VOLUME 45 NUMBER 25 DECEMBER 6, 1982 TWA's 767 in Maiden Flight, LoS Angeles-Washington, D.C• . ·';' TWA's first 767 flight in scheduled service was F890, neering, and, flying as first officer on the two-man training, were: Dee Caine, JFK; Lou D' Antuono, JFK; December 3, from Los Angeles to Washington's Dulles crew, Capt. J. C. McNeace, flight manager-St. Louis. Kathy Finn, ORD; Shawn McGee, ORD; Linda Spin­ International Airport. In the cockpit were Capt. Bill Cabin crew members on the 193-passenger aircraft, all ner, MCI; Connie Tokarski, LAX, and Richard Wa- Sonnemann, staff vice president-fli~t safety & engi- of whom had been involved in 767 service planning or ters, MCI. · Pan Am lost Hs third high-ranking execu­ Employees who take advantage of this Business tive since July when Stephen Wolf, senior Retirement offer will receive incentives which include v.p.-marketing and planning, left on De­ participation in any non-contract retire­ ·as Usual? cember 1 to become pre.sident of Contine-n­ Incentive ·ment plan update in 1983 and 1984, a lump tal. Marty Shugrue, senior v.p.-labor sum payment of 12 weeks' pay, plus pay for · relations, was named to take over his mar­ In an effort to reduce the impact of fur­ all earned, accrued and banked vacation, (Cont'd) , keting duties. Chairman Ed Acker assumes loughs this winter, TWA is offering one­ and other incentives covering life and med­ time early retirement incentives to. eligible An article in the November 29 issue of Wolf's planning role as well as Shugrue's ical i~surance, and travel privileges. agent, clerical and management employ­ Business Week observed that the precarious' labor relations function. Acker has quite a ees. Employees who accept the company's Information financial condition of several airlines "has load; in July he assumed the duties of presi­ offer would retire on January 1, 1983. Eligible employees are urged to call their prompted a fear of flying''~ that is, the dent when William Waltrip resigned to be­ Eligible employees are those age 55 and fear of being caught holding tickets on a come president of Purolator. Thomas regional personnel offices for information over whose age and service add up to 90. on their estimated monthly annuity. carrier that might go out of business. As a (to page 3) result, Pan Am "has devoted more man­ They qualify for unreduced r~tiree benefits and their monthly annuity will not be re­ agement attention to building public confi­ Response Line St. Louis Record duced from wh.at it would' have been had dence than has any other airline - with Jerry Cosl~y fields your questions St. Louis boarded 14,498 passengers they worked to age 62. Approximately 700 little to show for it ... [Chairman Ed Ack­ over toll-free (800) 221 -2842 {in on Sunday, November 28 - an all­ non-contract TWA employees fall into this er's] continual tub-thumping, which has New York, 370-1714). For answers, time single-station record. The hub's category. All have been notified by letter yet to be followed by the promised results, call (800) 221-2840 (in New York, previous mark of 11 ,898 was set on and must advise TWA of their acceptance is sounding hollow,'' says BW' s Reggi Ann 370-1713) . June 11. no later than December 15, 1982. Dubin. "Frequent strategic zigzags. raise further doubts about the company's fu­ ture." These reassurance efforts "don't always have-the calculated effect" when Pan Am asks union employees for further /:. : concessions. ~-""' Ignore rumors that the airline is in trouble, r Pan Am chairman C. Edward Acker told <>" '"'""""";. employees over closed circuit television. "Don't give up hope," he said. "Hang in there, and a year from now I bet nobody will ask me, 'Are we going to make it?' " Acker stressed that plans for new financing hinge on the cooperation of employees in a labor..:cost reduction program. About 2,000 of Pan Am's 28,000 employees have. agreed to early retirement or vol1:1ntary fur- . Iough; the company plans to lay off an additional 3, 000. Like a sQaring eagle·, over Washington's Cascade range. -- - - - -- - ~ -==:=======================-=-==~-"------------- minutes eastbound, 16 hours 59 minutes westbound. 