nobody wrote:
> Eastern Airlines was bought by Pan Am. Pan Am was bought by TWA. TWA was
> absorbed by a giant black hole and has not been since since. They're all
> gone now, sucked into vaccum, with all their assets transformed into
> energy and beamed to a distant galaxy in a different dimension.
With one exception.
The name of the Frequent Flyer Program used by Eastern, OnePass,
survived the Black Hole and had been adopted by CO.
This link seems to point to the Eastern/CO heritage in OnePass:
http://www.corporatecampaign.org/twaeast.htm
*> TWU Local 553 vs. Eastern Airlines/ Frank Lorenzo: 1989
I used to be an Eastern FF member. The present CO OnePass FF
Program did not start until 1999 (I've been a Platinum member
ever since), and my CURRENT Platinum Elite card has "83" for
"member since".
Thus, it's impossible for me to be a OnePass member in CO's
FF Program BEFORE that Program began. :-)
I remember Eastern Airlines well, especially the 10,000 share
of its stocks I owned shortly before it went belly up. :-)
I've owned NO airline stocks, in any airline, since, which
was a Good Thing . :-)
I don't think Eastern suffered as dramatic a fall in its final
days as Delta (went from its 43 year low of $2 a share a month
ago, to what it's trading now: $0.79).
-- Bob.
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