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Wacky flight attendant announcements from an airline no longer with us
Jan 24th, 2009 at 12:30PM: This hilarious collection of cabin announcements was made by Kurt Stecker who recorded them during his time at ATA airlines. The clip is part comedy and part tribute to ATA, which ceased operation on April 2nd 2008. The end of ATA put 2300 people out of work, and stranded almost 10,000 passengers around the country. Still, it is obvious from the clip that at least one person working with ATA had ...
ATA files for bankruptcy, ceases all operations
Apr 3rd, 2008 at 10:00AM: Passengers flying on ATA Airlines today are in for a surprise when they get to the airport. This morning, with practically no advance notice, the Indianapolis-based airline announced that they had declared bankruptcy, canceled all flights and ceased operations. The cause of their collapse, in addition to the obvious stratospheric jet fuel prices, was in the loss of a key military contract that ...
