I was in FLL on a business trip. You saved $800 on airfare if you went Saturday night rather than Sunday. After visiting my friend Larry Thompson at First Baptist FLL, I went back to the Marriott grabbed head phones and went to the pool. After about 30 minutes I heard a horrible racket, opened my eyes and there was a life raft being inflated next to me. The BOAC 111 owners convention was there. I thought those things were wiped out when Harding Lawrence was forced out at Braniff. I was told there were hundreds flying in Africa and South America. Piss poor ripoff of the DC9
It has been over 55 years, but I thought their old ones were turbo props. I remember coming in to Austin one time so violently I was considering hijacking the plane to San Antonio.
Ahh, OK. Thanks for the clarification. Now we can mourn Braniff. I still have a deck of their playing cards somewhere.
I’ve always said that Harding Lawrence set standards in business ineptitude that would never be equaled. I will compliment him on always having an orange jet fly over the middle of the Cotton Bowl during the OU game. I always speculated that Lawrence and Braniff helped Ben Jack Cage get Into and out of Love Field to see the OU game. The FBI knew he was coming but could never catch him. Supposedly he never missed one.
Airline pilot to Air Traffic Control: Can you give me the time? Air Traffic Control to Airline Pilot: "Well, if you're with American Airlines it's 9:30 AM. If you're with Pan Am, it's 9:45. If you're with Braniff, it's Tuesday."
Bill, Braniff’s “color day” had nothing to do with race. The union was at war with Braniff and being forced to work by federal mandate. Braniff baggage handlers would declare “color day”. This was done by seniority. If I had the most seniority, I would pick “pink”, and for my eight hour shift I only touched pink luggage. New guy got stuck with green because military duffle bags were green. Those things were all over the tarmac. Braniff also had another day with different names. As much luggage as possible was crammed into a Boeing 707-730 to Lima, Peru. All the Lima luggage was then sent to Minneapolis. The union had all kinds of gimmicks to screw with Harding.
Same. Last thing i want to do when I am on a road trip is go to a smaller version of Wal-Mart. I'm sure their jerky is top notch and all that, but its not worth the hassle of getting in and out of there.
Carroll sounds like tongue twister U @zuckercanyon did you apply? It appears they only hire people with a Z in their name.. You would’ve been behind the eight ball in the interview though, apparently this new guy has two z’s in his name
I'm good with 3 of the top 4. The fact that Buc-ees is in there is just a testament to the continuing power of marketing.