I still miss Braniff Airlines. Through the many times I flew on Braniff, first along with my father when I was a child, and then as an adult to the very end, Braniff always, always treated me very well. I never flew their nonstop from Dallas to London, but I flew their nonstop Dallas to Honolulu several times. Braniff's worst flight back then would be counted as one of any other airliner's best flight nowdays. Braniff was class and they treated their customers right. I miss them.
Plus I thought were an unique with every plane painted in different colors & not all the same color with the slogan "Flying Colors". I was still in school when the airline shut down.
Kudos to the CEO for actually delivering tough news to his employees in person. He didn't rely on others and stood in rooms to answer questions from employees in the trenches
Howard Putnam sounds like the kind of person who I know I'd like to work for - has business sense, and a strong fighting spirit to keep a company going, but doesn't stop that from being a kind human being, who cares about his employees.
Wow, that CEO has a heart of gold. You could tell he cared deeply about his workers, holding back tears countless times as he spoke about their dedication, which in turn shows that they cared about the company that clearly treated them with respect. Now when you see a company go under and the CEOs make statements, it's just straight to the point then they walk to their luxury chauffeured with the money they laundered for themselves. Life is so worthless these days...
Putnum rose to the top of two of the greatest airlines because he did care. He truly cared about the welfare of his employees. He knew without them he would be nothing. Not many CEO's truly understand that.
I use to fly Braniff all the time out of Denver, Colorado to just about everywhere. I never knew it was in trouble until it was announced. Then I started flying Continental, then they tanked. So I switched to Eastern and it tanked. Western and then they tanked. Being I was in Denver United was and still is the heavy hitting airline there so I've stuck with United and Southwest for years now. I did love Braniff International though. They got to big too soon. Greed does it all the time.
@@charlesjwin True it merged with Delta and SLC became one of Delta's hubs out of that. Tanked, in that they had to merge with a bigger more profitably airline. I would imagine they wouldn't just merge and go out of business for the hell of it. So many airlines were merging back then just trying to survive. I use to ride Western out of Denver to San Diego all the time. Those were the days when we had a real choice of airlines to fly.
As hard as Putnam tried, he couldn't unwind the tangled mess created by Harding Lawrence fast enough. In time maybe, but the coffers were dry and sources of capital exhausted. A valiant effort, but a sobering reminder of what happens when ego gets in the way of sound business practices.
This is a true leader, he fought til the very end and tried every strategy in the circumstances he was given. Pretty sad for the workers and consumer, but that’s business, wouldn’t expect American to act any other way. CAB certainly didn’t help in any material way...
Pan Am already had a sizable Latin American network. So instead of two US airlines it would have been one. Eastern taking over was still two US airlines. The CAB may be no more but DOT would object on these same grounds in today’s environment.
I remember all that. I lived in Dallas. They had Braniff planes lined up everywhere at DFW for sale. Mostly b727's in many colors. For sale cheap. Sad days. In Texas for many years it was either Braniff or American and later Southwest. Management and employees tried so hard to save it. So sad. For those employees it was worse than Coronavirus. Many lost their homes and cars. Putman is still a hero. He lost the fight but he was a dedicated trooper. He was crying when he made the announcement to the employees it was over. A financial disaster just like Greater Southwest Airport it once served. GSW was torn down while practically new and DFW built in it's place. Huge waste of taxpayers money.
@@BrownBrother27 Sure. At one time they were all coming in to KDAL. but their headquarters wasn't in Dallas. Texas International was in Houston and Delta is in Atlanta, Continental was in El Paso. Braniff, American and Southwest made their headquarters in Dallas. I'm from Dallas and my friends worked for them is how I know all that.
@@davidkellymitchell4747 You're somewhat right about the headquarters. I was thinking of the other carriers (except Continental) having a hub at DFW. I believe American's HQ is technically in Ft. Worth.
