Bankrupt - Pan Am 

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I'm so sorry for that Stewart and his fiancee it must have been destroying to see her name on that list

I remember when I was 5, the PanAm pilot gave me a little model plane and PanAm branded deck of cards and then showed me the cockpit. I also remember being very comfortable and happy about flying. Those were the days.

A friend of mine was serving with the Army in Germany. Due to problems with out processing he missed his departing flight. The flight he missed was the flight that perished over Lockerbie.

Long time ago, when people actually bathed before boarding a plane.

When I see the scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey that shows Pan Am as the leader in Commercial Space Flight, I can't help but feel a sense of wonder and amazement. As if I've been transported into an alternate universe, a future that could have been.

7:05 this dude is legit filling up his lawn mower at the gas station

Wow, Jake. Another professional quality documentary that kept my attention from start to finish. Thank you.

US airport: *fails to detect terrorist* US government: it was pan am's fault

As soon as PAN-AM died a piece of America's Soul Died with it.

I don't care what the building says on top. It's still *_The Pan Am Building_* to me!

I’m a Pan Am employee!! (For Pan Am Railways. I even have an ID with the logo on it which is pretty cool) 😊

One more thing that hurt. Pan Am had only international routes when the fuel crisis hit. Airlines around the world, including domestic US, got subsidized fuel. Without domestic flights, Pan Am did not get this benefit, which served to magnify their losses compared to other carriers. By the time they gained links to domestic service, they were way behind the 8-ball and never really recovered. Then terrorists seemed to target Pan Am because it was so iconic and symbolized the West; the rest is history.

Pilot episode I now see why this was the PILOT episode.

I remember flying on Pan Am several times back in the day, great service, friendly, professional. None of the domestic airlines today even comes close to the service provided by Pan Am, what a shame.

Although their bankruptcy is tragic, perhaps there is some good in it. Pan Am was _the_ airline to fly, and if they were around today sadly I don't think that would be the case. They met their demise without compromising their customer experience, which in a way is a noble way to go. You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Pan Am died a "hero" in the heart of the aviation community.

My sincere condolences to that Gentleman’s Fiancé it’s very brave of him to tell how things were for him and the other people still suffering to this day

I’ve always been oddly fascinated with Pan Am. This video really covers it all and the interview with Steve Priske was a nice touch. Enjoyed his perspective.

Only if American Airlines went bankrupt instead...

There is no: “Boeing DC-4” DC = Douglas Aircraft Company

Pan American still exists today in the form of Pan American International Flight Academy. It is based in MIA and trains thousands of pilots. The MIA building is like a museum, displaying pictures and memorabilia of that great airline. Thanks for the video..... Tom McIntyre, former 747 Program Manager for Pan Am International Flight Academy.

This is the sort of video that needs to be on trending. By the way Bright Sun Films, if you ever do an episode on Fort Ritchie in MD I can get footage for you. I live close to it.

One of the most beautiful company logo's in history imho.

Very interesting...I hope we get to see more Bankrupt episodes!

I got hired by PAN AM as a flight attendant right before their demise. Being hired by PAN AM was a pretty big deal back then and I was super excited. No one thought this giant could ever be touched. Sad to see her gone from the skies. She was in trouble in 1988 and then flight 103 was bombed in the sky. We never recovered. The PAN AM logo was the 2nd most recognized symbol in world. Coke being the first.

I feel so bad for the man who lost his fiance.

The pilot episode is about an airline. Coincidence? I think not!

Helps me understand 'Catch if You Can Better'. Pan Am employees were treated with such respect.

Pan Am is quite an example of "the bigger they are, the harder they fall" And it truly is tragic this happened to a great company like Pan Am

Love this new series and all of your other work. We can see how much work you put into your videos and appreciate it to no end. Excited to see where this series goes!!

My heart goes out to that man that lost his fiancé along with everyone still suffering from those accidents. A super cool video, though. I look forward to this series!

Hearing about that man’s fiancée broke my heart. Why did she have to be penciled in as a 13th person?

My grandfather lived in Lockabie, Scotland in 1988 and had gone out to an old friends house when the engine of a Pan-Am 747 destroyed his house. Fate played a part that night and he lived losing everything almost but unfortunately he passed away 8 months later. I’m still haunted by the photos of bodies hanging off of houses. 😞

Oh look, Jake posted a new video. Time to sit back and learn something.

The DC-4 was made by Douglas not Boeing

Pilot episode... Pan Am... I see what you did there...

You left out the massive effects on the airline industry, and connected industries, of 1980's deregulation, of the smashing of the air traffic controllers union, both of which occurring during an even sharper downturn in the U.S. economy, and in many other countries as well, on the heels of the economically lousy 1970's. MANY factors led to this bankruptcy, and others, as well as mergers, takeovers, liquidations. It was a period of severe volatility, and is the root of the shitty service as the standard in this industry.

Top quality as always Jake, keep up the good work.

