VOLUME 48 NUMBER 9 MAY 6, 1985

Caribbean . TWA's Flights Cure for The Doldrums

TWA will fly to the Caribbean this fall, President Ed Meyer announced. The air­ line willserve nine Caribbean destinations from starting November 15; at the same time, it will inaugurate non-stop service between St. Louis and SanJuan. Islands to be served are St. Thomas, the Bahamas, St. Maarten, St. Croix, Antigua, Martinique, Guadeloupe and . For more than a decade TWA has con­ sistently been the leading across . the North Atlantic in terms of passengers carried. With the addition of the Caribbean routes, TWA willadd an important North­ South dimension to its internationalserv­ ices, Mr. Meyer said. "We expect that strong winter loads to Caribbean vacation destinations will help TWA counterbalance relatively light transatlantic traffic at that time of year, . and vice versa," he explained. "Travelers willbenefit from TWA's premiere experi­ ence in international operations and its reputation for excellent service," he added. Mr. Meyer emphasized TWA's leader­ ship as the largest tour operator across the Atlantic, and pointed to the airline's feeder network at both Kennedy and St. Louis: "Passengers from the west and midwest caneasily connect into these ma- (topage4) Freeport � 1st Quarter: Nassau SAN JUAN A Bit Better St. Thomas With the publication of TWA's first-quar­ St. Croix ter financial results,· the perennial ques­ tion recurs: "With load factors like that, how could we lose so much money?" Martinique As always, the answer isn't simple. First the numbers, then the words. TWA'snet loss for the period was $74. 3 Effective November 15, 1985 million, or $13. 0 million better than the 1984 first-quarter loss of $87.3 million. But $11.7 million of that improvement came from a financial action in which the ResortAir to Provide Commuter Link at St. Louis company exchanged some of its common stock, or equity in the business, for out­ TWA and ResortAir, a St. Louis-based and Carbondale/Murphysboro in lliinois. course at Lambert International Airport standing bonds, representing. indebted­ commuter airline, willteam up to provide AllTrans World Express flights willarrive for connections with the 63 U.S. and 19 ness, constituting a one-time or "extra- Trans World Express service at St. Louis, and depart at gate 18 on TWA's B con- (top ageS) (topage3) according to Richard D. Pearson,. chief operating officer of TWA, and Robert F. West, president of ResortAir. Startup of service is scheduled for August 5. "Trans World Express will offer effi­ cient connecting services to TWA at our St. Louis hub for passengers fromsmaller communities in lliinois and that cannot be served economically by TWA's larger jet aircraft," said Pearson. Trans World Express willoperate over ResortAir's existing route system with 19-passenger twin-engined turbo-prop aircr�. The service willget underway with five daily round-trip flights between St. Louis and joplin, Springfield, Lakeof the Ozarks and Jefferson City/Columbia in Missouri, ResortAir's 19-passenger Beechcraft 1900 as it will appear in Trans World Express colors. .Golden Wedding Day for Bob and Helen McCormick Editor's Notes

