VOLUME 43 NUMBER 9 APRIL 28, 1980

Game's Name: 747SP Joins_, TWA Fleet Atlantic Fleet· Competition AII·Widebody by William 5. Brown by Richard Greenberg Who's got the best airline game in town? TWA goes all-wtdebody across the Atlan­ Depends on what you call "best. " tic starting June 5. The summer schedules • United's "Take-off" sweepstakes of­ will feature L-10 11 s; 74 7 s arid the new fers 15 ,000 (up from an initial10,000) free 747SPs, according to ·non Casey, senior trips anywhere on its domestic system vice president-marketing. (excluding Canada). "During the peak 1980 travel season, • American's "Great American Game" TWA will offer 117 weekly nonstop flights offers four different types of prizes: 10 each day between six U.S. and eight grand prizes of a month's unlimited free . European cities, for a total of 41,514 ) travel; 10,000 free trips; 10,000 upgrades weekly seats in each direction - maintain­ to first class; 29,990 free headsets or ing our position as the largest transatlantic drinks. (They don't explain how you can carrier, " Mr. Casey said. collect on the upgrades or in-flight ameni­ . Between April 27 and June 5, TWA will. ties if you don't already have a ticket for a . phase in the use of widebody aircraft on all flight.) routes not presently served by 747s and • TWA's "Win the World" has a grand lOlls - including New York-Frankfurt, prize of a free trip for two every year for New York-Lisbon, Boston-Paris, Boston­ life, plus 10,000 free trips. Rome, Philadelphia-London and Washing­ All prizes -except TWA's grand prize 'f' -, ton-Paris. have to be collected between June 1 and­ President Ed Meyer and Norm Parmet, staff vice president-engilieering and quality London will continue to be TWA's prin­ December 15, and all but United's are good - assurance, receive pilot's-eye view from the cockpit of TWA's f"lrst Boeing 747SP. The cipal-overseas destination, with 40 weekly anywhere on the system. special performance aircraft is slated to go into service this week, with Boston as flights and nearly 15,000 seats each way. United's game offers the most free trips operational hub. Paris will be the second largest destination, and American's offers the most chances to followed by· Rome. win something, but TWA's free trips are Seventy-five of the 1980 summer . good to49U.S. and 13 foreigndestinatjons TWA Announces Commission Plan weekly transatlantic nons tops will be-oper­ in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. A sales commission policy which recog­ will automatically dedl!_ct either a special ated with the standard 747. Another 28 That will likely seem a more desirable pay­ nizes the travel agent as a seller and TW.L\ percentage commission or a flat flights will be flown by the 1011, and 14 by offto many. promoter of air travel has been announced dollar amount in addition to the ·basic the 747SP with daily trips between Boston­ How good are such promotions at induc­ by TWA. The· plan, effective June 1, commission rate. Paris and Boston-Rome . The 117 weekly ing people to fly who weren't going to applies to domestic agents. 2) Volume "overrides" based on the flights to be operated each way this sum­ anyway? Probably not very. So why is "The plan incorporates two key points," number of passengers who have actually mer ·represent a 41% increase in widebody TWA playing games and giving away its says Donald M. Casey, senior vice presi­ traveled on a predesignated . market seg­ activity over last summer's peak. Then, seats? dent-marketing. They are: ment during a specific time period. These TWA flew 73 weekly 707 transatlantic Can Be Choosy l) Retention of the currently well­ overrides will be based on numbers of flights , ~one of which will be oper... ated this Once 'again, the answer is "to remain accepted percentage commission plan passengers produced during the promotion summer. competitive." which: period and not on increases versus year -ago The total number of seats TWA will offer • fairly compensates travel agencies of nuq1bers. this ·summer w_ill be about 5'% below those While the game promotions might not 1 generate new traffic, the chance of winning every size, 3) Cooperative advertising. TWA will offered last summer, according to Mr. a prize might very well cause some trav­ • provides 100% pass-through of fare periodically designate markets, products _ Casey. However, there were several non­ elers to choose an airline with a game over increases , and _ or services as eligible for cooperative stop segments TWA operated in 1979's one without one. • eliminates any costly new administra­ advertising funds. peak that have been discontinued for eco­ tive burden for the travel agent. nomic reasons: ORO-COG, JFK-SNN;. With the_tide of consumer preference Recognition currently running in favor of TWA's planes 2) Creation of incentive programs JFK-TLV/CAI, JFK-BCN, BOS-SMA over those of its rivals , such a promotional aimed at specific marketing objectives. "This is the first plan by a major carrier and BOS-TER. Excluding these termi­ inducement, if unmatched by TWA , might The incentive programs· will be an­ that fully recognizes the travel agent as a nated services, TWA will actually be pro­ help United and American neutraliz~ that nounced . from time to time, and will seller and promoter. of travel," Mr. Casey viding more seats in this summer's peak. advantage and win back some passengers. generally take one of these forms: pointed out. It was developed after exten­ What about the 707 s that will not be used Why let thern do it? 1) Special payments for travel between sive discussions with individual travel this summer across the Atlantic? TWA But what will it cost TWA? The best various domestic markets. navel agents (topage3) (topage3) estimate is something like $2 million- for advertising, promotion, the revenue lost from those who would have made their San Diego Service prize trip anyway but on their own nickel, Trans World Corporation TWA will serve San Diego, to and from St. in-flight food and other miscellaneous Louis and Boston, starting June 5. An­ factors. nouncement was made jointly by the three First Quarter Results But against that expense must be mea­ , regional vice presidents involved: Jim sured the potential diversion of revenue . Walles, Western; Jim Bell, South Central, 1980 1979 represented by people taking competitive (In Millions of Dollars) and Jim Leonard, Northeast. flights in the hope of scratching a winning Income (Loss) Before Taxes: . Westbound, Flight 145, a stretch 727, card. If only two-to-three people per flight TWA $(59.0) $(54.9) will depart Boston at 3:45p.m., arrive St. switched to American or United, not Canteen Corporation 1.4 4~8 Louis at 5:28p.m.; depart St.- Louis at 6:15 matching would have been about $1 mil­ Century 21 Real Estate 1.0 p.m. and arrive Sah Diego at 7:49 p.'m. lion more expensive for TWA . Hilton International 16.4 11.7 Eastbound, TWA will provide the first Spartan Food Systems . -3.4 Not Much Choice - direct serviCe of the day when Flight 482 Corporate Expenses (10.1) ( 7.3) Add to that the fact that the seats leaves San Diego at 8:00a.m., arrives at Corporate (Loss) Before Taxes $(46.9) $(45.7) occupied by the 10,000 prize-winners St. Louis at 1:17 p.m.; departs St. Louis at Provision for Taxes 2.4 2.1 would otherwise have flown empty, any- 2:05p.m. and arrives Boston at 5:33p.m. $(49.3) $(47'.8) way - since on the average between 30% Commenting on the new service, Mr. Corporate (Loss) After Taxes and 40% of the seats on TWA's flights go Leonard used the occasion to observe that Spartan Food Systems and Century 21 Real Estate were acquired in July and October, unsold. Those 10,000 freebies are only Boston is celebrating its 350th jubilee and 1979, respectively, and therefore their first quarter 1979 results are not included. about .04% of the 21 million passengers that, "not only do we anticipate flying a lot Corporate Expenses include about $6.6 million of interest expense, plus other overhead TWA expects to carry this year. of New Englanders to San Diego, but we costs that are solely assignable to Trans World Corporation and not.to any of its subsidiaries. So, all things considered, there wasn't expect that many southern Californians The interest expense appears as "income" in the airline 's results . (to page 3) will use our new service to visit Boston." Airmen Serve in U.S. Reserves Box605

