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• catalog abstract "In Skygods, Robert Gandt, a Pan Am pilot for twenty-six years, gives the first inside account of Pan Am's unprecedented demise. To tell the complete story, Gandt interviewed hundreds of former Pan Am airmen and executives. 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. 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 wrong altitude and in the wrong direction, and who tragically disappeared along with their planes into the night. Gandt takes readers behind the scenes at Pan Am's executive offices in the landmark Pan Am building - a massive edifice to the founder's personal vision. He shows how a series of impulsive and short-sighted CEOs succeeded in destroying one of America's greatest companies. Pan Am employees were rocked by the company's decision to purchase a domestic carrier - at an eventual cost of nearly a billion dollars. Strapped with debt and flying half-empty planes to places like Monrovia, Rabat, and Lagos, Pan Am then stunned its employees by selling its profitable Pacific routes. The airline that could bend the wills of American presidents was reduced to relying on the Shah of Iran for the financial salvation it would never receive. Ultimately, it was a senseless terrorist act over Scotland that shattered Pan Am forever - and ended an era in American travel.".
• catalog contributor b7428830.
• catalog created "1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
• catalog description "In Skygods, Robert Gandt, a Pan Am pilot for twenty-six years, gives the first inside account of Pan Am's unprecedented demise. To tell the complete story, Gandt interviewed hundreds of former Pan Am airmen and executives. 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. 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 wrong altitude and in the wrong direction, and who tragically disappeared along with their planes into the night. Gandt takes readers behind the scenes at Pan Am's executive offices in the landmark Pan Am building - a massive edifice to the founder's personal vision. He shows how a series of impulsive and short-sighted CEOs succeeded in destroying one of America's greatest companies. Pan Am employees were rocked by the company's decision to purchase a domestic carrier - at an eventual cost of nearly a billion dollars. Strapped with debt and flying half-empty planes to places like Monrovia, Rabat, and Lagos, Pan Am then stunned its employees by selling its profitable Pacific routes. The airline that could bend the wills of American presidents was reduced to relying on the Shah of Iran for the financial salvation it would never receive. Ultimately, it was a senseless terrorist act over Scotland that shattered Pan Am forever - and ended an era in American travel.".
• catalog description "That's why we're here -- Trippe -- Skygods -- Jets -- The empire -- The man from Camelot -- New hires -- The everyman airplane -- On the line -- Succession -- Crash -- Vietnam -- The boy scout -- Besieged -- Just call me Jeeb -- A place where you never have to grow up -- The Cold War Gladiator -- The children's crusade -- Deep pockets -- The national caper -- Orange pukes and blue pukes -- The crown jewels -- The Texas Huckster -- How sweet it is -- Strike -- Pacific -- White knights and the maximum skygod -- Mister nice guy -- A village in Scotland.".
• catalog description "The coyote's last leg -- The yawning abyss -- Delta -- Tango uniform.".
• catalog extent "viii, 326 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Skygods.".
• catalog identifier "0688046150".
• catalog isFormatOf "Skygods.".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Morrow,".
• catalog relation "Skygods.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "387.7/06/573 20".
• catalog subject "Airlines United States History.".
• catalog subject "HE9803.P36 G36 1995".
• catalog subject "Pan American World Airways, inc. History.".
• catalog tableOfContents "That's why we're here -- Trippe -- Skygods -- Jets -- The empire -- The man from Camelot -- New hires -- The everyman airplane -- On the line -- Succession -- Crash -- Vietnam -- The boy scout -- Besieged -- Just call me Jeeb -- A place where you never have to grow up -- The Cold War Gladiator -- The children's crusade -- Deep pockets -- The national caper -- Orange pukes and blue pukes -- The crown jewels -- The Texas Huckster -- How sweet it is -- Strike -- Pacific -- White knights and the maximum skygod -- Mister nice guy -- A village in Scotland.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The coyote's last leg -- The yawning abyss -- Delta -- Tango uniform.".
• catalog title "Skygods : the fall of Pan Am / Robert Gandt.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".