The April 22 issue carried a feature story about maintenance in­ spector Humberto Dominguez and his prize winning whiskers. "It's been a good year for [him]," we said. There is a postscript. Ordina_rily, Hum­ berto and his wife would have been along ·for the employee club weekend in on March 29. As luck would have it, this year they couldn't make it. That was the trip in which two fellow Los Angeles TWAers were killed and more than a score injured when theii bus was struck by a truck. Unaware the article about himwould be in the April 22 issue, Humberto wrote to the Skyliner to express the personal loss he felt at the deaths of Frank and Pedro Benitez. "I knew Frank 22 years," said Hum­ berto. "As a painter, he was number one . . . I met himplaying softball for the TWA employees team. He was a catcher, but many times, if we needed a pitcher he pitched; ifwe needed a second baseman, he played second. "As president of the employees club, Bob and Helen McCormick were married on March 30, 1935. This past March 30 they were guests of honor at a gold�n wedding whatever was needed, there was luncheon hosted by their children, Ed and Barbara. Among the 95 people who came were the minister who married Bob and Helen 50 Frank ... years ago, their four grandchildren, and 34 TWA retirees or spouses of retirees. "Whenhe died, apart ofTWA died. But When they were married, Bob was working for TWA in the Los Angeles reservations office. Before that he had been the only TWA he willalways live in my mind." employee in Fresno, ,where he met Helen. He later served in Kansas City, for a total of 20 years; , Los Angeles and.New York. Bob retired in October 1972 and they moved to Ojai, California. He has since been very active in the TWA Seniors, We liked flight service man.ager Ed Al­ including a term as president of the organization. va's thoughts on winning the Award of Pictured are (fromleft) front row: Nadine Sawyer, son Ed McCormick, Bette Edwards,' Matt Messina, Don Heep, George Friedrich, Excellence, as expressed in On the Line. C. D. "Bart" Bartholomew. Middle ro�: Ralph McClenahan, Frances Judd, To m Sawyer, Bob Green, daughter Barbara Lake, Helen "I feel a little mystified at being singled out McCormick. Back row: George Judd, Helen McClenahan, Wayne Hersh, Betty Hersh, Marian Kurtz, Hal Kurtz, Ruth Green, Elsie . for doing no more than a good day's job for Phillips, Bob McCormick, Rita Condon, Bill Phillips, Jerry Condon, Annabelle Hesselgesser, Les Hesselgesser, Betty Messina, Betty a good day's wage." He did add one bit of Heep, E. C. "Lum" Edwards, Gerry Friedrich, Eleanor Bartholomew, Percilee Price. Allare connected to TWA. Ruth Malone attended insight: ". . . A continuing process of avid the luncheon but missed the photo session. reading and an interested observation of the human parade have furnished me one today is a $5 billion industry in Missouri, bit" of information which has saved me Response Line employing 140,000 people. That's 5% of untold grief and provided much satisfac­ Questions: Call toll-free 800-221- the entire payroll in the state, and up 26% tion in performing my job- put yourself in In Memoriam from 1980. Th� prediction is that if that 2842; in New York, 370-1714. the other guy's shoes. I hav.e found they growth continues at its present pace, Answers: Call toll-free 800-221- usually pinch." · John B. Sloan, 75, retired janitor, MCI, died on tourism willbring 21,000 more jobs before 2840; in New York, 370-1713. '· April15. Mr. Sloan was with TWA 13 years, retiring TWAers visiting Missouri from out of the decade is out. in 1975. state the week of May 19-25 can have a · testimony to the classic lines and profes­ Arlene E. Crockett, retired reservations sales free car-wash at any of six visitor informa­ For the second consecutive year, sional image the uniforms designed by agent, New York, died on April 12. She was 65. Ms. Crockett retired in 1983 after 15 years with TWA. tion centers in the state. It's one way TWPis inflight and ground services uni­ Ralph Lauren represent. MissoWi is celebrating National To�sm forms have won an award from the Na­ Ernest W. Vick, retired lead inspector, MCI, died Retired TWAers are the most on-the-go Week.l GovernorJohn Ashcroft has pro­ tional Association of Uniform Manu­ on April 12 at age 69. Mr. Vick was a 36-year TWA bunch of people we've ever known. Last veteran. He joined the airline in 1940 and retired in claimed Ma)) 25 as Tourism Day. facturers and Distributors. The award is 1976. He is survived by his wife, Pauline. month one group toured behind the Iron Why the�ttention? Because tourism is "in recognition of a distinctive career ap­ Curtain to Bulgaria, Rumania, Hungary Lester DeVoe, retired inspector, JFK, died on the fastest growing industry in Missouri, parel program and the positive image it AprilS. He was 77. Mr. DeVoe retired in 1971 after and Yugosla\iia, while another went to and growth means jobs. In fact, . tourism projects." The consecutive honors are 31 years with TWA. He is survived by his wife, Anna, 's Algarve region. This past week of New Port Richey, . Fund-Raising Helps Cancer Victims saw another Seniors group in southern John McCallion, 61, retired Los Angeles-based , and next week still another is captain, died on March 28. Captain McCallion retired in 1983 after32 years of flying. He is survived by his l)eaded for Greece. wife, Gloria, of Los Altos, California. lnJWie all roads lead to St. Louis for the William C. Shupp, retired production estimator, Seniors annual meeting. MCI, died on April 7. He was 76. Mr. Shupp was a Come July, they're planning a cruise to veteran of 34 years with TWA. He joined the airline in . 1940 and retired on New Year's Day, 197 4. His wife, Ruth, survives. For September, there's a choice of ei­ M. Louella Sweeney, 75, retired accountant, ther the annual National Parks tour or the KCAC, died on March 22. Ms. Sweeney was with Philippines and Hong Kong. TWA 18 years, from 1955 unti11973. In October, there will be an excursion James C. Humphrey, retired ramp serviceman, either to the Italian island of Ischia or , died on April 8. He was 66. Mr. Hum­ Portugal, depending on a show of hands. phrey retired in 1980 after 26 years. with TWA. He is surviv�d by his wife, Betty, of Florence, . Finally, in November, there's the annual roundup at Wickenburg, . JohnHill, a Los Angeles reservations sales agent, died March 13. Mr. Hill was 46 years old and had been with TWA for 23 years. He is survived by his We almost let slip by an important TWA IY mother. MJ milestone. It was 45 years ago, on March 19, 1940, that a baker's dozen of TWA employees led by Parky Parkinson founded the TWA Credit Union. Today our C. U. ranks as the largest in Missouri and 19th largest in the U.S. Published for Employees by Answer to last issue's "trivia" question: Corporate Communications On April 27, 1913, an aviator from Califor­ 605 Third Avenue, New York 10158 TWA and McZaks Restaurant of Queens, New York, raised $24,000 for the nia, Robert G. Fowler, flew a small single­ Printed in U.S.A. American Cancer Society in a fund-raising drive this spring. The money was engine hydroplane from the Bay of Dan Kemnitz, Editor used to purchase this.special van, which will transport hardship patients for to Limon Bay, ocean to ocean in Anne Saunders, Associate Editor treatment. Presenting the van were (fromleft): John Kenny and Jack Weiss of an hour and 35 minutes. Four others had McZaks and Pat Riordan, TWA account manager from Long Island sales. attempted the flight but failed.

2 . MayS, 1985 A Source of Pride First-Quarter Results 1985 vs 1984

In the News (millions) 1985 1984 Operating revenues $766 $669 Frye Dies Operating expenses 834 741 Funeral services were held in Las Vegas Operating Loss (68) (72) on April 25 for Nevada Smith Frye, Interest expense -net _____{lli) __@ widow of famed TWA president Jack Loss after interest cost (86) (94) Frye. Their daughter, named �eva Jack, Other non-operating items ____@ __3 survives. Loss before taxes and extraordinary item (92) (91) jack Frye headed TWA fromDecember

