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Episode 122: United Airlines Flight 232

Well There‘s Your Problem

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Airline D Regulation Act - Do Whatever You Want

The civil aviation board really had a premium on that kind of return ship. Airline D Regulation Act passed in 1978, which basically says fuck it. Do whatever you want. Abolishes the CAB. It keeps the FAA and like safety rules and stuff, but basically everything else is 'fucking' United ends up winning. Number of airline passengers goes up. Paper conditions get worse,. A bunch of small airlines go bankrupt and get eaten. And some of the big ones too, including Pan Am meets shit in 1985 gets bought out by United. That's when they start flying internationally as like sort of as zombie Pan Am.

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