You knocked this one out of the park Jake! Excited to see where this show goes

1st episode and I’m already in love!

Jeez I was not even alive to experience most of these companies but I still get nostalgia from these vids for some reason

This was a sad video and I wasn't expecting to feel emotion over a company going bankrupt. Excellent video and hats off those who were lucky enough to work for such a great company. I hope that the gentleman that you got to interview is doing well and so sorry for his loss.

Well Jake as always you have done it again. you are so professional. This was on of your best. I cant wait to see whats next in this series.

The awkward shots of you nodding silently during the interview

I remember flying Pan Am when I was 9 years back in 89. We were flying from Miami to Houston and I'll never forget that the captain let me inside the cockpit, it was the most exciting day of my life . Never thought that they were a company on the brink of extinction.

That was a very well done documentary. It is so sad that Pan Am is gone. Imagine if we still had this great airline, it would be incredible!!!!!

Juan Trippe = One Trip. Dude was a whole pun.

My grandfather could’ve been on flight 103 but he was thankfully sick and couldn’t travel

My dad worked National Airlines until Pan Am purchased them. I logged my trips around the world on Pan Am until they close their doors. I was an airline brat and proud of it. To me it was the end of the golden age of air travel. Air travel used to be a pleasurable experience. Now it is nothing more than a hassle. Cramped seating and charges for everything.

I like the new series. I really like your videos. Your channel is one of my favorites. Keep uploading awesome content 🙂

Superb well researched video. Another quality production from BSF. Great work Jake.

When Pan Am died, part of America’s soul died with it.

Wasn't a space ship featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey a Pan Am?

Amazing. One of the best channels on YT

up next on bankrupt - Toys R us

WE NEED MORE BANKRUPT I'm getting intense Company Man flashbacks.

*Professional style intro* “What’s up guys, I’m back”

Little thing I noticed...the DC-4 was not built by Boeing, but by the Douglas Aircraft Company. They later became McDonell Douglas in a merger between them and McDonell Aircraft. It wasn't until 1997 that McDonell Douglas merged with Boeing. Back in the DC-4's time, Douglas was in competition with Boeing.

When he mentioned his fiancée was on the flight pencilled in... I'm not crying, you are.

I remember to this very day where I was working ? At Heathrow for a sub- contractor working with Pan Am. On the 21 December 1988 I had been driving the Pan Am buggy around Terminal 3 departures collecting Passengers. It was a beautiful but very cold day. With my shift finished approximately 3.30pm I left the Terminal as I always did via the check desks .A throng of people were ready to either check in or had checked for their flight. That evening I went to a midweek church event . I had arrived home to my West London home near Hounslow East tube station. I had put on the news .A news flash appeared across the screen read by the BBC"s Nicholas Whitchell. That news bulletin would haunt me forever .I had just heard that Pan Am flight 103 from London to JFK had crashed in the Scottish Borders it was then that I knew those people I had seen just hours before were killed in the Lockerbie Disaster. It was an understatement that I had just collapsed to the ground and cried all night. The Pan Am jumbo was an aircraft I had fallen in love with, her name will always be in my heart and memory forever Clipper Maid of the Seas. She was a familiar site at Terminal 3, we would see her at least once a week & on so many occasions I would have either taken Passengers off her or boarded Passengers on her. It still breaks my heart to this day to see the image of her laying dead on her side in the fields near Tundergarth Church in Lockerbie. Her cockpit picture had become the sad iconic symbol of the Lockerbie Disaster. My thoughts at this time of year are always on Lockerbie. At the time of the tragedy I always look up at the sky & pray . That night will never leave me...ever. . Stewart Brown

The narrator says the Lockerbie Bombing was a major "accident". It was a terrorist attack.

Fantastic Jake. The personal interview was the kicker in this video. I love the new brand of bankrupt. I think you can do a lot more with this title. I mean so many iconic and legendary companies of gone under these days. The real story of why is very interesting to find out. I hope the research is just as exciting to see why as well. You started an excellent comeback for yourself. Somebody has to see this as the documentary that it is. Very good work. Good Luck.

Thank you for the cool film. I used to fly Pan Am as a teenager all the time from the USA to Asia and back in the 1970s and 80s. PA 001 one way, PA 002 the other. My dad flew Pan Am a lot for business, in fact he had flown PA 103 many times. And my girlfriend's dad in 1978 worked for Pan Am in Hawaii. Nice film, but personally sad for me. Pan Am was simply the best ever.

Pan Am 103 is still to this day a major deal in Scotland. I am from Glasgow and I drive car transporter lorries for a living. The footage of the crater left by 103 on the road is the major motorway between Scotland and England, I drive this road on a weekly basis and pass the main crash scene. There is a large lorry park (truck stop) in Lockerbie, one of the best in the UK actually, and there are people who work there who were directly affected by this incident. The sheer mention of Pan Am 103 brings me close to tears.

