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Originally Posted by Mr. Wilson
Ah ProAir 
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No one ever lost money betting on the City of Detroit!
pt - Actually this airline and the city were MADE for each other:
Pro Air charged extremely low fares and saw high load factors on most of its flights, but many of its flights were delayed with mechanical and crew problems resulting in very poor customer satisfaction. At one point, Pro Air's reliability reputation was so bad, that the company booked Executives and Managers on a Northwest Airlines flight to Baltimore for a Managers meeting,[citation needed] when a comparable flight was available on Pro Air at relatively no cost. A Pro Air captain denied Ol' Dirty Bastard, an American Rapper, boarding on a Newark to Detroit flight for not having a valid I.D. He was eventually allowed boarding after the lead flight attendant confirmed his identity.[citation needed]
Pro Air required its beginning groups of employees to go "door to door" in the Metro Detroit Area and pass out flyers promoting the airline.
They also had originally served full meals in coach (in addition to first class) but scrapped the program after realizing that the cost of the meal accounted for, on average, 10% of the fare that the customer paid.[citation needed] They were known for their signature "hot meal" service (even on the 35 minute DET-MDW route) in First Class along with premium alcoholic beverage service, and were the only airline to charge a mere $2 for beer and wine in Economy class (mixed drinks were $3).[citation needed]
After slightly more than 3 years in the air Pro Air was grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration on September 18, 2000 for numerous regulatory violations and its aircraft were quickly repossessed by the lessor.