s own thing?
    I was born in 1989 and flew twice a year from St. Louis Lambert to Baltimore/Washington BWI (or occasionally Dulles, which was dark and icky in the 1990s) to do a medical study at the NIH in DC and I flew TWA until after 9/11 and AA bought them. I’d love to see a “love letter” to old TWA if you ever get the time 😁

    • @KomradZX1989
      @KomradZX1989 Před 3 lety +1

      Until 9/11 happened pilots would see me in my wheelchair getting ready to get in the plane and would ALWAYS invite me to the cockpit and let me flip a switch or two and then give me a pair of plastic TWA wings. I still have them all 🥰

  • @yaboyqmaga1125
    @yaboyqmaga1125 Před 2 lety +2

    Look at all the salt flowing in here from people who have never started anything in their lives lol

    • @peaveyst7
      @peaveyst7 Před rokem +2

      look at all the salt flowing from trumpers who have never been rich or succesfull in live lol...

  • @gregoryferraro7379
    @gregoryferraro7379 Před 3 lety +10

    "It was the most beautiful landing you've ever seen..." It would be a greater comfort to know the guy has always been a delusional and dangerous narcissist if it there weren't still 70m+ people who aren't convinced yet...

    • @mdd1963
      @mdd1963 Před 3 lety

      more like 80 million...

  • @mogwaifan7094
    @mogwaifan7094 Před 3 lety +2

    The planes Eastern had were Lockheed 1011,s.The retired astronaut Frank Borman was the president of Eastern for a time.

  • @neil1030
    @neil1030 Před 3 lety +1

    I flew with them once from LaGuardia to DC and don't remember a meal or anything that fancy.

  • @itsgabbo5113
    @itsgabbo5113 Před 3 lety

    Love the intro keep up the excellent work

  • @alitlweird
    @alitlweird Před 3 lety +1

    most of the people in here making critical comments couldn’t clean a toilet well enough to pass a military inspection.

  • @TheSheiban
    @TheSheiban Před 3 lety +1

    Love this concept!

  • @jasongomez5344
    @jasongomez5344 Před 3 lety +1

    Ridiculous service for a 45min flight and golden toilets wtf? The guy is even stupider than we have all come to realise over the last four years.

  • @ThePearson1945
    @ThePearson1945 Před 3 lety

    Love it - Very interesting!!

  • @iamwritingrightnow8217
    @iamwritingrightnow8217 Před 3 lety +2

    I was a fool for thinking that Trump was actually a good businessman. This and his Taj Mahal Casino just proves that he isn‘t. At least he didn‘t lie about „running the country like a business“ and ran it to the ground

    • @monsignorerasmus.6441
      @monsignorerasmus.6441 Před 2 lety

      The nation, when they think business, they think IBM or an equally "efficient" business.
      When Trump says business, he means the restaurant they busted out and burned down in good fellas.

  • @davidchen1219
    @davidchen1219 Před 3 lety +2

    To be honest, although the airline failed, he saved a large number of jobs and the employees were really grateful for it.

    • @FoundAndExplained
      @FoundAndExplained  Před 3 lety

      Exactly

    • @scottnichols3685
      @scottnichols3685 Před 9 měsíci

      ONLY because AFTER HE MISMANAGED AND DESTROYED IT, USAir was willing to come in and take over.
      It was another Trump FAILURE.

  • @yolamontalvan9502
    @yolamontalvan9502 Před 5 dny

    Great documentary. Thanks.

  • @jortiz1451
    @jortiz1451 Před 2 lety

    “Anything he puts his hands on turns to gold.” No it doesn’t! Everything he puts his hands on turn to out of business crap, even casinos. What a bunch!

  • @claycassin8437
    @claycassin8437 Před 4 měsíci

    Weird. He sold it to us, USAir, as a profitable shuttle airline between Boston, New York LaGuardia, and Washington Reagan. We added Philadelphia, as well. He was definitely in over his head, for sure, and he knew it. USAir had the expertise to run it, and it continued operating for years as the USAir/US Airways Shuttle. As you can see, I worked there. There was no failed airline involved, but you just go right ahead with your illness. There is nothing I can do for you.

  • @mullerrich
    @mullerrich Před 2 lety +1

    At approximately 3 minutes into the video Boeing 727s are mentioned. One of the aircraft shown is not a 727. What else is wrong?

  • @zerocool1ist
    @zerocool1ist Před 3 lety +1

    He just glued his name on the side of the planes. Honestly thats what i thought he do to the white house.

  • @Gnefitisis
    @Gnefitisis Před 3 lety +1

    I think its funny how those are the most profitable lines, but also the most likely to get erased by the NEC high speed rail! xD

  • @larryfromwisconsin9970
    @larryfromwisconsin9970 Před 3 lety +4

    I flew on a Trump charter 747 when I was in the Army in 1994 or 95. I was an officer so I rode in the first class section. Nice leather but many of the seat backs were broken so they either would not recline or would not lock upright. Several overhead bin doors would not latch. Made us wonder if maintenance was so bad would it be safe to fly. Flying from Hawaii to California was scary.

