Word: cabs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...They waited, but nothing happened. Farther back down the track, Roy and Bill darted under the coupling between the second and third coaches, waiting for a signal to start Buster went forward to see what had happened at the cab, and as he did so he saw the fireman, David Whitby, returning from the telephone on the left-hand side of the track...
Jimmy Carter picked Kahn to head the CAB because he seemed a logical choice to loosen its iron grip over fares, routes and almost all other aspects of the airlines' economic life. As a Cornell University economics professor who was also chairman of the New York State Public Service Commission from 1974 to 1977, Kahn has spent much of his career criticizing federal and state government for shielding inefficient industries to the detriment of consumers, who must pay more. Fully aware of the criticisms his deregulation drive would bring, he says: "No businessman protected from competition ever believed that...
...airlines to enter the industry, cut fares even lower and permit lines to spread onto other routes with little or no Government interference. The bill, which the Administration thinks has a good chance of passage in the House this summer, would drastically weaken the powers of the CAB. But that does not worry Kahn, who contends that "I will consider myself a success in this job if there is no job when I leave...
Carter supports Kahn and holds up the CAB as an example of the price-cutting benefits of competition, but the two men are not always in accord. After the President overturned the CAB's award of the Dallas-London route to Pan American and gave that plum to Braniff, the fiercely independent Kahn openly criticized the decision and seriously considered quitting...
...Kahn, who often pads about his office in his socks, has an easy rapport with his top staff, which CAB critics agree is one of the sharpest in Washington. An outgoing man, Kahn has brought a new sense of style and unpredictability to the once stodgy agency. He has a passion for Gilbert and Sullivan, which he often indulged at Cornell by singing and prancing in student productions. His other obsession is clear English. Says he: "If you can't explain what you're doing in simple English, you are probably doing something wrong." He admits that...