The Target; Love, Death and Airline Deregulation

Download or read book The Target; Love, Death and Airline Deregulation written by J. R. Hauptman and published by The eBook Sale. This book was released on 2008 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novel set in the late nineteen-eighties recounting first years of airline deregulation and the effects it had on that industry and its employees. Corporate raider Carlo Clemenza is the chief villain of the piece. He uses junk bonds, uncompromising Soviet styled negotiation tactics, sham bankruptcies and ruthless abrogation of union contracts to crush competing airlines and to bring airline workers to heel. His methods earn him countless death threats. Thousands of professional pilots find themselves compelled to start their careers over or with no careers at all. One pilot decides to take direct action and makes Clemenza "The target." But his pursuit of the well protected Clemenza makes him a target in turn.