Word: braniff
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kahn: "He is the President and has the right to make a judgment, and I have the right to disagree with it, which I do." One time, the CAB had recommended giving Pan American World Airways nonstop flights between Dallas-Fort Worth and London. Carter awarded the route to Braniff Airways. Kahn publicly disputed the ruling and considered resigning. "Then I counted to 24," he recalls, "and decided to stay because I was having such a good time." Kahn's wit makes his independence easier to take. During one meeting he snapped, "Every two minutes I feel like telling...
...wife Fran, 43, is somewhat in the background; the Benedict family is a decided patriarchy. A farmer's daughter, she worked as a stewardess for Braniff Airlines and met Pat during a layover in Fargo, N. Dak.; a sister of Pat's who worked at the hotel where Fran stayed introduced them. Fran is the secretary of Benedict Farms and does the bookkeeping. During planting and harvesting seasons she also runs the farm's communications network, relaying messages by private FM radio band between Pat's pickup truck, the other machines in the fields and the outside world?meanwhile whipping...
...747s for its growing transatlantic business, which now includes service between Miami, Tampa, New Orleans and four European cities. Indeed, a prime reason why Pan Am is interested in National is that it wanted to react to the competition posed by the U.S. newcomers to the transatlantic trade, including Braniff and Delta as well as National...
...absolute plethora of fares. The Big Four?United, American, TWA and Eastern?all offer a Super Saver fare that cuts 30% to 50% off regular economy rates, but tickets must be bought 30 days in advance. Other lines offer similar savings under a variety of catchy names. Braniffs Small Potatoes, Texas International's Peanuts (25% to 50% off on certain flights), Continental's Chickenfeed (30% to 50% off on most flights). There are also loss-leader fares, which last only a few days or weeks. Braniff offered for four days a 7-11 stand-by excursion from Dallas...
...home in Maryland. The reporter left uneventfully, then the telephone rang. "I forgot one question," she remembers him saying. "Do you have any boyfriends, and are you planning to divorce your husband?" Andrea Rander is a petite black woman. Standing beside her husband at a reception sponsored by Braniff Airlines, she glares angrily at me, yet another reporter. "I wanted to see that reporter many times after that," she explodes. "I wanted to say, 'Hey, look at us - we're making it!' " Rander watches proudly and adds: "We said, we're not going to become...