Reagan Legacy on Air Industry

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>From:    Clay Wardlow <clay.wardlow@xxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Regan Legacy on Air Industry
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>With the death of President Regan, and everyone reflecting on his time
>in the Office, I've been wondering about his impact on the airline/air
>travel industry. Thoughts anyone?
>
>He de-regulated the industry, right? (I was too young to pay attention
>to that then. I was more interested in playing with my Legos and Star
>Wars toys.)



Deregulation was done in 1978, under President Carter.  Reagan's biggest legacy was firing all of the Air Traffic Controllers in 1981.

Greg

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