@@BrownBrother27 That's right. Got a good friend that's a retired Continental pilot. He lived in Dallas.during that time but also owned a condo in Maui, Capt. Bill Kelly
BN expanded far too quickly after '78 and it suffered for it. The amount of routes it added both domestically and int'l were more than it could handle and passenger relations took a big hit. Read Splash of Color by John Nance.
As of January 1, 2019, would you buy two items from Sears with a minimum value of $300 and get a coupon to buy one item up to a value of $500 for $1 after April 1, 2019? Hell no. That was the Braniff Great Escape sale. If Southwest or American offered that sale, I'd take it any day of the week. But not from Braniff or Sears. Putnam should have gone with his initial gut instinct and told them the plan was crap.
Braniff sounds like it was a nice airline to fly. With what little choices there are now flying is a nightmare. Which is why I simply won't fly. I'll drive where I can now. Thank you for posting this video. I always was fascinated over Braniff all because of a cartoon lol.
It was during it's hey day a truly innovative airline. A full and fascinating history would be John Nance's book"Splash of Colors: The self destruction of Braniff International". A great read.
Read this book upon its' publication. Most informative. I love the story about AA's Bob Crandall ringing up Putnam, using the 'f' word, and badgering him into raising fairs.
I was a freshman in High School when BN shut down. Coming from a Braniff family, this hit close to home. Fortunately, my Grandfather retired from Braniff in '77', though he did lose his pension and my Grandmother, her beloved flight privileges. 'Evil Eagle', 'SkyNazis', 'Ameroflot' aka AA was a major thorn in BN's ass that was bound and determined to shut BN down, permanently. One of the tricks that AA used was to show most flights on Braniff as full out of DFW. They did this by manipulating the Sabre reservation system, which AA owned, that was the final nail in Braniff's coffin. To this day I try very hard to avoid flying AA.
Their big mistakes were; 1.going to only 15 fare structures. Many airlines that went under had this system. A mix of fares, even though it may be confusing to the flying public, is what makes money. This is proven airline marketing fact. 2. BN put way too many routes out there that got their flights zero connections, therefore very low loads. Hub and spoke is the way to make money, like Delta began to do years ago and they survived.
They probably had no debtor in possession financing to do so. When most airlines file for chapter 11 they secure financing from lenders in order to operate during the time it remains in bankruptcy.
Interesting video but sad as got towards the end & at the end of the video. Too bad Braniff International couldn't survive but seemed this guy did try. Later on Braniff tried a come back which I think wss called Braniff two but didn't last & then I think they tried again which failed too, if I'm not wrong they used the original former BI 727's. I think American Eagle is housed in the former Braniff International terminal/gates but I wonder if the Chapel that Braniff had is still there at the DFW Airport. I still have a Braniff International flight schedule which of course BI flew to/from Lubbock, the schedule (time table) is from May 1981.
Mr. John J. Casey became head CEO of Braniff and his brother was CEO of American Airlines together they destroyed Braniff so American Airlines could take over DFW from its move from New York. Then there was a Federal Court inquiry into AA's criminal activity. Ted Beckwith, the CFO of Braniff, was murdered a day before he was to testify on Casey's crime of bankrupting Braniff. Then there was the third Casey. William Joseph Casey (March 13, 1913 - May 6, 1987) was the Director of Central Intelligence from 1981 to 1987. In this capacity, he oversaw the entire United States Intelligence Community. After Ted Beckwith's murder by the Casey family, the former CEO Harding L. Lawrence moved to Europe in order to not be the next target. You see my fellow Braniff employees the airline that you worked so hard for was destroyed by criminals and of course, William Casey head of the CIA made sure that the crimes were never investigated, and still, to this day the murder of Braniff's CFO Ted Beckwith remains unsolved. Braniff did not go Bankrupt it was a corporate murder.
Travel agents were worthless, having someone with incentive to make you pay more because of commission is the reason a lot of American retail and old fashioned salespeople have died. Good riddance.
I wish I could go back in time and tell them that I’m giving you $1 billion and ask him. What are you gonna do with it to make sure this company survives.
