BILL FRANKLIN 1970 - 1971 DINING SERVICES MANAGER DEN When I was manager in MIA for TransStar, Bill Franklin would call me to take Lamar Muse to the MIA boat show each year. He had a 55 footer in the islands just out of SEA. We went out to dinner every night. Interesting man. Bill Franklin was President at TranStar -Harold Maxwell (1/28/12) What/when position did Bill have at FL before he went with Lamar? -Jake Lamkins (1/28/12) Bill Franklin was working for Sue Wilson in dining services. Buying peanuts or something like that. I know he had a little cube for an office. Nice guy. -Harold Maxwell (1/28/12) March 28, 1978 Lamar Muse resigns as President and CEO. Herb Kelleher is appointed Interim President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board. W. W. "Bill" Franklin is named Interim COO. -http://swamedia.com/channels/By-Date/pages/1972-to-1978 (1/28/12) Bill Franklin was never at CN. Bill was VP Pax Svc at TTA. When FL purchased CN and my position was filled at FL, I was hired at TTA as System Mgr Fleet Svcs. I reported to Bill Franklin. Some time later when I was at Universal (UVA) as Dir. In-Flight , Bud Herring told me that Bill was un-employed and asked if I could help him out. I made some calls. One call was to Jim Montgomery at FL. Jim hired Bill at FL. -Ray Marney (7/3/15) It appears Bill's stay at FL was brief. He is not shown on the Jan or Jul 1970 FL Telephone Directory and he began work at Southwest in Mar 1971. He was in dining services but I have not been able to find his title. -Jake Lamkins (7/3/15) FLacebook - FL Club DEN dining services manager Bill Franklin's memorial webpage has been posted: http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Bill_Franklin.html Bill left Frontier after a brief stay and helped found Southwest Airlines along with former CN president Lamar Muse and CN vp Bud Herring. -Jake Lamkins (7/5/15) RIP, my friend and co-worker. -Ray Marney (7/5/15)