__ 4 27, 1934 untilFebruary22, 1947, when he Credit for income tax 6 __ had a falling out with Howard Hughes. He Loss before extraordinary item (86) (87) died in February, 1959 in an auto accident Extraordinaryrtem ______ll near Tucson, Arizona. Ironically, the car Net loss (74) (87) that killed him came out of a side road called Hughes Road which led to the Hughes Aircraft Company. headcount increase -about 1700 people 1st Quarter... -at present contract terms meant a jump · Dave Thomas Named of over 15%, or- about $46 million, in (from page one) TWA's payroll costs for the quarter­ David F. Thomas has been promoted to which came to more·than 45% of its reve­ director-passenger sales for the Western ordinary gain" that you don't count the nues for the period. ;region, it was announced by Craig Pavlus, same way you count operating gains or Thanks to declining petroleum prices, Marine Lance Corporal Louis A. An­ losses. staff vice president-passenger sales. Mr. TWA's51/z% capacity increase cost it less drews graduated fromhis Basic Hel­ Thomas was previously manager-passen­ than1% more to fly in fuel and oil costs, icopter Course with top scholastic Plus Side but with the increased volume of passen­ ger sales in Los Angeles. He joined TWA honors this spring. His proud On the positive side of the coin, TWA gers, sales commissions rose 22.4% and .in 1972 as a part-time CSA at Denver and mother, Vickie J. Andrews, is a tech­ later served as a sales rep at Denver and did show a tremendoustraffic increase­ passenger food costs were up 25.3%. nical specialist in PARS program­ up almost 37% systemwide-for several sales training supervisor at Breech Acad­ ming at KCAC. Andrews' four-year Without the strike's help, TWA's 1985 emy. From 1979-83 Thomas was reasons. first -quarter revenue gains would not Mr. · Marine enlistment will include ac­ One of them was the continuation of a manager of various marketing and sales tual flight instruction in addition to have been enough to cover its cost rise. favorable economy. Even though gross programs in New York. repair and maintenance of helicop­ As it was, on the operating line, TWA did national product was no longer growing by only about $4million better thanthe year ters. · Automation Posts leaps and bounds the way it did in last before. year's first quarter, the indicators were all The appointments of Fred Haecker as experience in both airport and city ticket on the up side and, despite some batter­ Other Items manager-PARS automation development offices, and the pricing and passenger ing, the U.S. dollar was still a winner. Moves such as the conversion of debt to and George Abernathy as manager­ sales departments. TWA managed to induce even more equity help trim TWA's non-operating PARS automation support have been passengers to fly with it by means of off­ costs for such items as interest payments, announced by Judy Schafers, director-au­ Schlake to seasonal promotions, including the Polar­ which were down 18% or $4 million in this tomation services. oid tie-in, the Senior Citizen pass and a year's first three months. Haecker, most recently technical man­ has been named sta­ Dennis L. Schlake very attractive VUSA program for Euro­ In 1984, TWA realized some $3 million ager in corporate information services, tion manager at Ontario, California. Mr. pean visitors to the U.S. from the sale of planes, parts and prop­ replaces Karen Griffin who has been Schlake joined TWA in 1959 and has ex­ Then, in March, came the deluge, on erty, while losing about a quarter of a appointed an account manager at St. tensive experience as a supervisor in air­ top of everything else: the strike, million dollars in currency translations. Louis. port operations, inflight services and producing a hefty diversion of customers This year, TWA sustained losses of close Abernathy, who has held several mana­ airport ticket office, ramp supervisor and and a revenue windfall mainly benefiting to $5 million in currency translations, and gerial positions in STL and NYC reserva­ quality controller. TWA, which rang up a 50.6% traffic in­ took a net loss of $1 million in selling one of tions, replaces Dominick Rucereto, crease for the month, including interna­ the 747SPs. recently named manager-group control TWA Flies Marathoners tional's whopping gain of 64. 2%. Income tax creditsof $6 million reduced capacity management. TWA has been named the official airline The result was a 14.6%, or nearly $98 TWA's $92-million deficit to $86.million, for the 1985 Nationwide/Bankone Mara­ million, increase in revenues-much of it and equity-for-debt swap lowered it fur­ Mammano to Cargo Post thon, to be run in Columbus, on thanks to the strike. ther to a net of $74 million. Because TWA Joe Mammano has been promoted to October 13. TWA will offer reduced air­ That's where the questions start. Why is obligated to pay just over $6 million in manager-cargo marketing, it was an­ fare to competitors traveling from Lon­ does a big traffic increase like that pro­ dividends to the holders of its preferred nounced by Walter Carlin, director-cargo don, and to Columbus. duce such a relatively anemic revenue stocks, its net deficit applied to some 33 marketing. Mr. Mammano was previously The airline willalso provide freetranspor­ gain? million shares of outstanding common supervisor-business programs in passen­ tation to the 1986 Marathon for The answer is that when you attract stock was $80 million, or $2.43 a share, ger marketing.He joined TWA in 19 73 as a the first-place man and w_oman in the Co­ extra business by offering tickets for as vs. a deficit of $2.88 per share in the first reservations sales agent and has also had lumbus event. much as 25% off, you get extra traffic, but quarter of last year. revenues don't grow at the same rate. It's TWA's domestic division showed a Travel Agents at Getaway Program a question of yield-the average revenue slight improvement over last year's first­ TWA gets per distance flown per passen­ quarter loss of $73 million, while interna­ ger. In last year's first quarter, yield was tional results were down $1. 7 millionto a 12.05 cents per mile;. this year, it was loss of $20. 2 million. down 18% to 9. 90 cents per mile. Meanwhile, struggling Eastern, beset Other competitive actions aside from by internal ill ·will and under pressure TWA's own promotions helped dilute from its lenders, turned in a record first­ yield,of course, but the inescapable fact is quarter profit, and several other majors that if TWA had been able to fly this year's were registering substantial year-over­ traffic at last year's yield, it would have year improvement. meant a revenue gain of some $65 million for the quarter. (But, of course, with last Heads Industry Group year's prices TWA wouldn't have had all of Former TWAer Tom Cromartie, now - this year's traffic.) senior director-labor relations for Flying Down Side Tiger, has been named president of the Airline Industrial Relations Conference. Unfortunately, increased revenues The conference monitors developments don't come free.The cost of operations to in the field of la.bor relations and collects fly TWA's extra traffic rose 12.6%, or data on trends in the airlineindustry� more than $93 million. In terms of what it would have taken BA Taps Ex·TWAers just to break even last year, a passenger / factor_ of 58.9% would have done it- but British Airways, seeking to revamp its this year it would have taken 75. 0%. U.S. operations, has tapped two former Rudolf Grasl, Travellers International tour director, speaks to several hun­ Among the factors which set the bar TWAers for top posts. Jim Callery was dred travel agents in Columbus about TWA's Getaway tour program. Mr. higher was the restoration of full pay to named senior vp-·sales & marketing;· Art Grasl was one of four Travellers representatives who toured the U.S. earlier 11,200 employees who took part in last McMahon was named senior vp-cus­ · this year to promote the tours. year's 10% pay cuts. That, plus a 6.3% tomer services.

May6, 1985 3 • r e

Photos courtesy of the Caribbean Tourism Association.

One of the 700 islands that make the Bahamas a vacation paradise.

