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...speaking his mind almost as much as he likes climbing into a cockpit. He says competitors trying to cut costs last September were "stupid" to take off magazines and meals in coach, a direct dig at Dallas-based American Airlines. He ridicules "an Atlanta-based carrier"--a reference to Delta Air Lines--for cutting back its sales teams that cater to major clients, to save money after 9/11. "We high-fived each other when we heard it," says Bethune, who promptly sent his pilots into corporate cafeterias to reassure business travelers about security measures...
...telling that when Bethune talks about "the industry"--including his assertion that all airlines are losing money--he really means full-service hub airlines: American, United, Delta, Northwest Airlines, Continental and U.S. Airways. He omits Southwest--long the industry's best-run and most profitable carrier, whose market capitalization is larger than the Big Six's combined--and other moneymaking budget carriers like Frontier Airlines and start-ups like JetBlue Airways...
...Averell ’02 sneaks onto a Delta Express jet in a futile attempt to get home in time for Thanksgiving, after he learns the airline had given away his seat. Averell is arrested by Logan Airport security officials, and his story makes national headlines. All charges are eventually dropped but Averell remains a campus celebrity, hosting his own variety show in the spring...
...November 1999, B.J. Averell ’02-’03 found himself the unfortunate victim of the nightmare that is Thanksgiving travel. Denied his seat on his Delta flight to Philadelphia in favor of a standby passenger, Averell snuck onto the plane and hid in the bathroom. Unluckily for him, a passenger spotted him and reported him to the flight crew. Arrested for trespassing and disorderly conduct, Averell pled not guilty and the charges against him were eventually dropped. The incident attracted national media coverage and made Averell a campus celebrity. Averell would maintain his high-profile, running...
...nearly 90 women rushed the Delta Gamma (DG) sorority, which eventually accepted 26 new members...