Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Charleston, SC, USA
Programs: Avis Pref+, Hyatt Explorist, Marriott Life Gold, Honors Silver, IHG Plat via MC.
Posts: 6,789
There was a small airline called AirTran befroe the ValuJet Everglades crash. After the crash, ValuJet mgt. decided on a 'merger'
with AirTran, but what they really wanted was the AT name. The combined airline was probably 80% VJ + 20% AT.
I avoided AT for a while until I needed a cheap OW MDW-PIT in Feb. 2002. I was very pleased with the service. Congrats to Joe Leonard & Co.