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Books : Rapid Descent: Deregulation and the Shakeout in the AirlinesIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $25.00 Price: $13.84 You Save: $11.16 (45%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 387.71 EAN: 9780671760694 ISBN: 0671760696 Label: Simon & Schuster Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: 1994-05 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Studio: Simon & Schuster Sales Rank: 763071 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Tracing the disastrous history of airline deregulation, two experienced airline industry reporters give an accessible and entertaining look at the complicated strategems, colorful personalities, and unfortunate decisions involved in deregulation. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Deregulation in the skies over America.This is a nice view of what happened when Kennedy, Kahn, and Carter deregulated the airline business in the late 1970s and the resulting chaos caused by this new law. A stable industry was thrown for a loop as new laws were implemented, and the old ways were thrown out. Such venerable companies as Pan Am, Braniff, and TWA went out of business. Predators in the business (Ichan and Lorenzo) bought up companies and vowed labor confrontation to bring down costs. Some companies(United, American, and ... Read More Rating:  - EXCELLENT DETAILED EVENTS OF THE NATION'S AIRLINES.USED AS TEXT AT EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY. EXCELLENT ADDITION TO ANY AVIATION LIBRARY....!! Browse for similar items by category:
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