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VOLUME IV, NO. 5
APACE WITH THE PACEMAKER
MAY, 1961
Maintenance Department Starts "Mission, 61
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Grubbs New Sales Rep.
Ford New Y.P. Aide
Grubbs
William A. Grubbs has been
appointed sales representative
for Charleston.
Grubbs, form
erly stationed in
Columbus, was
born in Dawson,
Alabama. He at
tended public
school there and
graduated from
Geraldine High
School in 1948.
After serving
four years with the Air Force
he attended the University of
Alabama. Before joining Pied
mont in June, 1960, he was em
ployed by the National Life and
Accident Insurance Co. and the
Lattimer-Stevens Company.
He is married to the former
Eleanor Sayre of Cottageville,
West Virginia.
Robert V. Ford has been ap
pointed to a new position as As
sistant to R. S. Northington, Vice
President in charge of the Gen
eral Aviation Division.
In making the announcement,
Mr. Northington said, “We are
delighted to announce Mr. Ford’s
appointment. His engineering
background and aviation experi
ence will be a great aid in the
expansion and development of
the General Aviation Division.”
Ford joined Piedmont in No
vember, 1960 as a Sales Pilot. He
was formerly an Engineering
Test Pilot for the Fairchild En
gine and Aircraft Corporation in
Hagerstown, Md. Prior to that
time he was connected with the
Federal Aviation Agency for ten
years doing engineering and test
work.
He is a native of Winston-Sa
lem and attended Reynolds High
School and the North Carolina
State College. A member of the
Quiet Birdmen, he served in the
U. S. Air Force from 1940 to
1945. Ford is married to the
former Betsy Spach, also of Win
ston-Salem. They have five chil
dren.
"PX Plan" Debuts
The largest discount on round-
trip week end travel ever offered
by a scheduled airline went into
effect when Piedmont intro
duced its new excursion fares.
The reduced fare, called the
Piedmont Excursion Plan, fea
tures a 75 per cent discount on
the return flight portion of a
week end round-trip. The plan
can be utilized in one of several
ways:
1. A passenger may leave on
Saturday and return the same
day at the reduced rate.
2. For longer trips, it will be
possible to leave Saturday and
return any other Saturday with
in 30 days, flying back at 75 per
cent off the regular rate.
3. Those wishing to make a
quick week end trip may do so
with the new fare, leaving Sat
urday and returning the next
day.
The Piedmont Excursion Plan
is applicable between all points
on the system, and is part of the
program to encourage and devel
op week end travel.
R. A. Griffin
Randal Alfred Griffin, 38,
died April 25 at his home of
a heart attack.
A well known figure at
Piedmont, Mr. Griffin joined
the company in September,
1948. At the time of his death
he was serving as General
Foreman of Line Maintenance
and Accessory Overhaul.
He is survived by his pa
rents, two brothers, and a sis
ter. One of his brothers, R. E.
Griffin, is a Piedmont em
ployee at the INT Mainten
ance Department.
Promotions Are Part Of Program
CAB Announces
Airport Policy
N. E. Halaby, Administrator,
Federal Aviation Agency, and
CAB Chairman Alan S. Boyd,
recently issued a joint statement
which could have an important
bearing on the final CAB deci
sion in the INT-GSO single air
port case.
Oral argument in the case is
slated for June 7. The Greens
boro-High Point Airport Author
ity, the Winston-Salem Chamber
of Commerce, and Bureau Coun
sel have been allotted 30 minutes
each at the argument, with Pied
mont, Eastern, and Capital each
receiving 15 minutes.
The policy statement with re
spect to the use and develop
ment of air carrier airports is
as follows:
Official Concern
“The Federal Aviation Agency
and the Civil Aeronautics Board
have become increasingly con
cerned over the establishment
of separate air carrier airports
in cities sufficiently close to be
served through one airport. The
use of two or more airports by
the scheduled airlines in serving
an area in many instances tends
to diminish the services to each
airport and increase the cost of
air transportation. The conceU'
tration of the services provided
to an area through the use of
one airport will often improve
the service offered by both
scheduled airlines and general
aviation. However, this would
never be accomplished in such
a way as to compromise the
safety of either scheduled air
transport or general aviation.
Consolidation Better
“From the point of view of
scheduled airline service into
two separate airports that are
reasonably adjacent often results
in a deterioriation of the quality
of airline schedules to the area.
