Howard Putnam came from the school of Herb Kelleher. Great men!

Putnum rose to the top of two of the greatest airlines because he did care. He truly cared about the welfare of his employees. He knew without them he would be nothing. Not many CEO's truly understand that.

So true.

Plus I thought were an unique with every plane painted in different colors & not all the same color with the slogan "Flying Colors". I was still in school when the airline shut down.

The name did, but maybe just not the service

Western® didn't tank... it merged with Delta®.

@@charlesjwin True it merged with Delta and SLC became one of Delta's hubs out of that. Tanked, in that they had to merge with a bigger more profitably airline. I would imagine they wouldn't just merge and go out of business for the hell of it. So many airlines were merging back then just trying to survive. I use to ride Western out of Denver to San Diego all the time. Those were the days when we had a real choice of airlines to fly.

Now you know why I DESLIKE FUJLLY AND HATE AMERICAN AIRLINES GREEDY SOB'S for being part of Braniff going under.

That is why I'm glad the CAB is gone.

Pan Am already had a sizable Latin American network. So instead of two US airlines it would have been one. Eastern taking over was still two US airlines. The CAB may be no more but DOT would object on these same grounds in today’s environment.

Texas International, Delta (until they dehubbed DFW) and Continental were never choices?

@@BrownBrother27 Sure. At one time they were all coming in to KDAL. but their headquarters wasn't in Dallas. Texas International was in Houston and Delta is in Atlanta, Continental was in El Paso. Braniff, American and Southwest made their headquarters in Dallas. I'm from Dallas and my friends worked for them is how I know all that.

@@davidkellymitchell4747 You're somewhat right about the headquarters. I was thinking of the other carriers (except Continental) having a hub at DFW. I believe American's HQ is technically in Ft. Worth.

@@BrownBrother27 That's right. Got a good friend that's a retired Continental pilot. He lived in Dallas.during that time but also owned a condo in Maui, Capt. Bill Kelly

It was during it's hey day a truly innovative airline. A full and fascinating history would be John Nance's book"Splash of Colors: The self destruction of Braniff International". A great read.

Read this book upon its' publication. Most informative. I love the story about AA's Bob Crandall ringing up Putnam, using the 'f' word, and badgering him into raising fairs.

I was a freshman in High School when BN shut down. Coming from a Braniff family, this hit close to home. Fortunately, my Grandfather retired from Braniff in '77', though he did lose his pension and my Grandmother, her beloved flight privileges. 'Evil Eagle', 'SkyNazis', 'Ameroflot' aka AA was a major thorn in BN's ass that was bound and determined to shut BN down, permanently. One of the tricks that AA used was to show most flights on Braniff as full out of DFW. They did this by manipulating the Sabre reservation system, which AA owned, that was the final nail in Braniff's coffin. To this day I try very hard to avoid flying AA.

The Splash of Color was a book to hide the truth. AA murdered the CFO of Braniff a day before was to testify before a grand Jury.

D Stuart exactly.

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Basically failed to adapt.

Nope

Big Mistake

They probably had no debtor in possession financing to do so. When most airlines file for chapter 11 they secure financing from lenders in order to operate during the time it remains in bankruptcy.

Some of them became freighters for FedEx and some for UPS

@@MrBaixiong IIRC a couple of Braniff's 727-227s did end up with American Airlines (IDK if it was before Braniff's bankruptcy or after though)

Me..

Hard putting him he did everything he could. He sacrificed everything in order to save a company that wasn’t his and he continue to to ? 17:25 He means so much to me based on the fact that he fought for something that he thought he was gonna lose. That guy is my role model is not a guy he’s entity in. He fought with every inch of his life to pursue an affordable attainable, reliable and accessible for a transportation in this country. If it wasn’t for him, monopolies would set in. He’s a true patriot when it comes to the American people.

Silver Wings is my absolute #1 favorite Merle Haggard song since I first heard it in college.

Why does south park show an ad for Braniff in the credits?

No, the Braniff used in South Park was from a different Braniff that operated after this one shut down. Both Braniffs were out of business long before South Park started.

The Case of The Casey's The Braniff corrupt board of directors removed • Harding Lawrence the genius of Braniff in Dec 1981. • Ted Beckwith CFO is fired (you never fire the CFO in a financial crisis ever, they know where the money is and not and how to keep the company going .) • John J Casey replaced Harding Lawrence, and John's Brother was the head of American Airlines. How Evil, how convenient for the destruction of Braniff and your job with two brothers. • American Airlines Headquarters moved from New York City and set up at DFW, and the only thing in their way was Braniff Airlines. Remember Braniff's John Casey's brother ran American Airlines.

• CIA Director William Casey stated in 1981, "We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." Reread it let it sink in good and Hard. • John Casey leaves Braniff only a couple months after becoming the CEO and sets the stage for Braniff Airlines to collapse artificially (liquidation). • May 12, 1982, Putman becomes the fall guy and puts Braniff into bankruptcy, and at the same time, all the employees had given up part of their paychecks to keep Braniff afloat. We would have given up all of it had it meant Braniff was to stay alive, but we were never asked for more because the plan was to kill Braniff. • 1982 Fall -Former CFO Ted Beckwith ( My Uncle ) Murdered one day before he was to testify that Braniff did not have to go Bankrupt and had the money to continue. • John Nance, supposedly with the help of a ghostwriter from the CIA… writes a book called The Splash of Colours and headlines it with The Self-Destruction of Braniff International. Liar. It was the Casey brothers, American Airlines, New York Bankers, and the CIA, but everyone believed in the distraction of this book's half-truths. It was great CIA and American Airlines Damage control. (Yea sure Blame the victim is the oldest trick in the book.) • Braniff's CFO's murder is never investigated to any extent and forgotten. Dallas Police handled the investigation and did nothing, just like when they killed JFK. Make up any story, and the public will believe it. • You have been robbed and betrayed by your country's business world if you were as a Braniff Employee. Your suffering and hardship have partially come from the events above. It is interesting to note that the Deregulation act implied no one was supposed to get hurt under the bill and that everyone was protected. • 9-11 was an inside job, Braniff Airlines Bankruptcy was also an inside job once they got rid of the great airline CEO, Harding Lawrence, and CFO Ted Beckwith. • CFO Ted Beckwith was my Uncle. He was the most honest and honorable man I have ever known. I will always love him and miss him dearly every day. My heartfelt compassion will always be with the former employees of Braniff Airlines. • God Dam those that killed Ted Beckwith and destroyed Braniff Airlines. • Chad Beckwith Smith

Thank you for posting the truth, and I am very sorry they murdered your uncle, may he rest in peace. Just wondering, how did Braniff employees not know something was not right when Casey stepped in, did they not know or realize his brother ran AA?

​@@keezeeroots5997 It was fear of losing that makes us blind to the reality of what is happening in our lives.

@@OneAmercia Thank you for your response.

That was not the intent of deregulation.

Or the oil embargo, the recession, or the huge amount of debt the former CEO piled up....