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

Behind the Bastards

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The Rise and Fall of Frank Lorinza

Lorinza was so heavy-handed with subordinate cities during that in the end the airlines employees basically put their own jobs on the line to get rid of him. He enlisted the help of eastern airlines as managers who were company men and enforced what some called abusive policies against employees. In one year alone 262 unionized machinists lost their jobs. Psychological warfare was even waged on flight attendants who were forced to collect garbage on flights a violation of their contract. And this just causes a cascading like series of losses that sends him like bankrupts his companies, right? Obviously lorinzo gets away rich But he is his empire gets broken up and sold off and like he gets forced

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