<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by AA SLF:
Oh well - such is life. How many of you knew that Lamar Muse was the first president of Southwest? Bet you thought it was Herb Kelleher, right?</font>
Nope. I remember when Lamar got ousted and decided he would show them. Too bad for Lamar. I always thought the Muse Air planes were pretty with that simple white script on a blue background contrasting that garish SWA color scheme we all know so well today.
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Someone mentioned TTA (tree top airlines), actually Trans Texas Airlines; another mentions Texas International (TIA), but no one mentions that the lineage is from TTA to TIA to today's Continental Airlines</font>
That lineage doesn't tell the whole story. TIA wasn't absorbed into Continental, but TIA actually grew large enough that they
bought Continental. The Board of Texas Air simply decided (much like the board of Allegheny Air) that they should retain the less regional name to better compete.
Edited to Fix UBB
[This message has been edited by robb (edited 08-27-2001).]