Hard putting him he did everything he could. He sacrificed everything in order to save a company that wasn’t his and he continue to to ? 17:25 He means so much to me based on the fact that he fought for something that he thought he was gonna lose. That guy is my role model is not a guy he’s entity in. He fought with every inch of his life to pursue an affordable attainable, reliable and accessible for a transportation in this country. If it wasn’t for him, monopolies would set in. He’s a true patriot when it comes to the American people.
The Case of The Casey's The Braniff corrupt board of directors removed • Harding Lawrence the genius of Braniff in Dec 1981. • Ted Beckwith CFO is fired (you never fire the CFO in a financial crisis ever, they know where the money is and not and how to keep the company going .) • John J Casey replaced Harding Lawrence, and John's Brother was the head of American Airlines. How Evil, how convenient for the destruction of Braniff and your job with two brothers. • American Airlines Headquarters moved from New York City and set up at DFW, and the only thing in their way was Braniff Airlines. Remember Braniff's John Casey's brother ran American Airlines.
• CIA Director William Casey stated in 1981, "We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." Reread it let it sink in good and Hard. • John Casey leaves Braniff only a couple months after becoming the CEO and sets the stage for Braniff Airlines to collapse artificially (liquidation). • May 12, 1982, Putman becomes the fall guy and puts Braniff into bankruptcy, and at the same time, all the employees had given up part of their paychecks to keep Braniff afloat. We would have given up all of it had it meant Braniff was to stay alive, but we were never asked for more because the plan was to kill Braniff. • 1982 Fall -Former CFO Ted Beckwith ( My Uncle ) Murdered one day before he was to testify that Braniff did not have to go Bankrupt and had the money to continue. • John Nance, supposedly with the help of a ghostwriter from the CIA… writes a book called The Splash of Colours and headlines it with The Self-Destruction of Braniff International. Liar. It was the Casey brothers, American Airlines, New York Bankers, and the CIA, but everyone believed in the distraction of this book's half-truths. It was great CIA and American Airlines Damage control. (Yea sure Blame the victim is the oldest trick in the book.) • Braniff's CFO's murder is never investigated to any extent and forgotten. Dallas Police handled the investigation and did nothing, just like when they killed JFK. Make up any story, and the public will believe it. • You have been robbed and betrayed by your country's business world if you were as a Braniff Employee. Your suffering and hardship have partially come from the events above. It is interesting to note that the Deregulation act implied no one was supposed to get hurt under the bill and that everyone was protected. • 9-11 was an inside job, Braniff Airlines Bankruptcy was also an inside job once they got rid of the great airline CEO, Harding Lawrence, and CFO Ted Beckwith. • CFO Ted Beckwith was my Uncle. He was the most honest and honorable man I have ever known. I will always love him and miss him dearly every day. My heartfelt compassion will always be with the former employees of Braniff Airlines. • God Dam those that killed Ted Beckwith and destroyed Braniff Airlines. • Chad Beckwith Smith
Thank you for posting the truth, and I am very sorry they murdered your uncle, may he rest in peace. Just wondering, how did Braniff employees not know something was not right when Casey stepped in, did they not know or realize his brother ran AA?
I'm guessing you had to dub over Silver Wings by Merle Haggard during the credits to avoid a copyright strike? I can't help but think American bought the CAB rejection of the Pan Am deal. It is hard to call it deregulation when a regulator can stop you from selling routes.
It’s past time to start another airline with decent leg room and air fares that ain’t crazy ridiculous high and don’t nickel and dime you for anything and everything they can! The route systems are under served right now and all the airlines are well aware of that. It is the single highest revenue generating point today. The load factor on most all carriers today are incredible and a dream come true. Add to that this issue of charging extra for exceeding baggage weight, checked bags, changing your itinerary etc. Their profits are truly at an all time high. And guess who is paying for it.......
We employees would have worked for FREE but Putnam was the axeman. You AA Murdered My UNCLE. May you go to hell all of you that think you got away with it.
No, the Braniff used in South Park was from a different Braniff that operated after this one shut down. Both Braniffs were out of business long before South Park started.
