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The People
Of Piedmont
See Page Three
VOL. XII, NO. 6
NO IF AN ALL JET-POWERED AIRLINE/
JUNE, 1970
Pass Riders: Note
New Guidelines
The pluses of working for Pied
mont are many. Most old employ
ees are familiar with the majority
of privileges offered by our Com
pany and it doesn’t take long for
the newcomers to discover the
available benefits.
Probably the favorite “plus” in
^ur business is pass travel. Pied-
Inont’s rules for enjoying this
Vivilege have always been more
unwritten understandings than
concrete regulations.
Recent experience has suggested
that there is room for improve
ment in this area. The Company
has devised some Protocol Point
ers concerning employee pass
travel. Adherence will insure that
this favorite “plus” will be pre
served.
Piedmont is happy to provide
employees with passes. The basic
rules governing their issuance are
clearly stated in the Standard
Practices Manual.
The following points are addi
tional guides for pass users:
You must not make reserva
tions for Space Available passes.
You should list yourself for meal
service if applicable for the
flight you plan to use.
When checking in for a flight
you must show your identifica
tion card. Agents are required to
check your I.D. and you should
not be offended when asked for
it. You should always check in
at least 30 minutes prior to
departure time.
Be mindful of revenue passen
gers at all times. Please be con
siderate of them in the often
limited lounge area space. Al
ways allow the revenue passen
gers to board first. If an oppor
tunity arises to do so, offer to
help passengers with children or
luggage or whatever. This is in
no way demeaning to your posi
tion as a pass rider, but is com
mon courtesy.
Aboard a flight be thoughtful
of the paying passengers. Don’t
recline a seat into someone’s lap
and don’t block the aisle to talk
to a friend. If you smoke, please
try not to annoy nearby passen
gers.
Unless specifically questioned
don’t volunteer the information
that you are a pass rider. Under
no circumstances should you ad
vertise the fact. Please refrain
from “talking shop” within hear
ing of other passengers.
When you are traveling with
children please make every ef
fort to look after them yourself
without unduly imposing on the
tewardess.
Should there be a shortage of
meals on your flight you must
do without gracefully.
You might be asked to deplane
before departure or to disem
bark at an intermediate station
before reaching your destination
to make room for revenue pass
engers or pass holders with a
higher priority. If this is neces
sary please follow the instruc
tions of the agent in charge. It
is possible that you might en
counter a lengthy delay, there
fore you should always carry
sufficient funds to cover un-
exoected expenses. Be sure you
allow plenty of time to return
to work.
Since you are representing
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Frank E. Woodruff
Manager — Hot Springs
Woodruff Moves
To Hot Springs
As New Manager
Piedmont’s new Manager for Hot
Springs is Frank E. Woodruff, for
mer Manager—Customer Services
at LaGuardia.
Woodruff, who joined the Com
pany as an agent in 1964, is a na
tive of Sparta, North Carolina. He
attended Wake Forest University
and served with the U. S. Air
Force as an Administrative Spec
ialist.
Woodruff was Chief Agent at
Myrtle Beach prior to transfer
ring to New York in 1968. He is
married to the former Carol Tise
of Clemmons, North Carolina.
They have one son.
Woodruff, who assumed his new
duties last month, replaces Lyle
Cox who was promoted to Man
ager for Piedmont’s Greensboro
station.
Savings Bond
Campaign Was
Huge Success
A whopping 86% increase in the
number of Piedmont employees
buying U. S. Savings Bonds was
the result of the recent Company-
wide campaign.
Prior to this year’s drive a total
of 584 employees or 18.92% were
buying bonds through payroll de
duction. As of June 15th a total of
1086 Piedmont personnel had be
come participants for a percentage
total of 35.08% Piedmont buyers of
Stock In America.
There w6re several departments
and numerous stations that turned
in an impressive 100% final report
on their campaign efforts.
The increase figure of 86% cov
ers the past twelve months or two
campaigns. In May of 1969 there
were 130 or 4.3% of Piedmont’s
employees buying bonds.
In remarking on the results
President Davis said, “I am de
lighted with your response and
feel certain that you will reap
the full benefits of investing in
financial security for yourself and
your family as well as helping
your country during this time of
economic turmoil.”