The U.S. Virgin Islands.

TWA's Caribbean Schedule Effective November 15, 1985 Southbound Northbound Routing Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Freq. Equip. New York GFK)- SanJuan (SJU)- 8: 30 PM 12: 59 AM 11: 45 AM 2: 30 PM Daily L-1011 New York GFK) 9:10AM 1: 40 PM 9: 30 PM 12: 15 AM Daily L-1011 New York GFK) -St. Thomas (SIT) - 9: 30 AM 3: 22 PM 4:10 PM 7:00 PM Daily 727S St. Croix (STX) -JFK 1:05 PM 3:00 PM New York GFK)- Nassau (NAS)- 9: 35 AM 1: 50 PM 3: 05 PM 7:15 PM Daily L-1011 Freeport (FPO)- Nassau-JFK 12: 25 PM 1: 10 PM 3:45 PM 4: 30 PM New York GFK)- St. Maarten (SXM)- 9: 05 AM 3: 31 PM 4: 15 PM 7: 20 PM Daily L-1011 Antigua (ANU) -JFK 1: 50 PM 3: 00 PM New York GFK) -Fort de France, 9: 00 AM 3: 30 PM 3: 55 PM 7: 15 PM Sa, Su 727S Martinique (FDF)- Point au 2:15 PM 2: 55 PM Pitre, Guadeloupe (PTP) -JFK St. Louis (STL)- SanJuan (SJU)- 1: 55 PM 8: 00 PM 3:00 PM 5: 40 PM Daily L-1011 St. Louis

TWA will be flying daily New York-San non-stop from New York to Fort de Caribbean ••• Juan non-stops, in both directions, as well· France, Martinique, continuing on to (from page one) as daily non-stop flights fromNew York to Point au Pitre, Guadeloupe, using 727- jor hubs to get to TWA's Caribbean St. Thomas, Nassau and St. Maarten, and 200 aircraft. flights." one-stop flights to St. Croix (via St. TWA will operate the only direct serv­ AllTWA Caribbean services will oper­ Thomas), Freeport (via Nassau) and Anti­ ice between St. Louis and SanJuan when it ate year-round, but there willbe an equip­ gua (via St. Maarten). All flights will use begins daily non-stop L-1011 service ment change to smaller 727-200 aircraft wide body L-1 011 aircraft, except for 727S there on November 15. Service to points . . duringthe surruner months when the 266- equipment on the St. Thomas-St. Croix other than San Juan and the U.S. Virgin passenger L-1011s are shifted to transat­ service. Islands are subject to government ap­ lantic flights. TWA also will offer weekend service proval. Police band-concert. Trans World Express

TWA flys t4on·stopfrom St. Louis to: Albuquerque Ft. Lauderdale Nashville Portland Atlanta Frankfurt Newark Salt Lake City Harrisburg New Orleans San Antonio Hartford - New York Oklahoma City San Francisco Cincinnati Omaha San Jose Cleveland Kansas City Ontario Colorado Springs Las Vegas Orlando Syracuse Columbus Little Rock Palm Springs Tampa Dallas/Ft. Worth London Paris Toledo Dayton Los Angeles Peoria Tucson Denver Louisville ·Philadelphia Tulsa Des Moines Memphis Phoenix Washington Detroit Wichita

rected to TWA's 800 telephone number ••.• TWA Express when ResortAir's Trans World Express. reservations office is closed. Other en­ (from page one) Mt. Pelee, on the French island of Martinique. hancements will include joint fares, international cities served by TWA. through ticketing, issuance of seat assign­ Trans World Express frequencies will ment and boarding passes for the entire be increased gradually by specified journey at the boarding point and auto­ amounts during the course of the initial matic baggage check-through between all five-year agreement, along with the antic­ . TWA and all Trans World Express desti­ ipated addition of new service points in the nations. In addition, 500 Frequent Flight four-state area. ResortAir is the first car­ Bonus plan members connecting from rier chosen to operate under the Trans Trans World Express to TWA or vice World Express identity. versa willreceive 500 miles of credit. Beginning August 5, for example, a TWA Identity Trans World Express passenger in Springfield, Missouri willbe able to check All Re$ortAir aircraft, ground facilities in for all flights and travel as far as Bombay and equipment willbe repainted in the red without having to stand in line again, or and white Trans World Express colors and carry luggage. logo before the August 5 cutover date. Although adopting the Trans World Ex­ Geared to Growth press identity, ResortAir will remain a totally independent company, retaining its "The operation of ResortAir's '.1'rans present management and personnel. World Express services is ideally timed to "This action formalizes what has been participate in and enhance the future -' an ongoing and mutually beneficial infor­ growth plans, both domestic and interna­ Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe. mal working relationship and extends the tional, that TWA envisions for St. Louis," substantial benefits of TWA identity to our said Pearson. growing commuter airline," said Mr: West. "We are delighted to strengthen our ties with TWA through the operation ResortAir Has of Trans World Express and expect our Modern Fleet alliance to increase traffic and profit op­ portunities for both ." ResortAir began scheduled service May 3, 1983 with four daily round-trip Sales Team- flights between St. Louis and Lake of the Ozarks. The commuter airline Previous cooperation between the two currently has a fleet of four 19-pas­ carriers has included schedule adjust­ senger Fairchild Swearingen Metro­ ments by ResortAir to improve connec­ liners and offers passenger service tions with TWA flights at St. Louis, joint between St. Louis and five points in advertising in local markets, and inclusion Missouri and lllinois. of ResortAir's schedules in PARS, TWA's Beechcraft 1900 turbo-prop air­ computerized reservations system. Un­ craft willbe used in the TW Express der the new marketing agreement, Trans operation. ResortAir also operates a World Express flights will use a TWA - "Fast Pac" counter-to-counter parcel designator in airline guides and reserva­ delivery service. tions systems, and ResortAir will use Harold Koplar is chairman of