@@irishtexan899All of the above. The late 1970s recession, the oil embargo, and the huge amount of debt that Harding Lawrence has piled up on Braniff International. The other airlines like Eastern Air Lines, Pan Am, and TWA faced with the same dilemma as Braniff International did and all of them were hacked to death too. Howard Putnam did everything to salvage Braniff International from bankruptcy, but it was too little, too late when they ceased operations in 1982.
I still miss Braniff Airlines. Through the many times I flew on Braniff, first along with my father when I was a child, and then as an adult to the very end, Braniff always, always treated me very well. I never flew their nonstop from Dallas to London, but I flew their nonstop Dallas to Honolulu several times. Braniff's worst flight back then would be counted as one of any other airliner's best flight nowdays. Braniff was class and they treated their customers right. I miss them.
Braniff were one of America's best airlines - sadly missed.
Plus I thought were an unique with every plane painted in different colors & not all the same color with the slogan "Flying Colors". I was still in school when the airline shut down.
Kudos to the CEO for actually delivering tough news to his employees in person. He didn't rely on others and stood in rooms to answer questions from employees in the trenches
Greatest airline - Back then travel was a joy. Wonderful employees and superb service. Sadly a great airline like Braniff will never be repeated.
The name did, but maybe just not the service
Howard Putnam sounds like the kind of person who I know I'd like to work for - has business sense, and a strong fighting spirit to keep a company going, but doesn't stop that from being a kind human being, who cares about his employees.
So true.
Wow, that CEO has a heart of gold. You could tell he cared deeply about his workers, holding back tears countless times as he spoke about their dedication, which in turn shows that they cared about the company that clearly treated them with respect.
Now when you see a company go under and the CEOs make statements, it's just straight to the point then they walk to their luxury chauffeured with the money they laundered for themselves. Life is so worthless these days...
Howard Putnam came from the school of Herb Kelleher. Great men!
Putnum rose to the top of two of the greatest airlines because he did care. He truly cared about the welfare of his employees. He knew without them he would be nothing. Not many CEO's truly understand that.
So Sad I still can't take it without letting some tears flow. 15 years of my early times. Great Airline and one of the Best !
Now you know why I DESLIKE FUJLLY AND HATE AMERICAN AIRLINES GREEDY SOB'S for being part of Braniff going under.
Ah, Braniff was WONDERFUL!
I use to fly Braniff all the time out of Denver, Colorado to just about everywhere. I never knew it was in trouble until it was announced. Then I started flying Continental, then they tanked. So I switched to Eastern and it tanked. Western and then they tanked. Being I was in Denver United was and still is the heavy hitting airline there so I've stuck with United and Southwest for years now. I did love Braniff International though. They got to big too soon. Greed does it all the time.
Western® didn't tank... it merged with Delta®.
@@charlesjwin True it merged with Delta and SLC became one of Delta's hubs out of that. Tanked, in that they had to merge with a bigger more profitably airline. I would imagine they wouldn't just merge and go out of business for the hell of it. So many airlines were merging back then just trying to survive. I use to ride Western out of Denver to San Diego all the time. Those were the days when we had a real choice of airlines to fly.
As hard as Putnam tried, he couldn't unwind the tangled mess created by Harding Lawrence fast enough. In time maybe, but the coffers were dry and sources of capital exhausted. A valiant effort, but a sobering reminder of what happens when ego gets in the way of sound business practices.
Holy cow your programming is a treasure trove!
This is a true leader, he fought til the very end and tried every strategy in the circumstances he was given. Pretty sad for the workers and consumer, but that’s business, wouldn’t expect American to act any other way. CAB certainly didn’t help in any material way...
Sounds to me like back door politics when the CAB said no to the sale of the South American route system to Pam Am.
That is why I'm glad the CAB is gone.
Pan Am already had a sizable Latin American network. So instead of two US airlines it would have been one. Eastern taking over was still two US airlines. The CAB may be no more but DOT would object on these same grounds in today’s environment.