  • @blkcrappyescorts
    @blkcrappyescorts Před 3 lety +2

    Anything dump touches dies 💩

  • @MrJcameron121
    @MrJcameron121 Před 3 lety

    Great Idea for a series! Fantastic video as always :-) Now just need a luxury "Trump Air" for the dreaded MEL to SYD shuttle service :-p

  • @slaycj2413
    @slaycj2413 Před 3 lety +1

    Again, his mouth got him in trouble.

  • @conniethomas4753
    @conniethomas4753 Před 3 lety

    “Everyone said don’t mention the safety”.....oh those words didn’t wear so well! The last year for instance!

  • @frankthespank
    @frankthespank Před 3 lety +1

    1:04 WHAT is this thing?!!! A bus/jetway?! That thing is friggin’ cool!!!

    • @justme-hh4vp
      @justme-hh4vp Před 3 lety

      Looks like something out of Star Wars but they are not as cool as they looked. Interesting concept though!

  • @GriefRedefined
    @GriefRedefined Před 2 lety +3

    At least this man's consistent 😂 Truly, a beautiful landing 🛬

  • @dayquantavous3rd
    @dayquantavous3rd Před 3 lety +1

    He failed because he challenged an airline company.

  • @sparkequinox
    @sparkequinox Před 3 lety

    Here after the Q&A and saying this performed badly, I love the failed stuff! Its forgotten history after all.

  • @markleyg
    @markleyg Před 3 lety +2

    He was a scam artist then as much as he is today. Only now he left a country in shambles, not just a business.

  • @memofromessex
    @memofromessex Před 3 lety +2

    It failed bigly

  • @VITORB82
    @VITORB82 Před 3 lety

    Just subscribed to the channel. And also hit the bell thing.

  • @TheNefastor
    @TheNefastor Před 3 lety

    That opening quote... the guy probably thinks that brown stuff we all flush down the toilet each day is "gold".

  • @tonkamanage5799
    @tonkamanage5799 Před 3 lety +25

    Wow this guy doesn't look like a good decisionmaker. Imagine if he was president...

    • @martytu20
      @martytu20 Před 3 lety +1

      420k people dead and counting. A half competent administration might have cut the toll in half.

    • @techhelpportalextras3007
      @techhelpportalextras3007 Před 3 lety

      @@martytu20 the Democrats were the ones telling us not to wear masks and trying to keep to the country open at first

    • @martytu20
      @martytu20 Před 3 lety

      @@techhelpportalextras3007 I’m not a democrat, or a republican. The whole reason WHO said not to wear masks at first was because they were concerned about mask hoarding. A shortage of N95 masks would have been catastrophic. Now, the current standard by CDC is to wear two masks and a snug fit.
      I personally wear reusable masks. It looks good, provide good protection for non medical use, and good for the environment. The point, however, is new data comes in that changes our views over time. Keep an open mind, and reevaluate your thinking everyday.
      For the record, I’m a Canadian. Most democrats would find the Conservatives in Canada to be too far left for their tastes.

    • @techhelpportalextras3007
      @techhelpportalextras3007 Před 3 lety +1

      @@martytu20 So you acknowledge the WHO lied and should not be trusted

    • @Weakest_Bulgarian
      @Weakest_Bulgarian Před 2 lety

      @@martytu20 Yeah like biden said. Any president that has a high pandemic death toll shouldn't be president. Right now joey is sitting at about 760,000. Time for him to eat his words and resign

  • @jlund612
    @jlund612 Před 2 lety

    I remember the banana plane and PSA went out of business back in those days

  • @muke001
    @muke001 Před 3 lety

    Can't believe I'm losing it over a plane crash

  • @ngkengkock5422
    @ngkengkock5422 Před 3 lety

    This time, he won, t be spared

  • @rswear
    @rswear Před 3 lety

    I really like the idea of this series

  • @incredibilistic
    @incredibilistic Před 3 lety

    I didn’t realize his boisterous hyperbole dated so far back and yet it explains everything about him and his tenure in the White House.
    Ten bucks says someone told him that putting all the extra, heavy, unnecessary fluff into the planes would eat up fuel but Trump waived it away by suggesting they’ll make so much money from all the flights that those gold toilets will pay for themselves. Passengers will be so enamored with the experience they’ll book a ticket just to use the toilet. And the contractor was like, “Uh, okay.”

  • @barbarasjelin9925
    @barbarasjelin9925 Před rokem

    My girlfriend went to the shuttle from Eastern. US Air took it over. They finally brought it she got all her Eastern seniority back. She did better than me I went with United wish I went with Trump.

  • @19birdgang33swoop
    @19birdgang33swoop Před 3 lety +2

    Just like his administration 👀🤔😂🖒🇺🇸

  • @erik_griswold
    @erik_griswold Před 3 lety +2

    All he had to do was replace these gas-guzzling 727-100s and 727-200s with 737s (or A320s which were just then being first delivered) and he could have possibly pulled it off.

    • @frevazz3364
      @frevazz3364 Před 3 lety +2

      That would require Trump to be an astute businessman that thinks critically....that will never happen. Also he added tons of unnecessary weight with the gold color toilets, marble, wood veneer....for a commutter plane 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @flokoe6460
    @flokoe6460 Před rokem

    Swissair will be a good Grounded Episode to see no matters if big or small you can ground