· TWA ticket stock. ResortAir; B. F. "Bob" West is presi­ Reservation services will be available dent. El Morro fortress guards entrance to San Juan harbor. for Trans World Express, With callers di- Forest, altitude 10,300 feet. The area . TWAers on China Express Tour abounds in ghost towns, old mining camps and great fishing. For information write to Travel Tips Granite Mountain Outfitters; PO Box 744; Sargents, Colorado 81248 or call (817) 566-2490. China: China Express, San Francisco- . based tour wholesaler, has added a Sep­ Bermuda: Airline employees and their tember 20, 1985 departure to its series of families receive a 50% discount at Har­ exclusive TWA employee trips to China mony Hall in Paget, Bermuda, through 1 because two other departures are sold November 15, 1985. The discounted daily · out. Positive air space is offered on the 14- rates range ·from $26.25 to $33.75 per day tour which includes the Great Wall, person, based on double occupancy; .Ming Tombs, the Forbidden City, and the $2l. 66 to $26.66 pp, triple. Children un­ QuinShi Huang excavations at Xian, con­ der 17 free when sharing room with sidered one of the greatest archeological adult. Contact Trusthouse Forte Hotels, finds of the 20th century. Cities on the (800) 223-5672; in New York, phone itinerary include Beijing, Xian, Shanghai,. (212) 541-4400. Guilin, Guangzhou (Canton) and Hong : Eden II, a "coupies only" re­ Kong. The cost is $1670 per person, sort, offers discounts of 45% to TWA which includ�s three meals daily in China. employees, parents and retirees. Rates For reservations, contact China Express vary accordingto season and begin at $59 at 278 Post Street, Suite 408, San Fran­ per person, double, with a minimum stay cisco, CA 94108. Phone (800) 227-5663. of three nights. The package includes air­ Bermuda: Mario Mayorga, a cook in the . port transfers, three meals daily, snacks, Kansas City dining unit,recently stayed at and bar drinks. Activities include wa­ the Woodbourne-Inverness guest house terskiing, windsurfing, scuba diving, TWAers on a recent two-week tour to China pause along the road leading to in Hanmton. He liked it so much he ar­ horseback riding, day/night tennis, 18- one of the country's top tourist attractions, the Ming Tombs. The tombs are ranged for the management to give other hole golf, aerobics, jogg!ng, massage and near the Great Wall of China, about an hour and a half outside Beijing. Pictured are (front, from left) Lillian Young and Mary Abruzzofrom New York, TWAers a 20% discount from rates of $58 hot tub. Also island touis, entertainment with Stephanie Rood, tour guide for China Express, the San Francisco based single, $34. 50 per person double, through nightly, taxes, service charge and tips. tour operator. Rear: Fred Young, SFO; Concliffe, NYC, and Reynold October 31. Rates are lower November 1 Contact InternationalTr avel Representa­ "Mart" Martinez, SFO. throughMarch 31. Allrooms are air condi­ tives, 25 West 39th St., New York 10018; tioned and have private bath; continental phone (212) 840-2115. breakfast is included. The guest house is Corporate Challenge these events please call Dave Baird at in a quiet residential neighborhood five Cruises: 1985 Interline Discount Cruise Tests Employee Skills 464-7701. includes cruises to Alaska, Pan­ minutes walk fromHamilton. For informa­ Guide, Kansas City-based TWA employees will ama Canal, South Pacific, Orient, Carib­ Event Captain Phone tion write to Woodbourne-Inverness, have a chance to measure their sports bean, Mexico and the Mediterranean, all Track (includes Rick Forbes 464-7831 P.O.Box 977, Hamilton 5, Bermuda, or skills against employees of other area positive space and at discounts up to 50% team triathlon Weldon Wright 464-7875 call 809-295-3737. companies in the fifth annual Kansas City and individual off published cruise fares. For a copy con­ San Francisco: The CommoO.oreInter­ Corporate Challenge, July 22-August 4. oiathlon) tact The Travel Company, 333 West El national, 825 Sutter Street at Jones, of­ More than 30 companies participate in Trap Shooting Don Morgan 464-7883 Camino Real, Suite 250, Sunnyvale, CA Bowling Bill Garr 464-6131 fers TWAers a 50% discount on its the competition; each company pays an 94087 (408) 732-0199. Softball Dav�Nakata 891-4867 top-priced rooms on a space available ba­ entry fee with proceeds going to the Spe- Bike Race Ken Grainger 891-4332 sis. Discount rates start at $25 single, Student Discounts: Caesar Hotels In­ cial Olympics, a sports program for devel- Billiards Glen North 464-7413 $27.50 double, $30 twin. For information terline Vacations is offering discounts on opmentally disabled adults and children. Volleyball John Wolfe 464-6129 call (415) 885-2464. its European tours during June, July and If you are based in Kansas City and are Tug-Of-War Jim Mitchell 464-7861 interested in participating, please contact Colorado: Granite Mountain Outfitters August to children of airline employees, Tennis Janice Engel 464-7835 the team captain before May 15. again offers a special rate to airline em­ when accompanied by their parents. Up to Handballl Jim Martin 464-7615 ployees, includingparents and friends,on four children age six to 17 willbe eligible if Team captains are needed for table ten- Racketball their 5-day pack/rafttrips. The trips oper­ both parents take a tour. For additional nis, archery· and horse shoes. If inter- Golf Bill Evans 891-4216 ate weekly June 17 through September details call Caesar's reservations center at ested in being a team captain for one of Swimming Ken Jackson 464-6020 . 20. Prices are $249 for adults and $225 for 1-800-422-3727. children and includethree nights in a rustic Discount on Photos: TWAer Rudy Transpacific Cruises aboard the Saga­ lodge, overnightpack trip (bring your own Yanez of Kansas City has a photography fjord,a Norwegian American Cruise ship. sleeping bag) and all meals. Also transpor­ business on the side. Rudy's Photography Cruises last from13 to 18 days and rates tation from/to Gunnison airport. Granite offers discounts on passport and ID pho­ Seniors startat$1, 764 per person, double. Airline Mountain Outfitters is based 40 miles east tos to all TWAers and family members. employees, their spouses, dependent of Gunnison in the Gunnison National For details call 816-532-0877. children, parents, retirees and their Boyd Ludwick, MCI, May 24 (32) spouses are eligible. Departures fromLos Argie A Baker, MKC, June 1 (41) 'Days of Our Lives' Films at TWA Angeles, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Elmer E. Burk, MCI, June 1 (22) James M. Coughlin, LAX, June 29 (32) Yokohama. For full details contact In­ Frank Daleo, JFK, June 1 (30) terline Representatives, Ltd., 25 West �aymond]. Fergelec, MCI, June 1 (18) 39th St., New York, NY10018 (212) 840- Jane Gillespie, JFK, June 1 (20) 6727. Susanne Hartmann, JFK, June 1 (15) Anthony G. Hristopoulos, LAX, June 1 (31) Furs For Less: Irwin Goodman Furs of Chester Kalota, JFK, June 11 (31) New York will hold showings in Washing­ Burt P. Kenyon, NYC, June 1 (19) ton, May 17-19. Airline employees re­ Elizabeth S. Lilly, JFK, June 1 (15) ceive substantial discounts on purchases. Robert W. Parker, JFK, June 5 (29) . Carlyle A. Peek, LAX, June 1 (38) Arrangements can also be made then for IrwinB. Rothstein, JFK, June 1 (32) storage and cleaning. For details call Kevin]. Ryan,JFK, June 1 (30) 1-800-221-8826. Doris Sackener, JFK, June 1 (17) Harvey A. Scholljegerdes, SFO, June 1 (18) Honor Pat O'Brien Eugene H. Spuhler, JFK, June 7 (37) Charles D. Thompson, JFK, June 1 (39) Veteran San Francisco PRR Patrick J. Harreen S. Tobb, MKC, June 1 (29) "Pat" O'Brien, who recently retired after - Charles L. VanWinkle, MKC, June 9 (32) 36 years with TWA, will be honored at a William F.Wallace,JFK, June 5 (32) party on Friday, May 17. Festivities will llene Welch, MKC, June 1 (41) begin at 4:30 p.m. at the Mainliner Club, Julius A. Weselnick, JFK, June 1 (20) 4031PacificBlvd., SanMateo, CA94403. Denis Brandon, JFK, Mar. 1 (27) Cost per person is $5. Time is short as the Robert D. Groene, LAX, Mar. 1 (31) Ronald]. Stewart, ABQ, Mar. 1 (26) deadline for acceptance is May 10. For Helen C. Mahoney, STL, Apr. 1 (39) information call Mary Jo Donovan or Deb­ Adelaide Cozzi, NYC, May 1 (34) bie Parmaisano at (415) 877-4112. Neva Cotter, LAX, Jun. 1 (26) Audrey Dourdounas, JFK, Jun. 1 (15) NE Seniors Picnic John A. Maranzana, EWR, Jun. 1 (28) Frank L. Stewart, LAX, Jun. 1 The Northeast chapter of the TWA Sen­ (34) The "Days of Our Lives" TV show filmed several scenes at TWA'sHollywood Paul Guillery, CDG, Jan. 31 (32) Travel Store recently and two TWA ticket agents were included in the iors will hold its annual picnic on Tu esday, 0. Delfmi, ROM, Mar. 1 (38) . sequences. From left are Marilyn Martin; two of the show's stars, Patsy July 16 at Eisenhower Park, Long Island. Louis Fogiel, TLV, Jun. 30 (30) Pease and Charles Shaughnessy, and Ellen Evans. Full details will be announced later.