In many cases, without substan
tial inconvenience to the air
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THEIR TITLES ARE CHANGED. Among those organizing tor "Mission, 1961" are (left to right)
O. B. Reveil, Bill Davis, Ralph Dampier, Bill Johnson, Roy Westbrook and Archie Ferguson. Those out-ot-tov^n
or otherwise unavailable for a photograph were R. S. Macklin, H. R. Poindexter, Jim Wood, J. D. Hoots,
H. N. Wilson, R. H. DeKay, and H. M. Cartwright. See story below for their new titles.
A number of title changes and
promotions plus plans to make
more efficient use of manpower
are underway as part of the
Maintenance Department’s new
“Mission for 1961” program.
First Stock Dividend Declared;
Board Re-elects All Officers
For the first time in its his
tory, Piedmont Aviation, Inc.
has declared a stock dividend.
The new ten per cent dividend,
payable May 25, will go to stock
holders of record May 10. Of the
13 local service airlines in the
nation, only two others have
ever declared a dividend.
Earnings Second Best
Approval of the measure was
voted at the directors meeting
following the recent stockhold
ers session. President T. H. Da
vis announced then that compa
ny earnings for 1960 were the
second best in the history of the
company, totaling $323,502 before
taxes and $153,843 after taxes.
In commenting on the divi
dend, Mr. Davis said, “Increased
earnings have permitted retire
ment of a substantial portion of
the borrowings in connection
with our F-27 equipment finan
cing program. It is contemplat
ed, however, that favorable ac
tion by the CAB on new route
applications will require the use
of retained earnings and addi
tional borrowings for purchase
of new aircraft. Nevertheless,
the book value of Piedmont stock
has continued to rise, and it was
the opinion of the directors that
a portion of this increase should
be distributed to the stockhold
ers in the form of a stock divi
dend.”
Directors Re-elected
The stockholders re-elected all
directors who had served during
1960. They are: Glenn E. Ander
son, E. L. Davis, E. L. Davis, Jr.,
W. Frank Dowd, Ralph Gardner,
Bowman Gray, C. E. Norfleet,
T. H. Davis, C. G. Brown, Jr., R.
S. Northington, H. K. Saunders,
and M. F. Fare.
The directors re-elected the
following officers for the coming
year: T. H. Davis, President and
Treasurer; C. G. Brown, Jr., Vice
President; R. S. Northington,
Vice President; H. K. Saunders,
Vice President; M. F. Fare, Sec
retary and Assistant Treasurer;
and T. W. Morton, Assistant
Controller.
Plans To Reduce Subsidy Outlined
The presidents of a majority
of the scheduled airlines receiv
ing subsidy support met in
Washington recently and issued
a statement on steps to reduce
the airlines’ dependence on sub
sidy.
The officials cited four points
in particular for use in achiev
ing their goal. They are:
“(1) Support of the Civil Aero
nautics Board’s ‘Use it or lose it’
policy to the end that this policy
will be strengthened and en
forced.
“(2) The continued transfer of
trunkline points to local service
airlines.
“(3) Access to profitable dense
short-haul markets.
“(4) The elimination of all op
erating restrictions.”
The airlines pledged continued
service to the smaller cities but
concluded that “. . . having pro
vided such services, we are con
vinced we should be able to op
erate our systems in the most
productive and economical man
ner possible.”
Objectives
According to H. M. Cartwright,,
among the program’s objectives
are plans to achieve greater;
efficiency, more effective trouble:
shooting, and a higher quality
of preventive maintenance.
Title Changes
Cartwright’s title has been
changed from that of Superin
tendent of Maintenance to Di
rector of Maintenance and En
gineering. Other title changes in
clude: R. S. Macklin, transfer
ring from Training Department
to Technical Advisor to Director
of Maintenance and Engineer
ing; Bill Davis from Assistant
to Superintendent of Mainten
ance to Superintendent of Busi
ness Aircraft Maintenance Sales;
and H. R. Poindexter, transfer
ring from ORF Station Chief
Mechanic to Technical Training
Instructor, responsible to R. S.
Macklin as of June 1.
Also: J. W. Johnson from Pro
duction Control Department to
Superintendent o f Inspection
Department; Jim Wood from
Chief Engineer to Superinten
dent of Engineering; R. L. West
brook from Chief Inspector to
Supervisor of Planning and
Scheduling; R. H. DeKay from
Supervisor of Class Two Main
tenance to Superintendent of
Line Station Maintenance.
J. D. Hoots from Foreman of
Accessory Overhaul to Superin
tendent of Accessory Overhaul;
H. N. Wilson from CVG Station
Chief Mechanic to Foreman of
Accessory Overhaul, INT, as of
July; O. B. Revell from General
Foreman, Second Shift, to Super
intendent of Line Maintenance,
INT; and A. F. Ferguson from
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