...planes and replacing them with more fuel-efficient ones.If upheld, the penalty against American would top the previous record of $9.5 million that the FAA levied against Eastern Airlines in 1987 for delaying required maintenance work.
...Strom Thurmond story. When Mrs. Biggers and another daughter were preteens, they took a free "First Flight" that Eastern Airlines ran between Columbia and Charlotte, N.C. On its return, there was a long delay after the plane pulled up to...
...given back to the airport. The plaque was re-installed during a ceremony in 1997. In the early 1930s, Delta and Eastern airlines began providing service to Augusta. Work on paving the runways and building a new hangar on the future Daniel Village...
...The Budweiser ad makes a great calling card, but he has also worked on commercials for Michelob, McDonald's, Eastern Airlines and NBC. He recently created his own marketing firm -- but stayed in his hometown of Nashville to do it. His hometown...
...federal crimes, overruling more than 150 trial judges who had struck down the guidelines. 1991 - financially strapped Eastern Airlines shut down after 62 years in business. 1994 - Retired Adm. Bobby Inman withdrew his nomination to be defense secretary...
...government time, Apollo 8 sails quietly into the history books. After retiring as an astronaut, Borman went on to run Eastern Airlines. Now 70, he owns an auto dealership in Las Cruces, 220 miles south of Albuquerque, and stays fit by working out...
...The strike is the longest against a U.S. airline since 1989, when a machinists' strike led to the collapse of Eastern Airlines. Northwest has laid off about 28,300 non-striking employees since the strike began. "This has been a long...
...recognized for loyalty makes sense. Striking is just plain stupid. DOES ANYONE out on Northwest's picket line remember Eastern Airlines -- the company that struck itself out of existence a decade ago? It makes good sense to listen to God's Word...
...independent community bank that reserves up to $40,000 per month for taxes. You call that a level playing field? Eastern Airlines does not even exist but Eastern credit Union dwarfs the size of most regional banks. William Zachary Jr., Decatur
...anything. For example, two that haven't are the 1995 baseball players strike and the 1989-90 strike against Eastern Airlines. If the leaders feel they need more money they could raise it. This would be much simpler. Lindsey Maniccia...
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