∙ "We have avoided the frills and any route acquisitions for the sake of bigness alone," says ex-Pilot Robert English Peach, 41, president of fast-rising Mohawk Airlines, which puddle-jumps between the East Coast and the Great Lakes. With that formula and reliable service, Peach has lifted Mohawk's revenues from last year's $10 million to this year's rate of $15 million, and now he thinks the line is ready for calculated growth. Last week, in a complex deal that would make Mohawk the nation's eighth biggest air carrier, Peach proposed to absorb the planes...
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