This Week’s Featured Link
How to Lead through a Merger: US Airways and American Airlines – Cold Call podcast
This Harvard Business Review podcast talks to a consultant who worked on the American/US Airways merger and is now a lecturer at Harvard who does this case study. It’s just shy of half an hour, and it may seem somewhat basic. But it’s still interesting.
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Two for the Road
Inside a hijack: The unheard stories of the Pan Am 73 crew – BBC
Quite the tale here. It’s remarkable how many of these hijackings there used to be, and how poorly some of them ended.
Review: JetBlue Mint Suite A321LR New York To London – One Mile at a Time
I don’t often link to other trip reports, but the new Mint service to London does look pretty spectacular. I always enjoy reading Ben’s trip reports because he goes into incredible detail which can be useful for someone who is really trying to figure out what to expect onboard.