Braniff wanted a deal with Pan Am, but got one with Eastern. Sadly, all 3 are no more.
Just drove by their old headquarters in Dallas, it’s still there.
Gordon Bethune at 03:24.........the man who would revive Continental Airlines thirteen years later.
We live in far less elegant times.
I remember all that. I lived in Dallas. They had Braniff planes lined up everywhere at DFW for sale. Mostly b727's in many colors. For sale cheap. Sad days. In Texas for many years it was either Braniff or American and later Southwest. Management and employees tried so hard to save it. So sad. For those employees it was worse than Coronavirus. Many lost their homes and cars. Putman is still a hero. He lost the fight but he was a dedicated trooper. He was crying when he made the announcement to the employees it was over. A financial disaster just like Greater Southwest Airport it once served. GSW was torn down while practically new and DFW built in it's place. Huge waste of taxpayers money.
Texas International, Delta (until they dehubbed DFW) and Continental were never choices?
@@BrownBrother27 Sure. At one time they were all coming in to KDAL. but their headquarters wasn't in Dallas. Texas International was in Houston and Delta is in Atlanta, Continental was in El Paso. Braniff, American and Southwest made their headquarters in Dallas. I'm from Dallas and my friends worked for them is how I know all that.
@@davidkellymitchell4747 You're somewhat right about the headquarters. I was thinking of the other carriers (except Continental) having a hub at DFW. I believe American's HQ is technically in Ft. Worth.
@@BrownBrother27 That's right. Got a good friend that's a retired Continental pilot. He lived in Dallas.during that time but also owned a condo in Maui, Capt. Bill Kelly
I remember it well. Really sad- it changed so many peoples lives.
BN expanded far too quickly after '78 and it suffered for it. The amount of routes it added both domestically and int'l were more than it could handle and passenger relations took a big hit. Read Splash of Color by John Nance.
The Splash of Color was a book to hide the truth. AA murdered the CFO of Braniff a day before was to testify before a grand Jury.
As of January 1, 2019, would you buy two items from Sears with a minimum value of $300 and get a coupon to buy one item up to a value of $500 for $1 after April 1, 2019? Hell no. That was the Braniff Great Escape sale. If Southwest or American offered that sale, I'd take it any day of the week. But not from Braniff or Sears. Putnam should have gone with his initial gut instinct and told them the plan was crap.
I keep watching this and hope they make it.....sadly they did not.
Braniff sounds like it was a nice airline to fly. With what little choices there are now flying is a nightmare. Which is why I simply won't fly. I'll drive where I can now. Thank you for posting this video. I always was fascinated over Braniff all because of a cartoon lol.
It was during it's hey day a truly innovative airline. A full and fascinating history would be John Nance's book"Splash of Colors: The self destruction of Braniff International". A great read.
Read this book upon its' publication. Most informative. I love the story about AA's Bob Crandall ringing up Putnam, using the 'f' word, and badgering him into raising fairs.
I was a freshman in High School when BN shut down. Coming from a Braniff family, this hit close to home. Fortunately, my Grandfather retired from Braniff in '77', though he did lose his pension and my Grandmother, her beloved flight privileges.
'Evil Eagle', 'SkyNazis', 'Ameroflot' aka AA was a major thorn in BN's ass that was bound and determined to shut BN down, permanently. One of the tricks that AA used was to show most flights on Braniff as full out of DFW. They did this by manipulating the Sabre reservation system, which AA owned, that was the final nail in Braniff's coffin. To this day I try very hard to avoid flying AA.
Braniff would have been 90 years old today.
I use to fly Braniff all the time for business, I miss it.
@ 3:17 that door ding .
Their big mistakes were; 1.going to only 15 fare structures. Many airlines that went under had this system. A mix of fares, even though it may be confusing to the flying public, is what makes money. This is proven airline marketing fact. 2. BN put way too many routes out there that got their flights zero connections, therefore very low loads. Hub and spoke is the way to make money, like Delta began to do years ago and they survived.
Basically failed to adapt.