Name Non-Revs? will most likely be forced by the. British government to serve Gatwick airport. This Non-revenue passengers are con­ service will not offer as many connecting stantly being urged to call reserva­ Q flights to the larger cities in Europe as does tions and list themselves for meals. They our Heathrow servke. We also will lose a continue to ignore these requests. The large number of TWA comiections at JFK. March 17 Skyliner cited an instance in We have taken a count of connecting which five listed themselves for non~revs passengers the week of March 9 through 16 Fl42 at Phoenix and 31 showed up. The and the figures are very good for this time next day, 51 non-revs boarded F158 at of year. Also other NW cities have other PHX, although only 25 had listed ~hem­ airline nonstop service to Europe, yet we selves. I'm sure all of these non-revs still feed to our own flights at JFK. received meals so where is the incentive to We also wonder why TWA did not seek list yourself?.I have always listed myself the recent route towards MSP-PHX which but have never been asked for my name. It's went to Northwest or MSP-LAS that Three JFK-based flight deck crew members - representing the Army, Navy and discouraging to realize that those who Hughes Airwest was awarded. Did TWA Marine reserves - recently attended the Reserve Component National Security don't bother to list themselves suffer no ever consider applying for MCI-MSP on Course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. It was a coincidental reunion for (from left) Lt. penalties as _a result. Why can't reserva­ which Braniff has a nonstop monopoly? Col. Wayne DeLawter, USAFR; Lt. Col.- Ansley Horton, USMCR, and Capt. tions take names and make it worthwhile to When the dorman~ routes were available in Stanford Brown, USNR. The two-week program of lectures and discussions focused call? Name Withheld 1978 TWA only picked up MSP-STL, on various aspects of national security policy and management. while there were other MSP routes we (from P. T. McHugh, staff vice showed no interest in. olis, such as you suggest, to utilize the effective May 4. However, this is not a A president-passenger services): Your TWA plans seJ;Vice this summer from aircraft time available as a result of the trade-off with Minneapolis. The Rockford. concern about the apparent disparity be­ Rockford, Illinois to Chicago - why timing of the New York service. To this end, service is merely a 72-mile extension of tween the importance of listing for a flight suspend service to a large metropolitan we started service between Minneapolis existing Chicago services and will provide and the lack of monitoring compliance is area like MSP for a city the size of and St. Louis during January 1979. Even Rockford with a number of on-line connec­ shared by many. Taking the names of non­ Rockford (which is only slightly over an though we scheduled both southbound and tions both east and west of Chicago. The revenue passengers who list for a flight hour's drive from O'Hare)? northbound services into connection com­ added service between Rockford and . · would be one way of insuring that this Sam K ..Greenhieldy, KCAC plexes at St. Louis, the service did not do O'Hare is very inexpensive to operate policy is followed. However, we do not David C. Johnson, KCAC ' well; and in fact, did not cover out-of­ because of the short stage length, but it is now have an efficient means of listing non­ pocket costs of operation. anticipated to produce considerable long­ revenue passengers by name. The costs to (from Neil Effman, vice president, While March lo~ds Minneapolis-St. haul revenue. In any case, this extension in develop software for such an automated A airline planning): The answer you Louis did increase significantly, we found no way uses resources which would other­ program can be better utilized on projects received regarding TWA suspension of that many people were using the Minneap­ wise be committed to Minneapolis. which benefit our paying passengers. service at Minneapolis is essentially cor­ olis-St. Louis flight to go west because of We are never pleased to withdraw serv­ Another area of concern is our reserva­ rect. We are withdrawing because North­ our "free kids" promotion which other ice from either a TWA city or an existing tions offices. They have high standards to west received authority to operate nonstop carriers did_not offer. It is not a natural route. In today's high cost environment, meet with limited budgets. At this critical service between Minneapolis and London routing for Minneapolis passengers going how~ver, we are constantly alert to changes time it is unreasonable for them to under­ which, when implemented this summer, west. Since March, on-board loads have in the competitive situation which dictate take an additional burden which will not will divert substantial transatlantic traffic declined by 35%. G.ood planning requires action on our part. When faced with result in additional-revenue. The time a res, from our MSP-JFK nonstop. that we anticipate change rather than just situations such _as Northwest's award of agent would have to spend listing a non­ Our ability to maintain a profitable react to change. Minneapolis-London rights, we have no · revenue passenger by name could be better operation in this market resulted primarily · Our inability to operate profitably in a choice but to evaluate the impact of ne~ spent selling a seat to a paying passenger. from the high level of TWA transatlantic market such as this, where we have strong competitive services, and reallocate our traffic on board this domestic segment. identification and a good pattern of con­ RFDforMSP? limited resources where necessary as During 1979, transatlantic passengers necting services at the St. Louis end, leads quickly as possible. We are writing to ask why TWA is comprised over one~_quarter of our average us to conclude that other Minneapolis Q suspending service to MSP? The on-board load MSP-JFK. Of this, almost markets, where those factors are less effec­ .Film Selection - only answer we have received is _that' 40% were enroute to London. We do not tive, would be even less satisfactory. Con­ Northwest was awarded the nonstop route expect to keep very much of this traffic in sequently, we have not sought the routes Coming back from London on Flight MSP-LON. Wedonotfeel this is sufficient competition with a Northwest transatlantic which you suggest because we do not Q 770, we were subjected to an "R" reason for dropping MSP service. This will nonstop, and the remaining local JFK foresee that we may operate profitably in movie (believe it was "Starting Over" with leave MSP without nonstop service to JFK traffic is not enough to cover the costs of the near term. -Burt Reynolds). Of course non-revs don't on any carrier. At tlie time of this writing operating the roundtrip. Finally, on the matter of TWA service have any clout; but we are wondering what NW has not announced when they plan to We have in the past studied a number of · between Chicago and Rockford, it is true our company's policy is regarding R-rated begin their service and furthermore NW possible route extensions from Minneap- that we will operate a daily roundtrip films? Will Nicoll ' Dual Celebration for Walt Skowronski KCAC (from Ona Burns, manager-cabin A entertainment programs): TWA has booked several "R" rated films in the past. Films such as "Coming Home" (edited for TWA), "An Unmarried Woman" (edited for TWA), "Saturday Night Fever" {edited), "Manhattan", "Network" (edited), "The Seduction of Joe Tynan", and "Ten" (edited for TV) are some of the "R" rated films which played successfully· as part of our inflight entertainment pro­ gramming. Each film is viewed prior to its showi~g (to page 8)

