GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN 

WE STARTED OUT WITH PROPS, TAXIING DOWN THE RUNWAY 
AND FLOATING THROUGH THE RAINDROPS. 
THE PASSENGERS WOULD CALL AND REQUEST A FLIGHT,
ON OUR MILK RUN THAT FLEW ALL NIGHT. 

ALL OF A SUDDEN WE BEGAN TO GROW,
AND THEN OUR PRIDE REALLY STARTED TO SHOW. 
SUDDENLY THERE WERE 727s, 737s & SUPER 80s,
AND THE ROUTES SPREAD FROM CANADA TO MEXICO & EAST TO WEST.

THE PROFITS WERE HIGH 
AND WE KNEW WE HAD FINALLY MADE OUR MILK RUN THE BEST IN THE SKY. 
OUR PASSENGERS KNEW WE GAVE THEM OUR BEST,
AND COULD CERTAINLY HOLD OUR OWN WITH ALL THE REST. 

THERE WERE HIDDEN ACCOMPLISHMENTS TOO,
THE KIND YOU DONT READ & HEAR ON THE NEWS
FRIENDSHIPS GREW STRONG AND FEELINGS RAN HIGH 
BETWEEN ALL THE EMPLOYEES WHO SHARED A GOOD CRY. 

THE BOND WAS CREATED THROUGH BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS
BUT THE HARDSHIPS WERE OFFSET BY THE LAUGHTER & CHEERS.
WE SHARED SO MUCH THAT MADE OUR FEELINGS STRONG,
AND WHY NOT - AT ONE POINT WE COULD DO NO WRONG. 

ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMEONE SAID, 
THE PROFITS WERE FAILING,THE AIRLINE WAS DEAD. 
SURELY THIS WASN’T TRUE,
WE HAD WORKED SO HARD. 

GAVE ALL WE HAD, 
HOW COULD IT POSSIBLY TURN OUT BAD?
WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE INVESTMENTS AND EXCESS FUND? 
DONT TELL ME AFTER ALL THESE YEARS THAT IT’S OVER & DONE. 

WE RALLIED TO THE RESCUE AND GAVE CONCESSIONS TWICE, 
WE KNEW IT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE OUR AIRLINE 
& WE WERE WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE. 
WE ALMOST MADE IT TOO, 
EXCEPT FOR US THIS TIME THE MONEY SEEMED TOO FEW. 

WE ENDED UP BEING BOUGHT BY PEOPLE EXPRESS, 
AND IN 6 SHORT MONTHS SAW OURSELVES RAPIDLY REGRESS. 
WE SIT HERE TODAY WAITING TO HEAR OUR FATE, 
BUT FOR FRONTIER AIRLINES I'M AFRAID IT’S TOO LATE. 

THE EAGLES WILL MISS THE FAMILAR SIGHT 
OF THE FRONTIER PLANE SOARING JUST TO THEIR RIGHT. 
AS WE LOOK TO THE SKY AND WATCH THE SURVIVORS GO BY,
WITH A TEAR IN OUR EYE WE WILL ALWAYS WONDER WHY. 

THE PLANES MAY BE GONE, THE COLORS MAY CHANGE, 
BUT AT ONE TIME WE KNEW THAT "ANYTHING" WAS WITHIN OUR RANGE. 
WE HAVE LOST AN OLD FRIEND WHO WE ALL HOLD DEAR, 
AND FOR US THE WARM FEELINGS WILL "NEVER" DISAPPEAR. 

WHAT HAPPENED TO US WAS REALLY ROTTEN, 
ONE THING FOR SURE FRONTIER MAY BE GONE, 
BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN.

-Cel Landi
(8/14/86)