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...velvet-voiced airline captains say in their understated way, Texas Air is experiencing some turbulence. Acquisitiveness has bred turmoil: growing labor unrest, flagging employee spirit and complaints alleging poor service and aircraft maintenance. Wall Street analysts wonder if the company expanded too much and too fast. They question whether Lorenzo, a whiz at financing and acquisitions, has the attention span needed for the details of running a huge airline. In an industry where service is crucial, employees and top management at Eastern and Continental seem too busy warring with each other to satisfy customers' needs...
...sloppy about maintenance. In October, one pilot says, he was told to fly a jetliner with a broken radar device into an area that was being buffeted by thunderstorms. When he refused, supervisors had the balking captain switch planes with another pilot, who agreed to fly the aircraft with the radar problem. Fed up with such episodes, the captain forsakes discounts of nearly 100% to buy his 16-year-old daughter full-fare tickets on competing airlines. Says he: "I won't have her fly on Continental...
Boulware said the airplane "is on its back. The tail cone is about 300 yards away. The aircraft is broken amidships. The fuselage split open." Visibility was down to one-eighth of a mile, he said...
...long as the American appetite for imports remains, a perverse effect takes place: as the price of foreign products increases, Americans spend even more dollars for the same volume of goods. Meanwhile, they earn fewer yen, francs and marks for U.S. products that do sell well abroad, like Boeing aircraft and IBM computers. As a result, the trade deficit actually increases in dollar terms...
...When have we hidden from the world that we are seeking to acquire fighter jets to defend ourselves?" Ortega said, noting it was already known abroad that the Sandinistas have built an airfield at Puente Huete, about six miles north of Managua, for the aircraft...