Published for Employees by the Public Affairs Department' 605 Third Avenue, New York 10016 Printed in U.S.A. Walt Skowronski, supervisor-aircraft maintenance at JFK, received his 40-year pin on March 31 •.The next day, April I, he retired. 'Illking part in the dual celebration were (front, from left) Carl Yannuzzi,' Ray Pashun, Ed Berger, Chet Brown, Mr. Skowronski, Dan Kemnitz, Editor Bernie Siemsen and Julie Marquino. Rear (from left): John Kirkpatrick, Frank 'Ihlpo, .Dan Leonard, Lou Cattabiani, Sal Botta, Anne Saunders, Associate Editor Fred Grieve, John Aimetti and John Rafanelli.

2 April 28, 1980 New Fares Widebody••• TWA will offer a "Kids Fly Free" program to Florida, June 1 through September 15 . (from page one) Children two through 17 years old will plans to fly 63 weekly 707 trips on intra­ lnthe'News fly _free between any TWA domestic city European/Middle East routes, including and any TWA city in Florida on Tuesday, LHR-FRA, FRA-VIE, CD_G-FCO/TLV/ Wednesday or Thursday, if accompanied CAl, FCO-ATH/TLVand ATH-TLV/CAI. January has earned the gratitude of the by an adult. Flying the 707s within Europe, Africa and League of Portuguese Fraternal Beqefit A reduced fare of $39.50 one way for an the Middle East is a more economic way of Societies of California. accompanied child will be offered Friday using aircraft that cannot operate profitably "We deeply and most sincerely ex.tend through Monday. on transatlantic runs because of the higher our appreciation to you and to TWA," said __ Only one child per adult can travel free costs involved. league president Lorraine Cardoza in a or at .the reduced fare. The adult can travel There is a marketing advantage to flying letter to Bess Guptill, manager-planning on any type of fare except first class and an all-widebody fleet across the Atlantic, and administration at San Francisco, who deluxe night coach. since the 747s and lOlls are preferred by coordinated TWA's humanitarian effort . . TWA has reduced its one-way first class most air travelers. However, the key is _not The quake caused widespread destruc­ fare between New York and Los Angeles/ how many seats, how many flights and tion in the islands of Terceira, San Jorge San Francisco to $254. With the reduction, what kind of aircraft TWA flys, but how and Graciosa. the airline now offers a choice of $254 one­ many passengers use TWA's services. Loans Restricted way first class, $195 unrestricted coach S~rvice Enhancements one-way, and the restricted Super Saver In its continuing effort to attract more The Credit Union has announced that until fare at $149 based on a round trip purchase customers, particularly during this time o( further notice, only loans which are fully requirement. economic uncertainty due to high inflation, secured by C.U. shares will be approved. Seniors News TWA this summer will ·offer additional Such loans will be processed from availa­ significant service enhancements. to lead The Northeast Seniors Club has voted to ble funds, in the order received. people to choose TWA over other transat­ contribute to a scholarship fund in memory "This action is necessary due to an lantic carriers. of Bill and VIrginia Noonan, who died in unprecedented withdrawal of shares fol­ All standard 747s will have 23 sleeper­ the crash of a Polish jetliner at Warsaw on lowing the March 31 dividend payment, seats in the main first class cabin and March 14. Mr. Noonan was vice president itself a record 8¥2%," commented general another eight in the upper deck lounge. The of the club; his place will be taken by Jack manager E. -Wiley Barker. 747SP will feature 19 sleeper-seats on the · Miller. firs~ class lower level, 12 in the upstairs Barbara Bicknell has been named man­ Attendance at the April 15 meeting at American's Loss Widens compartment. All 747s will be equipped ager-airport services at San Diego, moving JFK totaled 101, a record, according to American Airlines lost $41 . 9 million in the with the sleeper seats by May 1. . from Kansas City where she has been field president Hubert Farrell. manager -since _1978. Prior to that Ms. first quarter, compared with a$6.8 million In addition, TWA introduced Ambassa­ The expansion of Orlando airport, tied in Bicknell served in managerial positions in loss a year earlier. As a conseq~ence, the dor Class on April15, a special transatlan-· with the growth in tourism to Florida, will the finance department at Kansas City and airline omitted its first quarter dividend ''in tic service for the business traveler. Sepa­ be the subject of James F. Bullion, speak­ London, where she began her TWA career the long-term best interest of stock- · rate cabins on all widebody planes have ing before the annual reunion of the South­ in 1967. In her new assignment, she will holders." been set aside, at prices 5 to 10% above eastern TWA Seniors on May 6-7. Mr. report to George Gassett, manager-airport A 42.5% improvement in yield due to normal economy fares, and passengers will higher fares and elimination of some dis­ Bullion is executive director of the Greater be entitled to such services as a special services at Los Angel~s. count fares was offset partially by an 11% Orlando Chamber of Commerce. check-in area at the airport, priority bag­ The promotion of Philip A. Mantz to drop in traffic. Fuel costs were up 88%, TARPAMeets gage delivery, free liquor and free head­ manager-area communications, New York even though consumption was down 6. 1%. sets. and eastern region, has been announced by The first quarter results for Americarr TARPA, The Active Retired Pilots Associ­ Marketing Programs W. E. Perkins, director-system communi­ would have been even worse had it not been ation of TWA will hold its 1980 convention "TWA's transatlantic marketing pro­ cations. Mr. Mantz joined TWA in 1969 for a gain of some $19 million from the sale May 27, 28 and 29 at the Glenwood Manor from the New Jersey Telephone Co . In his of all but two of its hotel interests. Hotel, Overland Park, Kansas. grams- all widebody planes, first class new position he will provide communica­ A dinner-dance will be held-May 28; sleeper-seats and Ambassador class~ are tions support for the corporate offices at New Competitor Capt. Otis Bryan, former chief pilot for expected to provide the airline with signifi­ 605 Third as well as New York and eastern cant marketing advantages in the increas­ World Airways will be the second U.S. TWA and FDR 's personal pilot during U.S. WWII, will be guest speaker. · ingly competitive international environ­ airline - in competition with TWA - on ment and should help to insure TWA's Charlene Kitchen, data entry operator at Dinner reservations should be made by the Boston-London route, subject to Presi­ dominance as the Number 1 carrier across _KCAC, has won top awards in manage­ mail to Mary Clark (Mrs. Rupert E.), 9307 dent Carter's approval of a CAB decision. the Atlantic," Mr. Casey concluded. ment decision making and job interview­ Unsuccessful applicants were Pan Am, Ensley Lane, Leawood, Kansas 66206. ing, in competition ~ith Missouri coll~ge Braniff, Northwest and Capito1. -The charge is $18 per person, including a students. The competition was sponsored TWA has been the sole U.S. carrier on cocktail party. · Games .•. by thellunior Collegiate Division of the the route since mid-1978, when Pan Am For hotel reservations, contact the Glen­ (from page one) wood Manor-, 9200 S. 69 Highway, Over­ Distributive Education Clubs of America, was forced to pull out under limits imposed really much choice about whether or not to land Park, Kansas 66212 (913) 649-7000. an organization devoted to developing by the U.S.-U.K. air agreement, which has match. In a highly competitive year when Room rates are $31 single, $37 double. future leaders in the fields of marketing and since been liberalized. everybody's scratching, TWA's got to be in For information, contact Capt. Orville distribution. World will be required to serve Gatwick there scratching, too. Olson, 10210 Mission Road, Overland Mrs. Kitchen, who attends Penn Valley Airport rather than Heathrow. If there's any prospect of something Park, Kansas 66206; (913) 642-2778. Community College part time, qualified positive emerging from all this gamesman­ for the national competition to be held May Murphy Fe.ted Map Change ship, it may be that the prompt matching of 4-8 in Orlando, Florida. United's game by American and TWA will Sales and services responsibility for the help convince UA there's really nothing for .Vloyd Wilkerson, vice president­ state of Nevada is being shifted from the it to gain from such promotions. While a computer & communications services for Western to the Northwestern region. The comparatively few members of the travel­ TWA, has been reelected as a director of move, timed to coincide with the cutover of ing public may come up with an unex­ Aeronautical Radio, Inc. (ARINC) and the San Francisco reservations office into pected windfall, for the airlines such games ARINC Research Corporation. the Los Angeles reservations facility, is are just a losing proposition all around- in being made to maintain a balance in Productive Widebodies a period when what they need more than reporting relationships to the vice presi­ anything is t? make money. As of the April 27 schedule change, TWA's dents of the respective regions. 181-plane fleet was taking off 652 times a Under the realignment; Jack Boesch, (Ed's note: It appears that United may day domestically and flying an average general manager for Nevada, will now indeed have received a revelation. Inter­ 766.3 miles each trip flight segment. The report to Les Wood in San Francisco. viewed in the New York Times last week, number of available seat miles flowm advertising and promotion · v. p. Fred (ASMs) has been reduced by 14% from a · Commission ..• Heckel, observed: "Sooner or later we're year ago. Contributing to the reduction, (from page one) all going to be in the poorhouse or come to even though there is greater widebody agents and representative agency associa: our senses. " And when the dust settles, utilization, are the grounding and sale of tions. "Once again the public will want to know the remaining DC-9s and less use of fuel­ "The plan is simple, easy to administer what realiy distinguishes' one carrier from guzzling 707s and 727s. There is also the and provides full compensation for every another. '' seasonal pulldown of the Florida opera­ agency, Fegardless of size," Mr. Casey . ·It was his way of ballyhooing a new ad tion. said. "In addition, the range of incentive campaign by United which breaks forth on Quake Relief Cited Hundreds of New York area friends programs will give agents extra opportuni­ May 3 with the theme, "That's what the TWA's airlift from California of food and turned out to say farewell to John Mur­ ties to increase their compensation by friendly skies are all about." clothing donated in the U.S. for victims of phy before his move to Phoenix as joining with TWA in the promotion of It should be interesting, if not entertain­ an earthquake which struck the Azores-in manager-airport services. travel products and services. " ing, to see what United's new game is.)

