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30 years ago today Eastern Airlines goes to the airline graveyard.
Posted on 1/17/21 at 6:19 pm
Posted on 1/17/21 at 6:19 pm
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This post was edited on 1/17/21 at 8:26 pm
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Posted on 1/17/21 at 6:22 pm to Reservoir dawg
glad that Captain Eddie wasn't around to see it...
Posted on 1/17/21 at 6:22 pm to Reservoir dawg
Thanks Bush
Posted on 1/17/21 at 6:23 pm to Reservoir dawg
It's crazy how many major airlines we used to have in the US
Trans World, Pan Am, Northwest, Eastern, Continental, USAir
Trans World, Pan Am, Northwest, Eastern, Continental, USAir
Posted on 1/17/21 at 7:08 pm to Reservoir dawg
When he wasn't conspiring to assassinate the President, David Ferrie was one of Eastern Airlines finest pilots.
Posted on 1/17/21 at 7:09 pm to Reservoir dawg
My dad flew DC9's and 727's for Eastern 
Posted on 1/17/21 at 7:18 pm to Reservoir dawg
Special place in hell for Frank Lorenzo and Carl Icahn. TWA would still be around if Icahn hadn't gutted everything of value from them in the 80s.
Posted on 1/17/21 at 7:20 pm to Reservoir dawg
I remember going to some exhibit sponsored by Eastern Airlines at Magic Kingdom (Orlando) as a kid. Saw it there one year, then gone the following year.
Yeah, I’m old.
Yeah, I’m old.
Posted on 1/17/21 at 7:20 pm to Reservoir dawg
Those legacy airlines that operated in profit protected government regulated times had a hard time with deregulation. Carter deregulated airlines.
I remember having to fly into the old Atlanta airport on Delta and walking for seemingly miles to catch my connection on Eastern. Looking back on it was really insanity.
I remember having to fly into the old Atlanta airport on Delta and walking for seemingly miles to catch my connection on Eastern. Looking back on it was really insanity.
This post was edited on 1/17/21 at 7:21 pm
Posted on 1/17/21 at 7:22 pm to Reservoir dawg
Eastern was great to fly. Beat Delta hands down.
Posted on 1/17/21 at 7:27 pm to Reservoir dawg
Deregulation and Frank Lorenzo killed Eastern.
Posted on 1/17/21 at 9:28 pm to Reservoir dawg
My first airline flight was on Eastern Convair 440 from Lake Charles to Ryan Airport in Baton Rouge
Don’t know the year
Posted on 1/17/21 at 10:05 pm to Reservoir dawg
Victim of the labor unions.
Posted on 1/17/21 at 10:08 pm to Reservoir dawg
Pioneer
Posted on 1/17/21 at 10:23 pm to Reservoir dawg
Flew Eastern a lot back as a yute
Eastern and TWA, with Ozark Airlines for a couple short flights
Eastern and TWA, with Ozark Airlines for a couple short flights
Posted on 1/18/21 at 6:30 am to Reservoir dawg
Eastern was the first airplane I rode in. The "Stewardesses" were very hot in those days and feminine. 
Posted on 1/18/21 at 6:42 am to Reservoir dawg
First time I ever flew was in a Northwest Airlines DC-9 from BTR to MEM. I sincerely think flying was better in this region when there was a hub in Memphis. After acquiring NWA, Delta kept the MEM hub around until 2015 or so, but consolidated everything to Atlanta like they always do.
They did something similar with Cincy.
The lunch on the NWA plane was a pulled pork sandwich from Interstate BBQ’s airline catering business. It was nice.
There will be no new airline hubs in the US for a long time. If anything, MSY has a better chance of being a hub than MEM does. It would be best for the whole region if one of those airports gets to hub status.
Delta is probably the best of the major US airlines now, but they were ruthless when it came to buying and gutting competitors like NWA.
They did something similar with Cincy.
The lunch on the NWA plane was a pulled pork sandwich from Interstate BBQ’s airline catering business. It was nice.
There will be no new airline hubs in the US for a long time. If anything, MSY has a better chance of being a hub than MEM does. It would be best for the whole region if one of those airports gets to hub status.
Delta is probably the best of the major US airlines now, but they were ruthless when it came to buying and gutting competitors like NWA.
This post was edited on 1/18/21 at 6:46 am
Posted on 1/18/21 at 8:16 am to Reservoir dawg
I flew in to the Atlanta airport from California that night at 11:30pm. Got home and saw that they announced it at midnight.
You would have never known it at the airport 30 mins before it happened. I think it was a huge surprise to everyone.
I lived in a small town close to the Atlanta airport. A lot of people there worked at the Atlanta airport. One guy on our road had worked fir Eastern his entire life. He lost everything just a year from retirement.
Killed himself 6 months later.
You would have never known it at the airport 30 mins before it happened. I think it was a huge surprise to everyone.
I lived in a small town close to the Atlanta airport. A lot of people there worked at the Atlanta airport. One guy on our road had worked fir Eastern his entire life. He lost everything just a year from retirement.
Killed himself 6 months later.
Posted on 1/18/21 at 9:10 am to Reservoir dawg
Flew Eastern on our honeymoon 8 months before they went el foldo.
Posted on 1/18/21 at 9:51 am to Reservoir dawg
My first jet flight was on a Eastern DC-10 from N.O Lakefront to Miami. Flew TTA (Trans Texas Airlines) from Ft. Polk to N.O. My father called it Teeter Totter Airlines lol. Anyway on the way back all airlines went on strike so we had to stay a night at Miami Int. Airport hotel. My father had a good friend that owned two DC-3's and sent one down to pick my family up. On that flight I noticed gas coming out of the top fuel cap on the starboard wing. Dad looked at it (he was a navy pilot)and said it was no big deal. Had to be honest I felt a little uneasy on the flight back.
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