My first flight was on Pan Am in the 1970s to New York from Accra Ghana. Unbelievable experience. I haven't had such fun on any other Airline since.

3:20 I want to point out that the DC-4 was made by the Douglas Aircraft Company and not Boeing. Though they did merge with McDonnell Aircraft, forming McDonnell Douglas in 1967, before merging with Boeing in 1997. Other than that, I thought that the video was fantastic!

Props to the creator/narrator of the above: well-researched, well thought out and nicely done mini-doc on the rise and fall of perhaps America's most iconic airline of the 20th Century.

Wow, my grandma worked for PANAM. Have some amazing vintage photographs of her in the office. I almost miss your awkward stuttering and pauses. Great job though Jake, have been an avid fan since I found you a few years ago.

The lockerbie broke their neck. After that airline security was actually developed. Sad not to see Pan Am anymore :(

Is anyone else here subscribed to Company Man? I can officially come here for historical business things and Company Man for what's happening right now. Good balance

This is the pilot episode. I don't think the pun was intentional.

I miss Pan Am. Steve hit it on the head when he said we were a family. We were and still are - Pan Am!

Nobody: Me: Thinking about the movie "catch me if you can"

Awesome Jake maybe a RadioShack episode in the near future?!

I’m glad you mentioned the Tenerife disaster. I watched a documentary on that and it was how I found out about Pan am since then I’ve been fascinated with Pan am for some reason. I asked some family members about Pan am and all they could think about was flight 103. It’s such a shame that one thing remains the legacy of this amazing airline for most people who haven’t looked further into it.

Wow. I wasn’t expecting something this dramatic and engaging from a video about an airline bankruptcy. You have quite the quality standard. I was already subscribed but now I have to ring the notification bell.

I ❤️ THIS CHANNELL

Jakeee!! You clever little bean! Your videos just get more and more quality✨ keep up the good work!

Another great and masterfully crafted piece. Well done Jake 👍

I came into the airline industry in the early 90s. Many of my colleagues, including my boss, were former Pan Am employees who had taken the early buyout. We watched the death throes of the corporation from the sidelines and the feeble attempts to revive it, including the Delta merger. I was struck with how much everyone stuck together and felt such affection and nostalgia for their careers with Pan Am.

The demise of Pan Am was a huge blow to the economy of Miami, same with Eastern's demise, both were based in Miami, and most of their pilots, stewardesses & ground personnel were Miami based,,,,thousands of good paying jobs evaporated within a 10 year period and led to an economic recession in the early 1990's in South Fl. Couple that with the Hurricane Andrew disaster, almost 500,000 people left the Miami area.....it wasn't until the late 1990's that things got better here. By the way, that terminal for the planes, has been the "City of Miami" town hall for about 70 years now.....since the early 1940's when the seaplanes ceased to fly to Cuba, and regular planes flew out of Miami International.

“Welcome to the pilot episode of Bankrupt” *I see what you did there*

Very cool. Thank you so much for making this. It may just be a hobby to you, but I assure you that what you're doing is invaluable as a history preservation and learning tool. So many young people stumble through life without the will or ability to understand the history around them. You sir are extraordinary.

A new one for you to do a video on Thomas Cook. Worlds oldest tour company just gone bankrupt yesterday 😢😡

This was great, but why did I watch it during my flight??? I really didn’t need that high quality animation of a plane exploding.

Lady's and Gentleman, Pan Am was the gold standard of the United States of America 🇺🇸. I was employed with the company from 1960-1979. There was no airlines that could match us. Period! In my own opinion, management upper was mainly to be held accountable. A very sad ending to the pride of the American legion. Thank you. And thank the young man for his story of such a fantastic company.

Well done! As always! A coworker of mine's father was a pilot for Pan Am. She still has a great love for the airline and her office is filled with Pan Am memorabilia.

If you look closely in Home Alone 2 in one scene you can see the Pan Am building

The quality of your videos never fails to amaze me jake, keep it up!

Next episode should be Pontiac

can you do the toys r us

The pan am building is where tony starks/the avengers tower is in the MCU films.

The Pan Am logo must be triggering for flat earthers. Surely an airline with flights around the world would know whether the Earth was flat or round, flat earth myth debunked.

I love Pan Am, I wish it was still around

It saddened me when I heard Pan Am ceased to be, it was the airline that brought me to the United States in 1969.

"Pilot episode" I see what you did there.

I was watching a top 10 US bankruptcies list earlier today, which included Pan Am, Blockbuster, and Sears Canada, and immediately thought “Jake should do a series about bankruptcies” A few hours later Jake releases this series 😂

great video very interesting

Perhaps for your next Bankrupt episode- do 4Kids Entertainment (the company that does English dub to anime and international animation series - among them include the first eight seasons of Pokémon, the original Winx Club, Sonic X, and YuGiOh!)

Finally! Someone actually mentioned Pan Am Railways. Even though they didn’t really play a part in the airline itself, it is still something worth mentioning.