October month already?????

Owie!  I am slacking on my rants and my encounters.  Honestly, I should really get things rolling out!  In the meantime, check out some of my text related works here!  Eventually, they will be recorded!

Random Encounter: Pan Am on ABC (brief history too)

Hello everyone.  This is Random Encounter and welcome abord!

I know, I should refrain from making any airline jokes but this show made me do it!
If you don't know what I'm talking about, I'll spell it out for you; Pan Am!

Once the biggest airlines in the world, Pan Am fell to obscurity in the 90s due to two energy crises,
the intense airline competition, and for making terrible business decisions.

Don't know what I'm talking about?  Here's a stock photo on the Pan Am building in New York City.

Prior to the 90s, this was the iconic Pan Am building before they made the biggest blunder ever.
By the time Tony Montana adopted the Pan Am tagline, 'The World is Yours', Pan Am was acquiring National Airlines
in order to retain the competitive advantage.  Unfortunately, the acquisition came at the ultimate price
by selling off the fabled Pan Am building to then relativately known Met Life.  You know, the Snoopy insurance commercial.

I know what you're thinking.  Why I'm not talking about the stewerdess?  I have my reasons:

1.  The main star is the grown-up Wednesday Addams, aka the gothy emo chick who thinks dead people are cool.
In addition, she's a psychotic madman.

2.  Pamela Anderson, my ideal replacement, was kidnapped by some Middle Eastern sexist who wanted to marry her amid the
fact that she hooked up with a rock star.
Bear with me, I love puns:  Pam An talking about Pan Am.  I am Pam!  Now spray it on the cookware!

Other than that, flight attendents aren't really important to me!  Besides, I'm a business grad and there's no reason
why I should pay attention to the attendees!  With that response, let's continue.

Pan Am also played a pivotal role during World War II when Juan Trippe was competing to gain the upper hand
on commercial airline travel.  Believe it or not, he, along with
his co-hort Senator Owen Brewster, attempted to legally monopolize the airline industry had it
been for one man; Howard Hughes.  You heard correctly, Juan Trippe attempted to legally monopolize the airline industry
.
Just be glad that Hughes prevented that scheme otherwise we would have been experiencing this:

Pan Am 1984:  The World is Ours!

Brought to you by Pam An:  Fly with me and I'll make you feel comfortable!