Unlike Smokers expressionThat was unable to start one trip, another private starting company promised three trips, but it called it stop when there was no great interest as much as it was realized at the beginning.
Like a cloud of smoke, the noise of this airline is masked any actual interest. Here is the story of air freedom.
Breaks and wiping for smokers’ trips
After the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) prevented public airlines from allowing smoking in trade flights in 1989, this disturbed many smokers in the country.
One of them was 60 years old United Airways commander Ted Hall From Ramona, California. Emotional smoker and tobacco user that started at the age of fourteen, Hall called the new anti -smoking laws “killing” and “American.”
hall Foundations of air freedom In January 1992, after a year of retirement from United. Like SMOKERS Express, Freedom Air will work as a private airline, allowing it to ignore all FAA regulations.
Freedom Air has imposed $ 20 on membership, which would allow travelers exclusive deals for charter trips and freedom of smoking. Not all members should be smokers, but members will have to sign a concession stating that the person will not sue air freedom due to unstable smoke problems.
The airline captured the Boeing 727 used, which could put 165 passengers. Boeing came from an airline from American Trans Air from Indianapolis, Indiana. A spokesman for the Freedom Air added that the plane has “great ventilation.”
This new project tops the headlines at the country level in publications such as Newsweekthe New York Timesthe Los Angeles Timesthe Tamba Bay Timesand Chicago Tribune. Hall was hoping to have the interest of air freedom with the help of this media.
Ted adventure is excellent “
Freedom Air has set three round flights between Chicago Ohair International Airport (Ord) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on September 28, October 5, and October 12, 1993. These flights cost $ 396 back and forth.
The opening trip was definitely worthy of publishing. Seven crew members joined Hall and his wife Jenny on the trip. According to Los Angeles TimesA full group of correspondents are eagerly awaiting to meet the passengers. On the trip, there were NBC, CNN, BBC, joint TV news program, Current relationshipAnd a German news port – although some of these characters were smokers.
In all, there were nine individuals from Freedom Air, 17 reporters, filmmakers and ten travelers from Chicago. As for passengers who pay actual payment? Only two.
The first was Ruthy Vertchild, a resident of Clinton, a resident of Iowa traveling to Los Angeles to attend a hearing in front of her brother McKinley Lee, Snoop Doug’s goalkeeper. Both men were accused of killing a gang member in West Palm Beach. Verchald was not a smoker but he became a member of Freedom Air as a cheap way to travel to Los Angeles.
The second was a construction worker named Marti Stolar from Toronto, Canada. Although not living in America, he wanted to support the rights of a smoker by pledging money to Freedom Air.
Hall was fun to see a “no smoking” light coming out during the trip. Hall smoke a full set of cigarettes during the trip near an hour.
“I wanted to see a full plane, but I will never forget this thing.” Hall said.
The flight trips and their arrival were received by more press members looking to meet with passengers. Despite all the uproar from the media, she did not get the story and shots he hoped for. If footage of these flights is broadcast on TV, the media is now lost.
“Maybe they all suffocated to death.”
The other two flights between Ord and Lax NotBut they got less attention than the media and filled a fewer seats. Hall thought of canceling the other two flights but told Jenny, ” I can live better with losing money from returning to my words.
Being the only well -known investor of the airline, Hall abandoned Freedom Air shortly. Only 100 people are members of Freedom Air Smoker.
Michael Boyd told the ASRC Bloomberg President that travelers interested in Freedom Air “Perhaps everything suffocated to death.” Boyd added that Hall is likely to misunderstand the call and request a friendly airline.
Bloomberg states that Hall will restart the airline in Las Vegas, Nevada, but nothing came from this idea.