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Hooters bid for Vanguard Airlines rejected
Associated Press ^ | Sep 26, 2002 | AMY SHAFER

Posted on 09/26/2002 8:42:10 AM PDT by wallcrawlr

Edited on 04/13/2004 3:37:18 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Bankrupt Vanguard Airlines, Inc. has rejected a buyout offer from a group of investors headed by the owner of the Hooters restaurant chain.

Vanguard attorney Daniel Flanigan called the offer from Hooters Air "inadequate," though he would not disclose the terms. He spoke during a hearing Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.


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ahhh...the freindly skies.

Just think about what could have been...

1 posted on 09/26/2002 8:42:10 AM PDT by wallcrawlr
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To: wallcrawlr
I don't know that I'd want to fly on an airline run by boobs.
2 posted on 09/26/2002 8:43:29 AM PDT by My2Cents
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To: wallcrawlr
Imagine the flight attendants...Yowsa!
3 posted on 09/26/2002 8:45:15 AM PDT by Paradox
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To: My2Cents
They would probably add more seats so one would be sitting five abreast.
4 posted on 09/26/2002 8:46:45 AM PDT by Doctor Stochastic
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To: wallcrawlr
Hooters' operating a restaurant with lousy food (but with lotsa nice "scenery") is one thing.

Hooters' asking me to fly with them at 30,000' is quite another.

5 posted on 09/26/2002 8:46:45 AM PDT by martin_fierro
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To: My2Cents
You've flown Northwest Airlines recently, then ?
6 posted on 09/26/2002 8:46:45 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Paradox

"Coffe, tea, or Milk"

7 posted on 09/26/2002 8:49:13 AM PDT by Paradox
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To: wallcrawlr
Now I'll have to be reminded to "return to a full upright position."
8 posted on 09/26/2002 8:49:56 AM PDT by jlogajan
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To: My2Cents
I don't know that I'd want to fly on an airline run by boobs.

You don't fly much, do you :^)

9 posted on 09/26/2002 9:00:23 AM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: wallcrawlr
Darn it. Why does it seem so hard to have a good time these days.
10 posted on 09/26/2002 9:14:06 AM PDT by adam stevens
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To: Doctor Stochastic
"They would probably add more seats so one would be sitting five abreast."

I don't think they could make a profit with one stewardess per 10 passengers.

11 posted on 09/26/2002 9:15:39 AM PDT by jdub
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To: wallcrawlr; Paradox; maxwell; dubyaismypresident
Damn!
Just imagine what the Air Waitresses would've been like.

"Women are not for decoration"?!
Well, the one on the right sure ain't.

12 posted on 09/26/2002 9:17:49 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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"Women are not for decoration"?! Well, the one on the right sure ain't.

Hard to believe that the sign-holder is even of the same species as the Hooters girls.

13 posted on 09/26/2002 9:20:36 AM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: dubyaismypresident
I know!

I was looking for a "Hooters Girls" picture and came across that one.
I think it's hilarious.

14 posted on 09/26/2002 9:23:18 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day
I was looking for a "Hooters Girls" picture and came across that one. I think it's hilarious.

It's a keeper. Award-winning stuff.

15 posted on 09/26/2002 9:24:51 AM PDT by NeoCaveman
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To: Paradox
boy you sure dont get many of those to the pound
16 posted on 09/26/2002 9:25:03 AM PDT by al baby
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To: Constitution Day
"Women are not for decoration"?!

No, they are for cooking, cleaning and having babies!

I post stuff like this sometimes just to see if my wife is eavsdropping on my FReeper habit...LOL
17 posted on 09/26/2002 9:43:22 AM PDT by AdA$tra
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To: wallcrawlr
Really milking this one, aren't you?
18 posted on 09/26/2002 9:57:52 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: wallcrawlr
"Bankrupt Vanguard Airlines, Inc. has rejected a buyout offer from a group of investors headed by
the owner of the Hooters restaurant chain. "

It probably wasn't the breast idea anyway...
19 posted on 09/26/2002 10:27:58 AM PDT by Brewer
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To: Paradox
Imagine the flight attendants...Yowsa!

Ya mean no more homos or menopausal b*tches serving me my ginger ale and peanuts? Just good looking women with big boobs who know how to make guys happy and comfortable?

Jeez, I don't know if I'm ready for that.... [winks]

20 posted on 09/26/2002 10:38:05 AM PDT by Kenton
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