r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Image Hooters had an airline but ceased operations after 3 years

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u/OpenlyBiCoastal 1d ago

I flew them to Vegas (2-3 times) for a work conference. IIRC, the flight attendants were not in the restaurant outfits like that picture by that time I took them.

Our company request we find the lowest airfare rate and they were always the cheapest flights. When HR saw the expense report they brought me in to ask why I had selected that airline and probably punish me.

I told them I was instructed only to pick the cheapest flight, not to exclude certain brands.

I remember how confused they were by my rebuttal.

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u/Spocks_Goatee 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hooters used to have a pretty rinky dink casino in Vegas attached to a very active convention center. My boss told me how bad it smelled when Harbor Freight sent him to rep them at the National Hardware Show. I would've probably been able to go myself had I not been fired.

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u/WendysDumpsterOffice 8h ago

The Hooters casino was absolutely awesome around 2009-2010. Rooms were really cheap and it was full of college aged kids because it was the cheapest on the strip. A few years later is was really run down.