Howard Putnam was a good guy.He tried to revive Braniff..Pan Am should have bought Braniff..
Something that I didn't understand is this - why didn't they go into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection & continue to fly, the way other airlines did?
They probably had no debtor in possession financing to do so. When most airlines file for chapter 11 they secure financing from lenders in order to operate during the time it remains in bankruptcy.
The 81 Controllers strike didn't help either..
Nope
He left the helm of SWA a very successful company to manage Braniff, okayyy.
Big Mistake
When Braniff filed for bankruptcy, was it Chapter 7 or Chapter 11?
Interesting video but sad as got towards the end & at the end of the video. Too bad Braniff International couldn't survive but seemed this guy did try. Later on Braniff tried a come back which I think wss called Braniff two but didn't last & then I think they tried again which failed too, if I'm not wrong they used the original former BI 727's. I think American Eagle is housed in the former Braniff International terminal/gates but I wonder if the Chapel that Braniff had is still there at the DFW Airport. I still have a Braniff International flight schedule which of course BI flew to/from Lubbock, the schedule (time table) is from May 1981.
Mr. John J. Casey became head CEO of Braniff and his brother was CEO of American Airlines together they destroyed Braniff so American Airlines could take over DFW from its move from New York. Then there was a Federal Court inquiry into AA's criminal activity. Ted Beckwith, the CFO of Braniff, was murdered a day before he was to testify on Casey's crime of bankrupting Braniff. Then there was the third Casey. William Joseph Casey (March 13, 1913 - May 6, 1987) was the Director of Central Intelligence from 1981 to 1987. In this capacity, he oversaw the entire United States Intelligence Community. After Ted Beckwith's murder by the Casey family, the former CEO Harding L. Lawrence moved to Europe in order to not be the next target. You see my fellow Braniff employees the airline that you worked so hard for was destroyed by criminals and of course, William Casey head of the CIA made sure that the crimes were never investigated, and still, to this day the murder of Braniff's CFO Ted Beckwith remains unsolved. Braniff did not go Bankrupt it was a corporate murder.
He should have immediately cut the route structure. Wages from employees.
Anyone interested in starting an airline from the ground up?
Me..
I wonder what happened to all those beautiful and colorful 727's...
Some of them became freighters for FedEx and some for UPS
@@MrBaixiong IIRC a couple of Braniff's 727-227s did end up with American Airlines (IDK if it was before Braniff's bankruptcy or after though)
Hmmm..seems like a theme that has gone on in the last 200 years..
Travel agents were worthless, having someone with incentive to make you pay more because of commission is the reason a lot of American retail and old fashioned salespeople have died. Good riddance.
I wish I could go back in time and tell them that I’m giving you $1 billion and ask him. What are you gonna do with it to make sure this company survives.
Hard putting him he did everything he could. He sacrificed everything in order to save a company that wasn’t his and he continue to to ? 17:25 He means so much to me based on the fact that he fought for something that he thought he was gonna lose. That guy is my role model is not a guy he’s entity in. He fought with every inch of his life to pursue an affordable attainable, reliable and accessible for a transportation in this country. If it wasn’t for him, monopolies would set in. He’s a true patriot when it comes to the American people.
I drive nowadays
This is not the full story here is the full story. The Case of The Casey's• Chad Beckwith Smith
The Case of The Casey's
The Braniff corrupt board of directors removed • Harding Lawrence the genius of Braniff in Dec 1981.
• Ted Beckwith CFO is fired (you never fire the CFO in a financial crisis ever, they know where the money is and not and how to keep the company going .)
• John J Casey replaced Harding Lawrence, and John's Brother was the head of American Airlines. How Evil, how convenient for the destruction of Braniff and your job with two brothers.
• American Airlines Headquarters moved from New York City and set up at DFW, and the only thing in their way was Braniff Airlines. Remember Braniff's John Casey's brother ran American Airlines.
• CIA Director William Casey stated in 1981, "We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." Reread it let it sink in good and Hard.
• John Casey leaves Braniff only a couple months after becoming the CEO and sets the stage for Braniff Airlines to collapse artificially (liquidation).
