Re: Atlanta Hartsfield Airport

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

I couldn't get any hits for "you will change planes in Atlanta."

I have heard this said about Delta, which has a major hub in Atlanta. Did 
Eastern really have a hub there? I thought their big hub was Chicago. It has been 
so long since they went out of business, I can't remember.

In a message dated 3/14/04 4:16:36 PM, JJJRLandau at AOL.COM writes:


> I can't locate the post, but somebody referred to Atlanta's Hartfield 
> Airport.
> 
> This brings up an old airline proverb, "If you go to Hell on Eastern
> Airlines, you will change planes in Atlanta".  A quickie Google search 
> turned up this
> proverb nine times, seven of them with the plane change occurring at Atlanta
> Hartsfield, but with varying airlines.
> 
> I first heard this saying in 1973 from an Eastern stewardess while returning
> from Florida from the Skylab launch.
> 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> The phrase "zigged when I should have zagged" sounds like it comes from 
> World
> War II (or even World War I) when ships sailed on zig-zag courses to avoid
> submarines.
> 
>          - Jim Landau
> 
>