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...accepted a reporting job in Texas with the United Press, while Betsy remained in Kansas City writing greeting-card verses for Hallmark. Love-struck and lonesome, I found my way back to Betsy as a traffic manager in Kansas City for Braniff Airlines. Because I'd been away, I now had other suitors to edge out. I ingratiated myself with Betsy's large, close-knit and witty family and kept her away from the competition by wooing her over dinner and dancing...
...agreed to merge with Texas Air. Reason: Texas Air Chairman Frank Lorenzo has earned a reputation as a fierce foe of unions. Now it appears that Eastern's workers may be maneuvering to foil the deal. Union representatives have been meeting with Jay Pritzker, a Chicago financier who controls Braniff Airlines and the Hyatt hotel chain. Pritzker is said to be considering a bid for Eastern in return for wage concessions from the workers. Texas Air controls 51% of Eastern stock, but Pritzker could conceivably make Lorenzo a lucrative offer that he could not refuse...
...This is a problem faced by Cliff Muskiet. Over the past 30 years the KLM flight attendant has amassed one of the world's largest collections of stewardess uniforms. He even has very rare 1960s uniforms from defunct Braniff Air that were created by celebrated Italian designer Emilio Pucci. But Muskiet is not always happy to depart with spiraling sums for air couture...
...allow people to compare and competitively bid for memorabilia more easily. This is a problem faced by Cliff Muskiet. Over the past 30 years the KLM flight attendant has amassed one of the world's largest collections of stewardess uniforms. He even has very rare 1960s uniforms from defunct Braniff Air that were created by celebrated Italian designer Emilio Pucci. But Muskiet is not always happy to part with spiraling sums for air couture. A Pan Am uniform from the 1920s can be worth up to $1,000. "Once an airline introduces a new uniform, the old ones become collectors...
...high school dropout who became a Navy airplane mechanic in the late '50s, Bethune has managed everything from engineering and maintenance at Braniff to operations at Piedmont and 737 and 757 production at Boeing. Even now, as chairman and CEO of Continental, he tastes the food served on the planes (yes, even in coach) and dines on fast food at the airports (look for him at the Mexican joints). He monitors everything from airport decor (blue terrazzo wins out over carpet) to the number of public-address announcements. Pasta warmers and $330 wine-bottle openers don't rate even...