• May 12, 1982, Putman becomes the fall guy and puts Braniff into bankruptcy, and at the same time, all the employees had given up part of their paychecks to keep Braniff afloat. We would have given up all of it had it meant Braniff was to stay alive, but we were never asked for more because the plan was to kill Braniff.
• 1982 Fall -Former CFO Ted Beckwith ( My Uncle ) Murdered one day before he was to testify that Braniff did not have to go Bankrupt and had the money to continue.
• John Nance, supposedly with the help of a ghostwriter from the CIA… writes a book called The Splash of Colours and headlines it with The Self-Destruction of Braniff International.
Liar. It was the Casey brothers, American Airlines, New York Bankers, and the CIA, but everyone believed in the distraction of this book's half-truths. It was great CIA and American Airlines Damage control. (Yea sure Blame the victim is the oldest trick in the book.)
• Braniff's CFO's murder is never investigated to any extent and forgotten. Dallas Police handled the investigation and did nothing, just like when they killed JFK. Make up any story, and the public will believe it.
• You have been robbed and betrayed by your country's business world if you were as a Braniff Employee. Your suffering and hardship have partially come from the events above. It is interesting to note that the Deregulation act implied no one was supposed to get hurt under the bill and that everyone was protected.
• 9-11 was an inside job, Braniff Airlines Bankruptcy was also an inside job once they got rid of the great airline CEO, Harding Lawrence, and CFO Ted Beckwith.
• CFO Ted Beckwith was my Uncle. He was the most honest and honorable man I have ever known. I will always love him and miss him dearly every day. My heartfelt compassion will always be with the former employees of Braniff Airlines.
• God Dam those that killed Ted Beckwith and destroyed Braniff Airlines.
• Chad Beckwith Smith
Thank you for posting the truth, and I am very sorry they murdered your uncle, may he rest in peace. Just wondering, how did Braniff employees not know something was not right when Casey stepped in, did they not know or realize his brother ran AA?
@@keezeeroots5997 It was fear of losing that makes us blind to the reality of what is happening in our lives.
@@OneAmercia Thank you for your response.
I'm guessing you had to dub over Silver Wings by Merle Haggard during the credits to avoid a copyright strike?
I can't help but think American bought the CAB rejection of the Pan Am deal.
It is hard to call it deregulation when a regulator can stop you from selling routes.
Silver Wings is my absolute #1 favorite Merle Haggard song since I first heard it in college.
So sad. Anytime 10k lose a job it’s a horrible day.
Deregulation didn't help!!
That was not the intent of deregulation.
It’s past time to start another airline with decent leg room and air fares that ain’t crazy ridiculous high and don’t nickel and dime you for anything and everything they can! The route systems are under served right now and all the airlines are well aware of that. It is the single highest revenue generating point today. The load factor on most all carriers today are incredible and a dream come true. Add to that this issue of charging extra for exceeding baggage weight, checked bags, changing your itinerary etc. Their profits are truly at an all time high. And guess who is paying for it.......
South Park sent me here
Why does south park show an ad for Braniff in the credits?
Who's Here from Airline Administration?
750. Houston. St UK
We employees would have worked for FREE but Putnam was the axeman. You AA Murdered My UNCLE. May you go to hell all of you that think you got away with it.
but they still finance South Park :)
No, the Braniff used in South Park was from a different Braniff that operated after this one shut down. Both Braniffs were out of business long before South Park started.
Me...
South Park
Braniff International was the first victim of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978.
Or the oil embargo, the recession, or the huge amount of debt the former CEO piled up....
@@irishtexan899All of the above. The late 1970s recession, the oil embargo, and the huge amount of debt that Harding Lawrence has piled up on Braniff International. The other airlines like Eastern Air Lines, Pan Am, and TWA faced with the same dilemma as Braniff International did and all of them were hacked to death too. Howard Putnam did everything to salvage Braniff International from bankruptcy, but it was too little, too late when they ceased operations in 1982.