Lessons from the Fall of Eastern
Jan 18, 2005 | 6:57 am
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Lessons from the Fall of Eastern
Interesting article on the demise of Eastern in today's Washington Post.
There were interviews with former Eastern employees including Frank Lorenzo, who provided a quote that I thought as awake to current legacy carriers and flyers with thousands if not millions of miles at stake:
"We certainly learned that airlines are not immortal."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2005Jan17.html
There were interviews with former Eastern employees including Frank Lorenzo, who provided a quote that I thought as awake to current legacy carriers and flyers with thousands if not millions of miles at stake:
"We certainly learned that airlines are not immortal."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2005Jan17.html
Jan 18, 2005 | 7:43 pm
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UA seemingly aware
A UA Finance (chicago) employee who I sat next to on a flight a month and a half ago, said they had been shown a video of the Eastern airlines demise the week before. Apparently the video showed interviews with (at that point) ex Eastern employees.