All Posts Tagged With: "Northwest Airlines"
Privatize the Airports!
Waiting in long lines for everything from a boarding pass to a cheeseburger. Slow luggage delivery. Expensive parking. Jammed concourses. Surly workers. Small, dingy restrooms. Long walks from one flight to another that leave you worn out, with the only “consolation” being that the connecting flight is delayed anyway. All that may sound like a [...]
1Feb1999 | Lawrence W. Reed | 2 comments | ContinuedThe Legal Assault on Competence and Honesty
In October 1993, when Northwest Airlines announced that it had agreed to rehire pilot Norman Prouse as a ground trainer, a company spokesman acknowledged that “some Northwest employees might be bitter.” The reason: three years earlier, Mr. Prouse, after an all-night drinking binge with the two members of his flying crew, had flown a plane [...]
1Oct1997 | David R. Henderson | 1 comment | Continued-
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