Coming out of the LEAP programme the Electras settled down to their bread and butter work in the shadow of an increasingly large jet fleet. They did however find a place - operating the increasingly important shuttle services and controversy didn't completely elude them either with one involved in a bombing:
Eastern Air Lines 'New Mark' Lockheed L-188 Electras by rstretton, on Flickr
Eastern Air Lines 'New Mark' Lockheed L-188 Electras by rstretton, on Flickr