American Airlines Stewardess College

American airlines, crash landing of 'something special in the air'

American Airlines used to bill itself as "something special in the air," and it was. It was the first airline to offer curbside check-in. The first with computerized reservations. It invented the frequent-flier program and came up with the deeply discounted Super Saver fare to fill empty seats on its planes. But it was disastrously behind on one th...