I haven't forgotten them but that was in the late 70's after deregulation started and we were talking about 727 operating ranges, not DC10's. Western's loads were absolutely pathetic on a big DC10 because I kept track of them for the first month or two after they started and still have the figures somewhere in my archives. The service didn't last that long and I remember a few B707 operations when they had equipment substitutions. One Western DC10 got trapped at MIA during the entire DC10 grounding period too. Toward the end they added the FLL tag on (not sure about NAS) but that only doubled their landing fees at MIA and didn't improve loads that much. Service was withdrawn shortly thereafter because of the existing competition (National with non-stops, Continental with one-stops, etc.). Jose Prize Fan of history In a message dated 6/10/2003 1:17:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, JoeThree@xxxxxxx writes: > Subj: Re: Northeast service from MIA to LAX > Date: 6/10/2003 1:17:54 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:JoeThree@xxxxxxx";>JoeThree@xxxxxxx</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > Sent from the Internet > > Jose, > > Don't forget that Western Airlines served FLL as a tag on the end of their > LAX-MIA flights. I think one of WA's LAX-MIA flights continued to FLL, and the > other continued to NAS. > > Joe Wolf >