The Black Swan and the Rape of an Airline

In 1929, Pan Am Airways was the only United States airline operating overseas, except that the ambitious and malicious Trippe, with his far-reaching and expansive ideas, did not control the airmail route between New York, Miami, Florida, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Santiago, Chile, but mainly along the east coast of South America via Cuba and the West Indies. This coveted route had been pioneered, established, operated, and successfully managed by O'Neill as the NYRBA Line.