April 28, 1980 3 They're Tops!

Nancy Stanzione, JFK-based F/ A, was one of two Tillinghast Award winners for 1979. Here she receives award from President Meyer.

The 16th annual Award of Excellence celebrations included sightseeing tours. Here a group waits to enter Capt. Dennis J. Thylor (MCI) won captain of the year and Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon. One hundred and six employees were honored by TWA for Tillinghast awards. He is congratulated by J. E. Frankum, their outstanding performance. vice president-flight operations.

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Sightseeing for some of the award winners inciuded a visit to the Royal Worcester . . . and a trip to Worcester Cathedral to see some of the finest examples of medieval Porcelain Company. • • brasses.

4 Departmental Winners

Flight Operations: F/E Joseph P. O'Connor (NY -D) is congratulated by v . J. E. Frankum.

Thch. Services: .vice president Dic.k Pear­ son congratulates John Thrsigni, LAX.

Sales & Services: Brian Kennedy, v .p.­ advertisihg & sales, presents award to Dorothy Long, NYC.

Flight Operations: F/0 Milo Griffin (SFO) shakes hands with v .p. J. E. Frankum .

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1 ) ;)! ~i 'ii ;}; t•· t~ 1~~ ~H e Houses of Parliament were created in sugar by the ton's chef patisserie Rod Hall (left). Admiring his Sales & Services: Abbas Muhamedcani, Reservations: Jeanette Woodrome, Thch. Services: Dominick ·Dellorso, ation are President Meyer and executive chef Brian SFO, is congratulated by Stew Long, STL, was tops. Well-wisher is Neil EfT­ JFK, receives tech services award from 1mp. A recording of Big Ben chiming played as the international region v.~. man, v .p.-aitline planning. v .p. Dick Pearson • . 1lpture was carried into the dining room.

