Pan Am screams foul at Braniffs rich, new route gains
One area in Which the imperial presidency is as regal as ever is the matter of international airline routes: by law the President can bestow on any airline of his choice the right to fly between any American city and any foreign one, and he need not bother to state a reason. Just before Christmas, Jimmy Carter exercised that prerogative in a fashion that caused his own chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board briefly to consider resigning, and that is now leading Pan American World...
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