In 1981, Texas Air Corporation, controlled by airline industry entrepreneur Frank Lorenzo, acquired a controlling interest in Continental Airlines following a contentious battle for control with Continental's management, including Six and then-president Al Feldman, who were adamant in their resistance to Lorenzo.
This period is also an era marked by extremely competitive airline industry forces fighting for deregulation survival along with fighting for opportunities of vast individual creations of wealth characterized by those accumulated by leading industry figures but sullied names such as Frank Lorenzo and Carl Icahn during the 1980s.
Frank Sinatra | Frank Zappa | Frank Lloyd Wright | Frank Capra | San Lorenzo | Frank Gehry | L. Frank Baum | Frank Stella | Frank | Frank Herbert | San Lorenzo de Almagro | Frank Wedekind | Anne Frank | Frank Loesser | Frank Langella | Frank Whittle | Frank Keating | Frank Lautenberg | Frank McCourt | San Lorenzo de El Escorial | Frank Vincent | Frank Evershed | Frank Bruno | Frank Thomas | Frank Rich | Frank Ocean | Frank Morgan | Frank Lampard | Frank Gifford | Barney Frank |