1!1 another service improve­ Mystery Photo No ~ystery ment, TWA had announced its "Sky Cen­ Editor's Notes tury~' non-stop New York-Chicago afternoon service. TWA also, in October - - "We are all too prone sometimes to criti- 1936, inaugurated air freight service using cize treatment of non-revs, especially its old Ford Tri-motors with a payload ca­ overseas," comments Bill Dixon, a retired pacity of J,500 pounds. Dubbed "flying captain. "I have made relatively few trips box cars" the planes offered "midnight-to ­ on international since I retired," he says, · dawn'' service between New York and Chi­ "but they all have been marked by unusu­ cago with inter~ediate stops at· ally courteous handling. Philaaelphia, Pittsburgh, Columbus and "This y_ear, my wife and i made two Indianapolis. TWAcarried88,851 revenue trips, and I want to particularly commend passenger..s in 1936 (compared to Mr. Pete Maslatzides at Athens airport and 17,989,000in 1981). Ms. M. T. DeCarvalho at Lisbon airport, Meanwhile, D. W. "Tommy" Tomlin­ for friendly and courteous service that son was continuing his high altitude re­ surely could have been no better for a search in an unpressurized Northrop "Could this be the startup of DC-3 service at St. Louis?" suggested Seattle CSA paying passenger." Gamma powered by a Wright G Cyclone Fred Smith in answer to our mystery photo in the November 8 issue. Right you are, Capt. Dixon concludes that "The fair engine. The Gamma, called an "experi­ Fred. The date was August 5, 1937. John Piel of St. Louis recognized it from and concerned attention I have received as mental overweather laboratory", could fly personal experience. ''I'rri sure I was there, " he writes. "We then lived only a few a retired non-rev, both domestic and over­ up to 35 ;ooo feet. The Yeqr Book entry miles from the airport and anything of importance that took place, my brother and ~ seas, has been impressive and deeply ap­ noted that "high altitude flight offered would go." One clue, if you look closely is "Robertson Aircraft" on the hangar. preciated .. I have suffered no bad · great potentialities for maintaining sched­ First in with the correct answer was Bert Fisher,·manager -operations support at 605. experiences anywhere and that- says a lot ules, smooth flight and safety in travel The ink was hardly dry when he dropped by the Skyliner office, pointed to the for the often very bus.y station employees.'' - through the air," and added that "TWA picture and said, "St. Louis." No ifs, ands or buts. Even then STL was a hub, and TWAers who served with the 44th Bomb officials disclosed plans for th~ develop­ Bert based his conclusion on the mileage to the spokes-points shown._ Squadron of the 40th Bomb Group on ment of great aircraft of 50-passenger ca­ Tinian during Wodd War II are asked to pacity and with wings 150 feet from tip to to receive substantial discounts off the 20814. Call toll free (800) 638-8073. contact J. L Bean ofKCAC. Mr. Bean's tip" (roughly the specifications of the regular tuition at her upcoming programs, A reader of Frequent Flyer takes the mag­ residence is 3500 Oakcrest Drive; Kansas Lockheed Constellation). The research _ to be held in New York this month. azine to task for some kind remarks re- · ·City, Missouri, 64151. His contact at work carried on by Tomlinson was "di­ Participants can sign up for a weekend cently about defunct Laker Airways. Save KCAC is 464-7122. rected toward the development of these session December 10-12, the Monday­ your tears, he says. Sir Freddie bought his Sid Norris, flight manager for 747 flight giant high altitude ships," noted ·the Year Fridayprogram, December 13-17, or both. DC-lOs with 8% money from the U.S. engineer training at JFK, has passed along Book. "These workshops give you a greater Export_-Import Bank, paid low wages, was the Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) "You can improve yourself and have a awareness of yourself and other people," the darling of the CAB and Margaret entry from the 19.37 edition of the Aircraft good time doing it," says Jim Gandee, Jim says.· "I thought they would be espe­ Thatcher, got $10 million in support from Year Book. It makes interesting reading. manager-marketing budgets and controls, cially valuable for airline people who are the British govemmem: c. ..d defaulted on Big news was that TWA had cut the flying at workshops conducted by Jean Houston, constantly dealing with the public. The $36.0 million in debts, leaving ticket ho}d­ time on its coast-to-coast service (operated a behavioral psychologist: Jim has partici­ · programs aren't a bit dry," he adds. "Dr. ers and taxpayers of the U.S, and U.K. with 14-passenger DC-2 aircraft, equipped pated in several of Dr. Houston's work- Houston is definitely an entertainer and holding the bag. "It is the Pan Am and with sleeper seats)_to a mere 15 hours 23 . shops; he's arranged for TWA employees very interesting to listen to. You certainly TWA executives who have kept their air­ won't find yourself dozing off." The lines goin'g in the face of this kind of une­ programs, which are about 30 to 40% qual competition who deserve respect," he Aircraft Postcards for Holiday Gifts lecture and.