Abaphathi beenqwelomoya beza kuzo zonke iimilo kunye nobukhulu, kodwa uRobert E. Jordan ungomnye ofikelelekayo kwishishini leenqwelomoya zase-US. Emva kokusebenza ngaphambili njengomdwelisi wenkqubo kunye nomhlalutyi wezezimali e-Hewlett-Packard, iJordani yajoyina i-Southwest Airlines kwi-1988, kwaye isebenze kwiindima eziquka uMlawuli weNgeniso yeNgeniso, uMlawuli weNkampani, uVikela Mongameli wokuthengwa kwempahla, uSekela Mongameli weTekhnoloji, uSekela Mongameli oPhezulu woLawulo lokuSebenza, kunye USekela Mongameli oLawulayo iQhinga kunye neTekhnoloji.
Ngexesha lakhe kuMzantsi-ntshona ukhokele amalinge amaninzi otshintsho olubalulekileyo, kodwa akukho nalinye elibaluleke ngaphezu kokufunyanwa kwenkampani ephethe i-AirTran Airways, inyathelo elibonelela ngeqonga kuMzantsi-ntshona wokwandisa unikezelo lwasekhaya kwiimarike zamazwe ngamazwe. Kudliwano-ndlebe olungezantsi oluvela kwiiNdlela zeHlabathi kulo nyaka eLas Vegas, iJordani ibonelela ngengqiqo kwiSicwangciso esiMazantsi-ntshona esithetha ngeenqwelomoya ezixabisa ixabiso eliphantsi, ukudibanisa uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali, ukudityaniswa kwenethiwekhi, uphuhliso lwamazwe ngamazwe, kunye nendlela inqwelomoya elungiselela ngayo ukuthatha izinto ukuya kwi-MAX kunye ne-Boeing's. ijethi yohambo olufutshane yamva nje.