5 1 OOth Mission Accomplished: Return to Steeple Morden· When Brady Williamson returned to Stee­ radio and television technicians and their pl~ Morden, England for the 1OOth time on equipment to Peking to cover President February 23, it was much less hazardous Nixon's historic visit. than his first 98 returns to the tiny village It was later that year that Brady went north of London. Brady, now TWA's man­ back to Steeple Morden for the 99th time. ager-cargo services, was a fighter pilot Accompanied by one of his five sons, he with the 355th Fighter Group during World walked around the town and what was left War II. He was stationed at an airfield near of the airfield, recalling his wartime expe­ Steeple Morden for two tours of duty and riences. fl~w 98 combat missions. He shot down Five years ago the 355th Fighter Group seven German planes and damaged six Association was formed as a way of others. He won the Distinguished Flying helping those who had served together Cross with two oak leaf clusters, the Air keep in touch. Through his membership ~n Medal with nine oak leaf clusters, and a the association, Brady was invited to be Distinguished Unit Citati_on. guest speaker at the armual dinner of the All told, the 355th was credited with Steeple Morden branch of the Royal British some 870 "kills," a favorable _casualty Legion, an organization of former British ratio of 4¥2 to 1, and third best re£ord in the servicemen·. He accepted their invitation. U.S. Eighth Air Force. Brady spent a full day in Steeple Mor- . After the war, in the fall of 1945, Brady den; a visit filled with nostalgia. He took a joined TWA. In the intervening 35 years, guided tour of the former airfi~ld iH- the he has had a distinguished TWA career, morning. Although the land is now part of a Br;dy Williamson. (right rear) 'Was .... greeted by- prhicipal Herbert Lawrence and mostly iii cargo management at Kansas farm, "a few pieces of runway were still students of the Litlingto'n school on a return visit to his wartime base recently. . City and New York. As director of freight there," he notes. Later, Brady visited the remains of the installation. happened during the war, but mostly how services in 1972, he was. aboard the first Litlington elementary school,.which occu­ In the evening, Brady gave an informal much the British - civilians and military United States commercial airliner to fly to pies what had been the chapel/recreation talk to about 100 people at the dinner. "I alike - had helped the Americans, and China since 1949. The TWA 707 carried 61 hall of the American base. Nothing else _ recalled some of the funny things that how much we appreciated their friendship and hospitality," ·Brady says. He also talked about plans of. the 355th Fighter Group Association to hold a reunion (their third) at Steeple Morden next May. The present owners of the airfield have deeded a small portion of their land to the associa­ . tion for the erection of a memorial. Brady Williamson hasn't flown an air­ craft since the war, but he keeps in touch with some of his fellow pilots from those days .. (Amung them is AI White, famed test pilot for the North American XB-70 and later manager of supersonic flight research and development for TWA.) He plans to go · to England for the reunion·next May, but he views his wartime experiences with dis­ Brady Williamson (left) visits with fellow fighter pilot H. T. Brady's P-51 Mustang, "Palma II" (named for his wife), in tinctly mixed emotions. "I wouldn't trade "Bing" Price (center) and James Clayton, president of the action for the U.S. 355th Fighter Group during World War II. them -for a million dollars," he says, then­ Steeple Morden branch of the Royal British Legion. Brady flew 98 combat missions and won several honors while adds, "And I wouldn't do it again for five - Photo courtesy of the Royston Crow. stationed in England. million!"

