Picked it up. 1/3rd the way through. It's the book I had been expecting for quite some time. It gives a 25 page or so history of the Red Team (AC-Milton, Durret, Harris, Taylor) and the Blue Team (CP-Carty, Benson, Jenkins, Ward etc.) and then Gerry Schwartz and the other characters. The author pays little attention to the flying of tin, and more on the personalities, legalities and financial aspects of the airline business. Although in some respects it describes Robert Milton as a bit of a 'tyrant' (even the cover takes a shot at him) you can have a bit of respect for the gent. While his 'arrogance' played well in dealing with many internal matters, it seemed to have empowered his staff to treat the employees, customers and travel agents with the incorrect attitude. That is regrettable. Matthew http://www.redmac.ca - Getting Canadian's their Macintosh accessories http://www.justaddanoccasion.com - Great gift ideas On Apr 5, 2004, at 11:41 AM, Liam Tully wrote: > I just picked it up at Chapters - not cheap at CAD$36.99 plus tax. = > It's available at Costco > for a few $ less. The title is "Air Monopoly", How Robert Milton's > Air = > Canada Won - and > Lost Control of Canada's Skies, by Keith McArthur, who is the the = > transportation reporter > for the "Globe and Mail" newspaper, based in Toronto. BTW, > "Robert's" = > own book is due > for publication in SEP04. > > Liam. > YVR. > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: Matthew Montano=20 > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 7:33 AM > Subject: Fwd: New book on Air Canada's monopoly > > > Someone did it, and it wasn't Robert Milton. > > A local check of my Chapters indicates this book is in stock and = > ready for enjoyment of one of the modest tragedies (and there have > been = > many) that are North American airlines. > > Matthew > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: newsalerts-noreply@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: March 30, 2004 11:47:30 AM PST > To: mmontano@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: Google News Alert - air canada > > NEW book explores the rise and fall of Robert Milton and Air ... > CJAD - Canada > TORONTO (CP) - After it took over Canadian Airlines in 1999, Air > = > Canada > seemingly had nothing blocking it from near total control of = > Canada's > skies. ... > > <http://www3.cjad.com/contentntrod_news/article.asp?id=3De033033A>