By all accounts Reed Pigman Jr., president of Texas Jet, the largest independent FBO at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (FTW), was the luckiest teenager alive in August and September 1964. It was in these months that his father, Reed Pigman Sr., founder and president of American Flyers Airline (AFA) and flight training schools, undertook what was then the world’s most publicized responsibility. At the request of Brian Epstein, an up-and-coming manager in pop music, Pigman Sr. transported the Beatles throughout the U.S. and Canada during their first tour of North America (see box on facing page).
This “luckiest teenager,” now a central figure in Fort Worth general aviation and business jet circles, will never forget the experience. He had a front-row seat to observe his father’s unique and prosperous career, including the trust his famous customers and their managers placed in him. Pigman Jr. maintains that his experience is a key influence on his management style at Texas Jet.
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