Skygods: The Fall of Pan Am
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (958 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0615611834 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 350 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Gandt reveals what really happened in the cockpits, where Pan Am's captains, dressed in Navy-style uniforms, once ruled their ships like petty tyrants. Told from points of view of airmen and executives, Skygods gives the inside story on the demise of the world's most experienced airlines.. Ultimately, it was a senseless terrorist act over Scotland that shattered Pan Am forever - and ended an era in American travel. Under aviation pioneer Juan Trippe, the airline had risen from the muddy back-waters of Latin America to a place of preeminence in world commerce. To tell the complete story, Gandt interviewed hundreds of former Pan Am airmen and executives. Pan Am employees were rocked by the company's decision to purchase a domestic carrier - at an eventual cost of nearly a billion dollars. In Skygods, Robert Gandt, a Pan Am pilot for twenty-six years, gives the first inside account of Pan Am's unprecedented demise. Though Pan Am captains were considered the best and the brightest in the industry, Skygods tells disturbing stories of captains who let stewardesses land their planes, who flew at the wron
Wayne Robinson said Surprisingly good.. I don't know how I came to read this book. I found a sample of it on my Kindle (I can't remember requesting it), so I decided that I'd read the first chapter and then delete it. Often I don't manage to get through the first page or even the first chapter of samples.So I read the first chapter. And then the next. And the next, and I was hooked, so I purchased it. It's a great read - almost as good as the best novels.. Great read. Should be mandatory for anyone wanting to Sabinoman Great read. Should be mandatory for anyone wanting to be an airline pilot or families who want to understand the industry.. Great book I'm an airline nerd/geek. This is one of the best discussions of the fall of Pan Am I've seen. An easy read I couldn't put down
airline to fly jets. Pan Am's early success in aviation allowed the company to expand into other areas such as ownership of the Intercontinental Hotel chain and the Pan Am Building in New York City. From Publishers Weekly Pan Am and its founder Juan Trippe were major players in the creation of the commercial airline industry. . Gandt peppers his recounting of the decline of Pan Am with anecdotes from former employees, mainly pilots. At the end of this tale readers will likely ask themselves-as apparently did most Pan Am employees-why did Pan Am die? Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. It was also the firs