6 MayS, 1985 Password 1985

90%- Service Charge Interline Pass or Here is an update on interline agreements that TWA currently has with other Airline Eligibility Reduced Rate Special Fares airlines. It should serve as a handy guide for your future trip planning. Keep in mind, LACSA 1-3-4 75%SA though, that this is only a basic guide. For complete details on service charges, Lan Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA embargo periods, holiday restrictions, minimumfares and other restrictions refer to 3-5-6. 75%SA MP&P Section 13.12 and 13.18 (or PARS entry G/APS/TV LIRRT), as well as Libyan Arab Airlines 1-2 75%SA Skylinernotices. All 75% fare reductions may be obtained by presenting your TWA Lot Polish Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Identification Card and Pass Allotment card to a TWA ticket office; 90% discounts Malaysian Airlines 1-3-4 15%SA and passes must be secured through your local pass issuing offic�s. Allow four full Malev Hungarian Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA weeks for processing space available interline passes. Mexican a 1-3-4 75%SA Middle East Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Midstate Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Valley Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA

90%- Service Charge New York Helicopter . 1-3-4 SA Pass Interline Pass or Nigeria Airways 1-3-4 75%SA Airline Eligibility Reduced Rate Special Fares Nordair 1-3-4 75%SA Aer Lingus 3-5 75%SA Check MP&P for 1-3 75%SA Shamrock Fare Aerolineas 1-3 75%SA Olympic Airways 1-3-4 50%SA Dam Only Aeronaves De Mexico 1 75%SA 75%SA Inti Only Aero 1-4 75%SA· Ozark Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA 90%- once yearly- 1-3 Air Afrique 1-3-4 75%SA 90%- once yearly- 1 Air California 1-3-4 75%SA Pacific 1-3-4 75%SA Air 1-3-4 75%SA Pacific 1-3-4 75%SA Air France 1-3 75%SA Pakistan International Airways 1-3-4 75%SA· Air India 1-3-4 75%SA Pan American World Airways 1-3-4 75%SA Air Jamaica 1-4 75%SA Airlines 1-3·-4 75%SA Air Malta 1-3-4 75%SA Philippine Airlines 1-3 75%SA 1-3-4 75%SA 1-3-4 75%SA 90% - once yearly- 1-3-4 ALM 1-3 75%SA Pilgrim Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Air New Zealand 1-3 75%SA Pocono Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Air Niugini 1-3-4 75%SA Air 1-3 75%SA Qantas Airways 3-5 75%SA Check MP&P for 1-2-4 75%SA 90%- once yearly- 1-2 Special HNL Fare Alitalia 1-3 75%SA Quebecair 1-3-4 75%SA 1-3-4 75%SA 90% - once yearly - 1-3 Ansett Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Ransome 1-3 75%SA Ariana Afghan Airlines 1-3 75%SA Reeve Aleutian Airways 1-3-4 75%SA 90%- once yearly- 1-3-4 Aspen Airways 1-3-4 Republic Airlines 1-3 75%SA 90%- once yearly- 1-3 Austrian Airlines 3-5-6 75%SA Check MP&P for Rocky Mountain Airways 1-3:4 75%SA Waltz Away Fare · Resort Air· 1-3-4 75%SA Aerovias Royal Air Maroc 1 75%SA Venezolanas, S.A. 1 75%SA Royal Jordanian Airlines (Alia) 1-3-4 75%SA

