By Frank N. Wilner, Capitol Hill Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; November 14, 2018
Watching Washington, November 2018: When a 1978 labor dispute hobbled Northwest Airlines, North Dakota Gov. Arthur A. Link ventured to Minneapolis with a request of Chief Executive Donald Nyrop. Would Northwest—the lone east-west airline serving the state in the pre-deregulation era—withdraw an objection to competitor North Central temporarily providing the service?
For an hour, the governor waited patiently in a conference room. Upon entry, Nyrop pointed to the governor, saying, “That’s my chair.” Following frosty introductions, Nyrop curtly denied the request.
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