American Airlines; Crash: Nov. 12, 2001
There was a 747 that lost a tail a few years back and it took them 27 minutes to crash that one, there have sense been several airliners land safely after losing a vertical stabilizer. Some industry analysts say that Airbus builders are working for the laziest Union in the World selling to mostly government subsidized airlines. The aircraft involved in that crash was an old Eastern Airlines plane, which was probably not too sturdy anyway for lack of maintenance back when that airline was falling apart. Three pilots sitting in a cockpit who make way over the average standard of living and negated the reason they are so highly paid. They should not have been that close to the KLM, as the pilot in command should have moved away from the problem and when problems did occur should have flown the plane first.
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Airlines, Price Wars, and Branding
Surely this example cannot be used in modern context, because at the time each airline was flying both McDonald Douglas, Boeing and Lockheed Aircraft. HAVE CAPACITY RADY TO TAKE ON NEW CUSTOMER BASES AS COMPETITORS LEAVE THE MARKET. CREATE A MASSIVE DIVERSION RIGHT BEFORE YOU START SO THEY WILL NOT SEE IT COMING. LOWER PRICES BY ONLY 60% OF WHAT YOU CAN, SAVING FORTY FOR LATER, WHEN THE REAL WAR BEGINS. HAVE INSIDER INFORMATION ON YOUR COMPETITION AND KNOW THEIR NEXT MOVE.
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