American Airlines is Not Going to Be Happy

August 28, 2008

So you have a company and your name is pretty synonymous with family and travel, and you have worked hard to ensure that your logo is recognizable to everyone in the world. Sounds pretty perfect doesn�t it? Well, what if someone then took your logo and added it to something that you are against and alienates families from your brand?

This is exactly what has happened to American Airlines. They have worked hard all of these years to give themselves some credibility in the market, only for a small little nothing of a company to come along and jeopardize everything they have worked for.

BetFirstClass is a small company who decided to get into the online gambling business by throwing together an online sports book right before football season. The problem is that they chose not to spend any money on the site, and took images from other sites and companies instead.

The online gambling company chose American Airlines of all places to choose to steal an airplane logo from. The name has been taken off of the plane, but with the telltale stripes down the side there is no way of not knowing who they were. The site caused many to think that American Airlines was starting their own online gambling company, and many were truly alarmed.

However, the folks at Gambling911.com were the first to crack the case � they did some digging and realized that it was not a valid site, nor was it associated in any way with American Airlines. No word yet on how AA feels about the site, but you can be sure they aren�t happy.

 

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