May Was Record-
Breaking Month
Record traffic increases and
totals for any one month were
achieved by Piedmont during May,
1970. Scheduled revenue passenger
miles flown rose to 68,103,323 for
the fifth month as compared to
57,051,396 for May of last year, an
increase of 19%.
A 13% increase in number of
revenue passengers carried was
reported, or 244,811 in May, 1970
compared to 216,386 during the
same period of 1969.
(ContiniuHl on Pape Two)
Board To Review Decisions
On Adding Piedmont Flights
The Civil Aeronautics Board has
announced that it will review the
examiner’s decision to allow added
air service between Columbia,
S. C. and Augusta, Ga., and New
York and Washington.
Piedmont Chosen
Examiner Louis Sornson had de
cided in February that competitive
service was needed in all of the
markets and he had selected Pied
mont Airlines for the route.
At present. Eastern is the only
airline authorized to provide un
restricted non-stop service. Pied
mont and Delta hold restricted au
thority in that market.
The oral argument before the
Board has been scheduled for the
latter part of this month. The
Company is hopeful that a final
decision on this case will be forth
coming by late summer or early
fall.
STL Review
The CAB also said it would re
view the examiner’s decision in
the St. Louis Case. Piedmont and
Eastern have applied for the au
thority to provide non-stop service
between St. Louis and Charlotte,
Greensboro-High Point, Raleigh-
Durham and Richmond.
Examiner James S. Either found
that all of the markets can sup
port non-stop service. He picked
Piedmont to serve the Richmond
segment and Eastern for the other
points involved.
New Smokeless Engine
Is Installed On N745
Piedmont Airlines has become
the first 737 operator in the United
States to operate its jet aircraft
with the new JT8-D7 smokeless
engine.
The first of the new engines was
modified during a scheduled in
spection by Dallas Airmotive the
latter part of June. The plane,
N745, with its improved engine was
utilized initially in the New York/
Newark area.
Long Concerned
For years the aerospace indus
tries have been concerned about
air and noise pollution. The Amer
ican public has more recently be
come alarmed over the steadily
increasing pollution of our environ
ment, Attention has been focused
CRO IS TAKING SHAPE
PIEDMONT'S NEW CENTRAL RES facility is begin
ning fo take shape as evidenced by this recent
photo of the building progress. Located west of
Winston-Salem, on Griffith Road, the building
should be ready for occupancy early next year.
Construction is, thus far, right on schedule. The
cement for the lower level is nearly complete, at
left. Grading for the parking area, not shown, but to
the right of this picture, is also nearly finished. Since
this picture, steel construction has also begun.
on the jet engine especially in
recent months as a source of air
pollution because of the visible
smoke iil jet exhaust.
Even though jet exhaust contains
only very small percentages of
contaminants, the emission of
quantities of smoke is considered
objectionable. For this reason en
gine manufacturers have undertak
en major programs to reduce visi
ble smoke in exhaust produced by
jet engines.
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft devel
oped a smoke reducing burner for
its JT8D turbofan. This newly de
signed burner, which Piedmont has
begun installing, achieves a reduc
tion of more than 80% in smoke
density at idle and nearly 65% at
takeoff.
Expensive Program
Piedmont has a total of 32 JT8D
engines to be modified. The cost of
this program is substantial, about
$8,000 per engine, but the Com
pany feels it is worth it and has
set up a plan to rework the en
gines as soon as possible.
The refitting of all the engines
should be substantially complete
by the end of 1972, in accordance
with the agreement reached earlier
this year by the 31 airlines and the
Secretary of Health, Education and
Welfare and the Secretary of
Transportation.
By the end of this year Pied
mont will have completed 11 of
the engine changes.
PI Employee Stock
Purchase Progress
To help you keep up with the
amount you pay for Piedmont
stock every month if you’re buy
ing it through payroll deduction
the Piedmonitor publishes this
periodic report of the number of
shares purchased, average price
per share and total investment in
the previous month.
FOR MAY
Amount Invested $5,162.36
Number of Full
Shares Purchased 716
Average Price Paid
Per Share $ 7.12