De-Reg did to the ailrines first (thanks, Jimmy Carter) what it later did to wall-street , the phone company and just about everything else (thanks, Ronald Reagan).
Braniff's overly-ambitious expansion immediately after de-regulation, doomed the airline. The first of many failures. That was the twilight for the classic airlines. Look at how crappy flying is now: you've got an airplane with the word "BUS" in it. Need I say more? I say bring back the Astrojets, Luxery Liners, Whisper Jets !
@seeburg220 I totally agree. As a former airline employee, flying used to be fun. Now it's become the worst form of torture. Bring back the 747s! And even though you're right about Braniff's over-expansion during a recession, I still say deregulation never should have occurred. The airline industry now looks like the phone company; the market is full of regional monopolies and with all the mergers that have occurred, there is no real competition in the market.
This year's '76 to Braniff celebrated 200 years of American Freedom, and two years later, the U.S. government gave her as thanks to deregulation, which eventually led to Braniff and many other traditional AirLines bankrupt!
N408BN is the Calder aircraft.
hd96flstc 3 weeks ago
@tantorss Democracy beats the hell out of communism any day of the week
buster757 3 months ago
@tantorss Yeah, you're pretty much right. although American style Democracy isn't REAL Democracy. That's a fact!!
slimv29 7 months ago
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A bicentennial marks 200 years.
scorinado 8 months ago
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scorinado 8 months ago
Braniff Airways was used as a fake production company for adult TV cartoon "South Park" as seen on Comedy Central (1997-2006)
chaoreturnsforgood76 1 year ago
my granddad is flying the orange plane!!!
christyc83 1 year ago 3
De-Reg did to the ailrines first (thanks, Jimmy Carter) what it later did to wall-street , the phone company and just about everything else (thanks, Ronald Reagan).
Mickagume 1 year ago
Braniff's overly-ambitious expansion immediately after de-regulation, doomed the airline. The first of many failures. That was the twilight for the classic airlines. Look at how crappy flying is now: you've got an airplane with the word "BUS" in it. Need I say more? I say bring back the Astrojets, Luxery Liners, Whisper Jets !
seeburg220 2 years ago
@seeburg220 I totally agree. As a former airline employee, flying used to be fun. Now it's become the worst form of torture. Bring back the 747s! And even though you're right about Braniff's over-expansion during a recession, I still say deregulation never should have occurred. The airline industry now looks like the phone company; the market is full of regional monopolies and with all the mergers that have occurred, there is no real competition in the market.
childofthemarshalsea 1 year ago
This year's '76 to Braniff celebrated 200 years of American Freedom, and two years later, the U.S. government gave her as thanks to deregulation, which eventually led to Braniff and many other traditional AirLines bankrupt!
Rolistem 2 years ago
@Rolistem I couldn't agree more. Deregulation and Frank Lorenzo killed the airline industry.
childofthemarshalsea 1 year ago
@childofthemarshalsea Yes, I agree you!
Rolistem 1 year ago
@childofthemarshalsea Tradução do português para inglês
But all the time factors contributed to the ruin of the traditional airlines
Rolistem 1 year ago
That's actually from 1975
chaoreturnsforgood76 2 years ago