floor). Phone 3228-373 or 3225-483. Of­ Club, P. 0. Box 88773, Tukwila Branch, Kona, Hawaii: Furnished condo, sleeping fice hours are 9-a.m.-6:30 p.m., Monday Seattle, WA 98188. Hotel is additional, four, available July 15-Aug. 13 from LAX TraVel Tips through Saturday. After hours phone 9239- $33 per night double. Book directly with TWAer Nancy Hutchins. Rate is $30 per 650. Regency Motor Inn, 2200 Fifth Ave., day double, $3 each additional person. Thurists taking a taxi in Paris, and unfamil­ Seattle, WA 98121 (206) 682-9785. Contact B. Hutchins, 9148 Christopher St., Cypress, CA 90630 (71~) 527-3543. by Harry Mickie iar with the system, sometimes think they Buenos Aires: Savoy Hotel, Avenida Ca­ are being cheated. That can happen, of lao 181 (tel. 40-0151/59) offers TWAers a The Houston Interline Club will host the Active employees and family members are course, but most often the consternation is 20% discount on accommodations. For welcome to join a TWA Seniors Caribbean first NAICC (North American Interline caused by the day/night and city/suburban more information, write to Modesto Gun­ Clubs Conference) tennis tournament in cruise aboard the S .S. Boheme. Departure differentials. Rates are considerably higher tin, manager-public relations. is from Miami on Saturday, November 29; Houston June 24.:27. Package price of after 10 p.m. and at any time in the suburbs. Lufthansa has embargoed all free and return on Saturday, December 6. Shore $15 5 includes four nights ' lodging (double The applicable tariffs are posted inside and reduced rate travel between the U.S.A., leaveatPuertoPiata, St. Thomas, SanJuan occupancy), two luncheons and three din­ outside ~he cab: "A'' is for-city/day. "B" is Canada, Mexico and Germany, June 1 and Cap Haiten. ners~ Single suplement $50. for city/-night and suburbs/day. "C" is for through September 30. Registration deadline June 5; a $50 Cost is $510 per person, double occu­ suburbs/night. pancy ($350 each for a third or fourth The Bahia Cabana Motel, on the ocean at deposit is required. (Full refund on cancel­ person in a cabin). Positive space, six (!) Seattle Interline Club is sponsoring a Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, offers a $7 daily lations before June 1; 20% charge June 2- meals daily. Send $50 deposit, along with Queen City Discovery IV weekend July rate per person, double occupancy, May 15; no refund after June 15.) letter verifying TWA employment, to 17-20. Package price· of $85 includes !-December 15. For reservations write to Host hotel will be the Holiday Inn on the Wally Qates, World Wide Interline Tours, meals, tours and other activities. For a Bahia Cabana Motel, 3001 Harbor Drive, North Freeway, convenient to the Olde P.O. Box 28034, Atlanta, Georgia 30328. registration form write to Seattle Interline Ft. Lauderrulle, Florida 33316. Oakes Racquet Club. The cruise is being coordinated by the Southeast chapter of the Seniors club. Business Week Renews r------, David B. Callender • · A Foreign Language Guide to Health TWA Group Offer Business Week Care (in English, French, German, Italian Business Week magazine is renewing its 1221 Avenue of the Americas and Spanish) is available free of charge special offer to TWA employees. The New York, New York 10020 from -Blue Cross Association, 840 North .,...., savings on a one-year TWA group sub­ Please enter my subscription to Business Week at the-TWA group rate of $20. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611 . scription are substantial, as may be seen CITTAM Ltd. offers TWAers a year­ from this comparison: Name _ _ ---;--;,.,------,--;-:------TWA position ______(please print) round 20% discount on 10 different land TWA Group Regular Newsstand tours of Athens and Greece, as well as a Home address ______$20 $30.50 $76.50 -one-day cruise. Employees, families, par­ ent~ and retirees are eligible. Employees who are already subscribers City ______,State ______L, ip ______The 20% discount is available on longer may renew or extend their subscription at ) New (allow 4-6 weeks) - cruises April-N <;>vember. the special TWA group rate. ) Renewal (attach mailing label) For information write to CITTAM Ltd., When ordering, make check payable to P.O .B. 1789 Syntagma, Athens, Greece or Business Week. Or, if you request, you will on arrival stop in at 7 Ermou Street (6th be billed later. Signed L------~ ------~ 6 April 28, 1980 John P. Morrison, ORD Robert R. Brooks, MCI Lex B. Mathis,MCI Jesse D. Oakley, MCI Violet 0. Brott, MO Paul E. Matz, ORD Carlos R. Ojeda, PHL Frank D. Burkitt, JFK George E. McGhee, Jr., MKC Joe K. Orr, MKC Raymond Castillo, MIA Joseph B. McGinnis, MCI Anniversaries WilliamS. Panagiotakos, JED Anthony J. Cecere, LGA Castolo A. McKeeh3.11, STL Alvin C. Pang, SFO Elizabeth Chance, MKC John W. McQueen, MCI Beverly E. Patton, LAX Jacques R. Charbonnier, JFK Michael A. Meagher, NYC Lewis Mangiatordi, ROM Joel A. Firmin, MCI Judith W. Phillips, PAO Alfred Chasny, LAX James B. Newboume, MCI Mav Lloyd W. Neese, IND Lawrence J. Fitzpatrick, JFK Patricia A. Powell, PIT Agnes B. Chattin, LAX Carl B. Meyer, MCI Donald C. Nehren, DEN Charles I. Flory, DAY Robert J. Probst, PHL Jayson W. Clark, LAX Michael J. Moran, MKC Anne M. O'Brien, STL Olen M. Foley, OKC Robert J. Rachford, ORD Eric L. Cornell, NYC Keith E. Morgan, LHR Frederick J. O'Donnell, PHL Robert P. Francis, MO Ronald C. Ralston, LAX Richard E. Dean, JFK - Susan A. Mowrey, JFK 40Years Bruce W. Presley, DTW Reedy R. Friday, Jr., JFK Sylvester J. Remele, PHX James J. Desantis, JFK Mary A. Murphy, MKC Lorraine L. Daniels, LAX Frank W. West, MCI Abel Fuentes, JFK Darrell D. Reynard, DCA Lyle E. Devan, LAX Patricia M. Neels, STL Lucille M. Hamel, MKC David P. Galdenzi, LAX Donald L. Reynolds, MCI Sadie M. Digangi·, NYC Otmar G. Noll, LAX John V. McGraw, MCI Hugh R. Galloway, CLE Robert L. Roatch, JED Jack W. Diggs, IND Harold E. Norris, MCI Raymond Pashun, JFK 25 Years George M. Garland, EWR Curtis~· Rogers, LGA Thomas E. Dixon, MCI Bettie M. Nugent, MKC Joseph C. Rent, PIT Orville R. Garten, DEN John R. Rogers, MCI Douglas E. Elwood, SFO Thomas V. O'Connor, SFO Frank J. Rizzo, JFK Richard W. Antaya, LAX Eloy Gomez, JFK Herman]. Ruhe, LGA Jack E. Epperson, MCI Vernon N. Organ, SFO Paul R. Strohm, MO RichardS. Baker, LGA Patricia J. Gordon, LAX Jay A. Schmidt, LAX Noah A. Eskridge, Jr., MCI Eugene S. Palmer, SFO Thomas E. Woods, NYC John J. Barcus, BOS · William R. Gorton, ~ Ray A. Schmidt, JFK William F. Fennelly, MKC Lowell W. Parks", MO Robert L. Batton, MCI Arthur D. Grady, MCI John R. Serrats, JFK Carolyn F. Fiene, MKC Howard E. Peppers, MCI John A. Bauer, CMH William R. Grant, JFK Philip L. Sherwin, MCI Harry D. Fox, MCI George H. Petroll, MCI 35 Years Edgar L. Berkeley, ONT Kenneth A. Griffith, MIA Robert L. Simpson, LAX Brendan L. Gill, NYC JackS. Prichard, CMH Aristides P. Athanas, JFK Glen D. Blevins, LGA Eugene G. Hahn, MKC Willard H. Smith, MCI Paul Goehring, JFK Loren L. Ramsey, STL Cljlrence J. Bozych, ORD Herbert H. Bolles, LAX Jimmie Hara, LAX Dennis N. Snyder, YIP Williain J. Goodman, ill, LAX William A. Ric~e~on, MCI Dean A. Carter, LAX Gene G. Booth,MO Donald T. Harvey, Jr., SFO William R. Sonnemann, NYC Glenn D. Gorley, LAX Charles Rigby, JFK Harold R. Clemence, MCI Thomas J. Bradshaw, MCI Edward J. Hasara, LAX Roy D. Sportsman, MCI Charles Gosroski, MKC Harold D. Robertson, MCI Noble B. Green, MCI Thomas D. Costello, PHL Thomas D. Breshears, MCI Dennis L. Heckerson1 SFO Peter Stathis, JFK William E. Robinson, MCI Clifton C. Davis, JFK David A. Brown, LGA Jerry L. Hendrickson, SDF Robert F. Strini, JFK William D. Green, MO Charles F. Rogers, MCI Einar H. Einarsson, MCI Sean C. Byrne, LHR Bob D. Herendeen, LAX · Eugenio Tagliocozzo, ROM John Guarino, MO Dorothy L. Russell, JFK Larry B. Calame, ABQ Roger Hers, BRU Francis X. Hanningan, PHL Kenneth A. Johnson, MCI Harold E. Taylor, MCI Carl E. Scott, MCI Benny. B. Calcicmo, LAX Melvin H. Harris, MCI Mary D. Juricich, SFO Gerald L. Hoppe, LGA Robert E. Taylor, MKC Fred A. Siddall, LAX Paul E. Harter, MCI Helen C. Mahoney, STL William G. Carr, MKC Henry W. Jack, JFK Joseph A. Thibodeau, BOS Sacramento R. Silva, TUS Anne E. Hawley, BOS Russell E. Means, JFK Raymond E. Charles, MCI Milton R. Jagen, EWR Maryann L. Thieret, LGA Norvil W. Sims, MKC Viola P. Holmes, MKC Thomas W. Meredith, DCA Robert G. Cleveland, STL Roy J. Jones, MCI Robert R. Thompson, LGA Leland T. Sledd, MCI Harold J. Howell, PHL Rue! A. Penhorwood, ICT James L. Cochran, LAX John E. Kaczynski, LGA George J. Tomlin, Jr., PHX Shirley A. Smith, MKC Gordon V. Irwin, MCI Mildred Peschko, NYC Berta Colley, NYC Walter C. Kadel, JFK Eugene R. Torres, JFK Orville L. Sova, STL Phillip M. Jenkins, MKC John V. Pi~l , STL Clay M. Collins, MCI Richard J. Kenny, NYC Joseph F. Urban, Jr., JFK Maney Spearman, Jr. MCI JettieR. Quinlan, JFK Glenn R. Conner, MKC Marie C. Koenigsbauer, MKC Charles Y. Vantrease, MKC James C. Johnson, MCI Donald A. Spencer, MCI Victor Reed, LAX SteveS. Cooper, MO Albert B. Koenigsmann, LGA Septirnio Venero, MIA Larry R. Kemmerer, MCI . Roy J. Spicer, MCI Luciiie R. Stokes, NYC Audrey J. Counihan, ORD Arnold J. KohlJ Jr. PHL James P. Warren, BOS Waldemar J. Kluyt, LAX Stanle:y L. St. John, MCI Julius R. Valentino, SFO Theodore C. Dempe, PHX John E. Kroenung, CHI Betty J. Watson, STL John M. Koster, LAS James T. Stuart, MO Russell C. Younce, JFK Joseph DePalma, JFK James E. Lehman, IND Buddy W. Whittall, MCI Edwin 0. KutzH , PHX Cecil D. Sturgeon, MCI Richard E. Dick, LGA Arthur B. Lepanto, LGA Victor C. Wilson, MKC Dale G. Lamb, MCI Francis E. Sweeney, PHL Robert J. Dillon, JFK Vern E. Linscott, MCI Paul C. Lamberd, MCI Romari Tatarinowicz, ORD 30Years William L. Dodge, MKC SteveS. Loe, SFO John J. Laut, MCI Dale M. Thompson, MCI Manuel Alegre, MAD Raymond E. Dorell, PHL Patricia R. Loeb, CHI 20Years David A. Lawson, CVG Samuel V. 'frezza, LGA Robert J. Braconnier, PHL William· C. Dorsey, MKC Charles C. Loveless, SFO' . M. C. Leipard, MCI Benjamin L. 'fripp, MK<:; William E. Burke, PIT Francis R. Douglass, LGA Robert C. Lowry, LGA ThomasR.Adam,LAX Teddy A. Lindsey, BTA Donald E. Turgeon, LAS Jean Delpech, CDG William H. Doyle, MCI Joseph A. Magadan, JFK William R. Albert, STL William Lunsford, MCI Mary Villacorta, NYC · Ephraim Golan, HAl Marilyn J. Duck, LAX Frank Mandina, MCI Ari§tidis An~tassopoulos, ATH Kenneth L. Lykins, MCI Daren L. Wells, MCI Jerold W. Jacobson, JFK Carl R. Everton, IND William M. Manning, LAX Elizabeth H. Andrews, DCA Thomas E. Maguire, JFK Doyle L. White, STL Joseph R. Keating, NYC Claudio Falanga, ROM Eugene M. McKenna, JFK Dwight E. Bailey, MKC Stanley V. Mangogna, STL George E. White, MCI Marilyn M. Kirk, MCI John J. Feeney, LGA · James P. McKittrick, NYC George W. Barn~s. MCI Marilyn Martin, LAX Elwood I. Wittle, JFK John G. Maloney, Jr., LAX Robert J. Ferree, LAX Phillip W. Meier, CHI Thomas L. Boyce, MCI Mary F. Martin, MKC O.ominick A. Zuppo, PHL

