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Part One: Frank Lorenzo: The Man Who Ruined Air Travel

Behind the Bastards

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The History of Fucking Airlines

In 1918, the post office starts doing airmail routes. US Army pilots are all of like the people actually flying the routes. This is what eventually turns into the airports that are all over the country. In 1938 Congress passes the Civil Aeronautics Act which gives regulatory authority over air travel to something called the Civil Aviation Authority. All four major airlines that dominate the sky today Originate from this period right? They're basically directly you're kind of indirectly descended from right come off history.

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