Avianca Airlines, 1-2 75%SA Check MP&P for · Red Ruana Fare Sabena Belgian World Airlines 1 75%SA Sahsa Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Bangladesh Biman 1 75%SA Saudi Arabian Airlines 1-3 75%SA British Caledonian Airways 5 75%SA Scandinavian Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA 75%SA on Scenic Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Airlink Helicopter Singapore Airlines 1 75%SA British Airways 1-3 75%SA South African Airways 1 75%SA 90%SA British Midland Airways 1-3. 75%SA Suburban Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA British West Indian Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Sudan Airways 1-3 75%SA Britt {1rways 1-3-4 75%SA Swissair 1-3-4 75%SA Syrianair 1-3 75%SA Canadian Pacific Airlines 1-3 75%SA- Cathay P�fic Airways. 3-5-6 75%SA Taca International Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Chautaqu Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Tan Airlines 1 75%SA China Airlines, Inc. t-3-4 75%SA TAP- Air Portugal 1-2 . 75%SA. Command Airways 1-3-4 75%SA Thai lnternationqj Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Continental Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA 90% - once yearly- 1-3 Trans Australia Airlines 2-5 75%SA Czechoslovak Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Turk Hava Yollari 1-3-4 75%SA Transamerica 1 75%SA Delta Airlines 1-2 75%SA 1 SA pass yearly- 1 lnt'lSvcs. Only

Eastern Airlines 1-3 50% SA 1-3-4 75%SA onShuttle US Air 1-3-4 75%SA 90%- once yearly- 1-3 75%SA U.T.A. 1-3 75%SA all other routes Ecuatoriana Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Varig Airlines 1-2 75%SA Check MP&P for . Egyptair 1-3-4 75%SA Amigo fare El AI Israel Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Check MP&P for Viasa 1-4 75%SA Check MP&P for Shalom Fare Orchid fare Ethiopian Airlines 1-2 75%SA 1 SA Pass yearly-:- 1-2 Western Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA 90%- once yearly- 1-3 · Finnair 1-3-4 75%SA World Airways 1-3 75%SA 1-3-4 75%SA 90%- once yearly- 1-3 Yemen Airways 1-3 75%SA Gulf Air 1-3-4 75%SA Yugoslav Airlines JAT 1-3-4 75%SA

Hawaiian Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA 90%- once yearly- 1-3-4 Eligible Persons: Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Check MP&P for Fanfare Fare 1. Employee, upon completion of six months of service, spouse and unmarried dependent children Iraqi Airlines 1-3 75%SA through Dec. 31st following their 18th birthday. 2. Retired Employee and Spouse. Japan Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA 3. Retired employee/spouse and unmarried dependent children through Dec. 31st following their Jetstream 1-3-4 75%SA 18th birthday. 4. Regular part· time employee, upon completion of six months of service, spouse and unmarried Kenya Airways 1-3-4 75%SA dependent children through Dec. 31st following their 18th birthday. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA 5. Employee, upon completion of one year of service, spouse and unmarried dependent children Korean Airlines 1-3-4 75%SA Check MP&P for through Dec. 31st following their 18th birthday. Morning Calm Fare 6. Regular part time employee, upon completion of one year of service, spouse and unmarriedchildren Kuwait Airways 1-3 75%SA through Dec. 31st following their 18th birthday.