'. Wanted: Veronique Barbier, 12, would club spa, souvenir T -shirt and awards play and whether you wish to play higher like to improve her English by staying with buffet. Banquet guests, $12. class "Y "Also indicate type of accommo­ Editor's Notes an American family in August or Septem­ Entry deadline is ·May 30, on a first dations, if desired, at the Holiday Inn. ber. Her father, Gerard Barbier, is an Air come, first served basis. France cargo agent at Roissy Field, Paris. The nearby Holiday Inn will offer tour­ 'Irans World Thnnis Open: Joyce Capece, (from page 8) Please contact him at 15 residence Le ney rates of $24 single and $30 doubl~. 128 South State St., CHI, needs all reserva­ Moulin, Boran 5/0ISE, 60820, France. Send $30 check payable to St. Louis tions and payment (check made payable to ciles are women: Joyce Coleman, STL; Employees Club c/o Robert Hatton, STL her) by Sat., May 10. Tourney is June 5-8 at Diane Croll, O_RD; Susan Ahl, SFO, and _'iwo f9rmer airline employees in South air freight .. The Registry, Scottsdale, Arizona. For Ruth Stogner, BOS. Bend, Indiana are writing a novel about the Indicate whether male/female, class of details see March 31 Skyliner. industry and are collecting humorous anec­ The "Palefaces" spread, incidentally, dotes to use in their story. Mary Slafkosky, caused some red faces in certain places. A who was statiqn manager and marketing Cairo TWAer Receives Egypt's Thanks caption identified M. Shelton Adams as director for Skystream Airlines, and Pat mayor of Orlando. "Mayor Carl Langford Yates Gordon, a former American· Airlines will be surprised to learn this," writes flight attendant, will appreciate the help of Florida Senior Fran Schulte. "Mayor TWAers. Langford is in the final year of his fourth "It has been our experience that every­ term and is not a candidate for re-election. one has a favorite story to tell and that we Mr. Adams is a candidate for mayor.· . . . " might weave some into the fabric of the TWA teams and individual bowlers are story line," they said. invited to enter the Second Annual In­ · Contributions should be sent c/o P.O. terline Bowling Tournament to be held at Box 6394, South Bend, Indiana 46660. the Showboat Hotel in Las Vegas July 16- Please understand that there will be no 18. For information and entry forms, remuneration other than the satisfaction of contact Fred Fulmer, technical services, seeing your story in print. All stories to be Los Angeles. He can be reached at home at used will be acknowledged: (213) 371-5978 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., The St. Louis Employees Club, which Pacific time. sponsored the first annual system soccer In terins of passengers, 'f\YA ranked fifth tourney last year, is branching out to among the top 20 world airlines in 1979, racquetball. The club will host a System according to Aviation Daily. The airline Racquetball Tournament July 11-12 at boarded 22,650,893 passengers. Eastern Racquet Tune, in suburban Bridgeton, near was first with 42,747,499. Next in order­ the airport. According to tourney coordina­ Cairo senior sales representative Margo Bishara receives Egypt's Meritorious were Delta (40,495,028), United tor RobeJ;t Hatton, there will be five Services Award for her handling of President Sadat's flights to the U.S. in connection (36,082, 747}andAmerican (31 ,262,487): classes: A, B, C, D and novice. with the signing of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Dr. Amin Abdel Hafez, British Airways was sixth, behind TWA, Entry fee of $30 will cover tournament Minister of Thurism and Civil Aviation, presented the award to Mrs. Bishara in with 16,904,000. play, trophies, hospitality room, use of the ceremonies marking Civil Aviation Day.

April 28, 1980 7 Keeping Busy: SROatBTA by R. Stan Henderson Director-In-Flight Services Training The following is adapted from "On the Line," the in-flight services newsletter. No new hires this year? No new-hire instructor-training or coordinators of new hires? No rows of fresh faces in the BTA cafeteria every meal? No tearful gradua­ tion ceremony every Tuesday afternoon? Well, what are you guys at Bree~h doing to stay busy then? I'm glad -you asked that question. I was afraid I'd have to start this article by telling you how our new "streamlined" (that's a euphemism .for smaller) organization is busier than ever and that the academy is just about completely sold out all year. -The academy stays full because many corporations find our location and class- - room facilities ideal. We sell our rooms (at I $36 per person, double occupancy) to such TWA trained 60 Yemenia flight attendants last year at Breech Academy. Linda Barnard, staff instructor-technical training, is diverse groups as the Department of Labor, pictured (extreme right of_lefthand photo) with three of her pupils and (right) coaching them in the use of a bar cart. the Department of Agriculture, Hallmark Cards, the accounting firms of Touche­ hire flight attendants in 1979, but we also new hires this year. But we are also busy from.New York Telephone, in professional Ross and Coopers-Lybrand, and many trained 707 line flight attendants and man­ training employees of other airlines. Third image training, and several flight engi­ others. The end result is that the academy agement people. world carriers and small c'arriers are very neers/stewards for corporate aircraft. earns aniceprofiteven when we reduce our This year we expect to do even more line interested in havi':lg TWA train their em­ The demand for this type of training far training activity. training, primarily because of the 747SP. ployees. For example, in 1979 we trained exceeds our ability to supply it, but, since The in-flight services staff stays busy Those domiciles expected to crew the SP personnel for Midway Airlines (45 flight it's quite lucrative, we try to do as much as working on line training programs. For (BOS, JFK, LAX) will go through a one­ attendants), Yemenia Airlines (North we can with the' limited time we have instance, last year we trained 122 service · day training program. Yemen, 60 flight attendents), and Wedge available. managers and 31 pursers; ..qualified 70 An all wide-bodied fleet across the International (one male steward on a pri­ While we can't promise any fresh new people on the 1011 and 747; qualified 101 Atlantic this summer is expected to gener­ vate aircraft). So far for 1980, we've faces this year we do promise improved flight attendants for international; gave 162 ate additional need for purser and service agreed to train 30 more flight attendants innovative training programs for 1980. flight attendants refresher training, and ­ manager training classes. from Midway, 40 pursers from Mexicana, We're going to stay very busy but look taught 219 in-flight management people a So you can see we are busy, busy, busy, 45 flight attendants from LACSA (Costa forward to the day when the academy is variety of courses. We traineQ. 559 new- training our own people, even without any Rica), 100 female front-line supervisors once again filled with TWA people.

Joe Ballweg, supervisor-in-flight services, works with a camera in the television ' Shelly 1hrk, staff instructor-technical training, gives international qualifying studio. Videotapes on procedures are used extensively for training classes and copies training in a 747 cabin trainer to JFK flight attendants (from left): Linda Etheridge, are sent to the domiciles. - Sherry French, Evelyn Layman and Jan Gosey.

We bought a small two-bedroom house The announcement last issue of Judi estimated 5% qf passengers on movie because on an agent's salary (actually, no Rogala's appointment as general manager flights are children under 12 years of age, salary, because of the strike), it was all we of sales and services at Seattle stated that special attention is given to the possibility Editor's Notes· could afford at the time." she's the airline's first female general that children will be exposed, visually at manager. The meaning was, of course, city least, to these films. A certain amount of The LaPines hadn't settled into their new The recent article on TWA's Florida general manager, but that is not to slight the profanity, violence or sex is often germane home when another Hoosier family moved "palefaces" brought a bit of nostalgia from fact that currently four of the general to the storyline of a particular film. If the to Miami, with no place to stay. They were one of the pioneers who blazed the trail to managers at seven in-flight services do.mi- visual impact of this profanity, viplence or in vi ted to stay with the LaPines. Two weeks the Sunshine State back in '58. • sex is too strong and the film c·annot be later still another transferred family moved (to page 7) "Let me tell you a little bit of what it was edited, we do not book it for inflight in. So, for the time being, the LaPine house like then, when we were few in personnel presentation. was·home to three TWA families, including and flights," writes W. T. LaPine, now 8ox605 ... The shortage of "G" rated ftlm products fiye children. retired and living in Bargers-ville, Indiana. (from page 2) and the incidence of complaints from "I was one of the first on the scene [having While the strike continued (it lasted from inflight with an eye toward pleasing the passengers about "immaturity" of ftlm transferred from Indianapolis], but in No­ November 21 until December 7), the majority of passengers. Consideration is content and "insults to adult intelligence" vember of 1958 TWA was on strike. There "transplants!' were restored to the payroll, given to visual impact of violence, graphic that general audience films often prompt was really no job to go to, but plans were to with the assignment of preparing the sta­ sex, nudity, profanity and the context in have caused us to broaden our film booking inaugurate service on December 16, and I tion for the startup of service to and from which it is used, as well as the storyline and criteria. It is unfortunate that we cannot was told to report to George Frederick at the Midwest. "Twelve and 14-hourdays at possible political ramifications of showing please everyone with every movie, but Miami. straight time were nothing unusual, but we each picture throughout the TWA system. serious consideration is given to each film "For the first week or so my wife and L _ were glad to be back to work and to get the Where possible and as necessary, films are regardless of its rating before it is chosen as and our two small children stayed with station into some semblance of a working edited or TV versions are chosen. part of our inflight entertainment program­ friends until we found a place of our own. operation," LaPine recalls. Despite the fact that fewer than an ming.

I 8 April 28, 1980