MayS, 1985 7 Indus try Ne ws There's More to the Story of ETT·12 The July 16, 1984 Skyliner carried a story the desert and. how he had landed at the Middle East Division or AME. The by Robert J. Saunders, a retired R. A. F. RAFairdrome at El Adem to report it, and European Division covered the route Pan American World Airways sur­ officer, who described his rescue fromthe of picking up a parachute drop-kit contain­ from Gander to Shannon to Paris and prised the industry (am! surely has Juan Egyptian desert thanks to having been ing water and food which he flew back and , plus , and Santa Ma- . Trippe turning overin his grave) by agree­ spotted by a DC-3 withTWA insignia. His dropped at the crash site. I don't recallhim ria, under the direction of John Harlin ing to sell its Pacific division -lock, stock own Dakota had gone down near the Lib­ saying who the co-pilot was. Usually initially. The AME covered Dhahran and and barrel - to United Airlines for $750 yan border after engine failure. A number Herndon flew the airplane himself with a Bombay east and North Africa's Tripoli, million. The proposal includes 18 aircraft, of pilots who were based in Cairo at the mechanic as co-pilot, or with one of the Tu nis and Algiers plus Tel Aviv and Ath­ ground facilities and equipment and 2, 700 time of the incident- 1948 - have added Cairo-based cockpit crew members on ens. employees. United stands to· gain in one bits and pieces to the story. their own time. fell swoop a goal it has sought for 20 years. The "best recollection", however, is TWA never conducted any typ� of a Post-War Aid The Pacific division represents one­ that of Larry Trimble, who headed TWN.s. DC-3 commercial operation in Cairo and fourth of Pan Am's ass.ets. Ifthe deal goes overseas operations for many years. His was never based at Cairo West Airport, TWA, under the Marshall Plan ·and through, it willmean the end of Pan Amer­ first-person account also appears in the but rather at PayneField or Cairo Interna­ other aid programs, began the operation ican as a round-the-world carrier and any · current issue of TA RPA Top ics, the publi­ tional, as it is now known. However, there of Saudi Arabian and Ethiopian Airlines. claim to being America's "chosen instru­ cation of retired/active TWA pilots. is quite a story here about· this particular We also had assistance programs with the ment." It was 50 years ago, on November Here's Larry's story: airplane and a major C-4 7 modification Greek, Italian, French and German gov­ 22, 1935, that Pan Am's famed China Clip­ activity by TWA that, like the history of ernments. Under these programs we by Larry Trimble per opened the Pacific to air service, is­ the lCD and early international, as well as trained or supplied other assistance to land-hopping from San Francisco to Perhaps I can help on this bit of TWA our other airline operations and support launch the re-established French Air Manila via Honolulu, Wake Island, Mid­ . history, on both pilot and airplane. activities, is almost totally unknown in France, German LUfthansa andthe prede­ way and Guam. The trip took 59 hours. The airplane, thoughpainted with TWA TWA today. cessor of today's Greek Olympic Airlines. markings, was not a DC-3 but a C-47 In we actually owrieda 49% interest Machinists and flight attendants have [military version of DC-3] owned by TWA in LAI and ran it under Swede Golien. War Surplus ended their 18-month strike against Con­ and listed under Ethiopian registry as Eventually LAI was merged by the Italian tinental and agreed to returnto work with­ ETT-12. It was being flown on this occa­ Followiilg the war, ·TWA started the government into what is today's Alitalia out pre-conditions. Pilots remain on sion by Captain Hugh Herndon. International, or Overseas Operation as it and TWA got out of the pi cture. strike. Continental said members of the Hugh Herndonand Clyde Pangborn had was originally known, with 10 C-54's (the lAM and UFA would have preference on made aviation history by making the first military version of the four-engine DC-4) Supplied Planes, Pilots non-stop trans-Pacific crossing from Ja­ and four L-049 Constellations. We bought hiring lists, but would· not displace current employees. pan to the U.S. west coast in a single­ the C-54's almost new from the U.S. Inregard to the Greek, Saudi and Ethio­ engine Bellanca during the pioneer days of Army Air Corps, which declared them pian efforts we supplied the airplanes as American Airlines and the Trilllsport transoceanic flying. surplus; for $40,000 each. The C.:69, as well as pilotsand management. To supply Workers Union (TWU), representing During the war Herndon was hired by the Army called the Connie, had just gone the airplanes, TWA bought fromthe Army close to 12,000 employees, reached ten­ TWA as a pilot for the Intercontinental into production for the Air Corps and we Air Corps 45 surplus C-47's which the tative agreement on a new contract which Division, operating out of Washington. He had two of them on lCD which we were Army had simply lined up on Payne Field, American says will provide for "greater worked for me when I was chief pilotof the shaking down for the Army. With the war as Cairo International was then known, operational flexibility." lCD. Mter the war, Hugh, who was noton . over, President Truman cancelled all war­ walked off and left. TWA took over this the TWA seniority list, was sent to Cairo time contracts and the C-69's on the pro­ base and used it to convert the C-47's we USAir and its 2, 000 mechanics have as director of operations of the Africa/ duction line immediately became available had purchased to different configurations reached tentative agreement on a new Middle East Region of TWN.s overseas as L-049's. Because of all kinds of prob­ best suited to the airline involved and their contract. operation. lems withthe L-049 and three major train­ intended use. As I recall it, about 40 were I went to Paris as director of operations ing accidents, the C-54 was the backbone converted and licensed under Greek, People Express has asked the Trans­ for the European region and saw and of the overseas operations for quite a few Saudi or Ethiopian registry and the rest portation Department for authority to talked to Hugh at least. once a week in · months� cannibalized forparts. serve Ireland, Belgium, the , either Paris or Cairo. He told me the story Overseas we had two operating re­ Luxembourg, and . of having spotted the Saunders Dakota in gions, the European Division and Africa/ (to be �ontinued)

Eastern Airlines has asked for author­ ity to serve Tokyo from five U. S. cities: Mter five years of losses, Eastern Air­ formance. Nearly $29 million of that has $23. 2 million in the first quarter of 1984. Honoiulu, Los Angeles, Portland, Atlanta lines earned$53. 2 millionin the first three . been set aside for employee profit-shar­ The airline attributed the reversal to dis­ and Miami. months ::__ its best -ever quarterly per- ing. Since the first of the year the price of counted fares. Eastern'sstock has nearly doubled. People Express lost $18. 8 million in the of several airlines Operating profits first quarter, even though revenues rose JFK were down considerably in the first quar­ Air Force One Passenger at to $195 million, from $108.3 million a year ter compared with a year ago. American ago. In the fourth quarter of 1984, PE lost had an operating profit of $87 million, $9 r:nillion. down $5 million. USAir, which last year had an operating profit of $27. 3 million, reported in with $12.9 million this year. Piedmont's first-quarter operating. Unanimous! profit fell to $8. 6 million, from $11.8 mil­ Withthe start-up onJune 1 of the non­ lion. stop service between Harrisburg and Texas Air Corp. , the parent of Conti­ New York, TWA will complete its nental Airlines, is starting a six-plane air­ objective of providingdireCt flightsto line based in Los Angeles to be called and from its JFK international hub Continental West. The aircraft are among from every city it serves east of St. 30 Boeing 737s Te xas Air purchased with Louis. the purpose of leasing to Contmental. The service will leave Harrisburg However, a federal bankruptcy court daily at 5: 10 p.m. and arrive JFK at judge, at the request of creditors, tempo­ 6:08 p. m. as an extension of Flight 5, rarily put a hold on Continental's expan­ providingnot only expedited connec­ sion plans. tions to 10 European destinations but direct one-stop service to Miami. In Frontier Holdings Inc., parent of the other directionFlight 156 will de­ Frontier Airlines, rejected a $185. 6 mil­ partJFK at 3: 10 p.m. and arrive Har­ lion merger offer fromTe xas Air, the par­ risburg at 4:04 p.m. , receiving from ent of Continental. eight European cities. This service President Reagan thanks TWA supervisor John Bendo (left) and John willoperate with 727S equipment. Chanda, manager-aircraft maintenance, for the use of TWA's ramp facility at United Airlines lost $3.2 million in the Hangar 12, JFK, during the President's recent visit to . first quarter, compared with a profit of