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February 1 to July 31j 1949 inclusive„ In other words, 4th Revised Page 89 is to be ignored
when quoting fares or ticketing passengers at the present tiine„ The same provisions are
published on two sets of Western Air Lines' local fares„ Original Page 174-A, Original
Page 174-Bj and Original Page 174=0 should be used at the present time, and 6th Revised
Page 175j 6th Revised Page 176^ and 5th Revised Page 177 are not applicable at the present
time^ as indicated at the top of these pages,,”
5o AAL BOEING STRAT0CRUI3ER SERVICE - American has announced the inauguration of their
Trans-Atlantic Boeing Stratocruiser service as of August 17 - New York, Shannon,
London, the first return flight is to be made August 19» In the beginning there will
be two round trips per week with more added as deliveries are made„ Skyberths for l6
passengers will be available on each flight at a minimum sleeper fare (tariff not
yet issued)„
6., NO-SHOW REPORTS - All stations are to send in their No-Show reports to Mr, Brown
weekly and not daily, as you were previously instructed,
7o EMPLOYEF.S TIME TABLE - We are now planning to print future schedule changes for your
use on one page« I feel sure that all of you will agree that this will be an
improvement o
8o PURSERS NOTE - We have had quite a number of compliments recently on the manner in
which you fellows are performing your duties„ Congratulations - keep up the good work.
Several suggestions have been made deserving especial attention - some of you fellows
are already carrying it out - and that is, prior to landing make it your business to
see that all deplaning passengers are in possession of their personal belongings
before the actual landing is made, I am sure that all of you can see the advantage
of this, as it gives the passenger ample time to be sure that he has his correct coat,
hat, etc. However, this does not relieve you of the responsibility of getting the
right articles to their rightful owners,
9, RUDDER BLOCKS -= 41 “-22 was delayed one hour and fifty minutes due to rudder block working
loose while on ground and damaging control cable. In placing these blocks on the air
plane be sure that you put enough pressure in wedging the block into place, so that
they will not become loose from high winds. This is important fellows and is part of
your Job, Let's do it righto
10, MARCH SYSTEM QUOTA - You have all received ’’HERE'S NEWS" showing your standing on your
quota for the first 21 days in this month, I feel that we are getting along very
nicely and have a wonderful opportunity to make it. As of today (22nd) we are only
127 minus for the entire system. We can very easily make this up with a couple of
good days, and this means that we have a chance of getting on the black side of the
ledger for the first time in several months,
11, MAILING LIST •=■ Most of you have been doing an excellent job of giving us productive
names for the mailing list. Please remember to give correct surname, correct address
and correct initial,
12, PREDICTIONS OF CONTEST WINNERS FOR MARCH = WATCH RIC, AVL AND SDF = DAN BEARS EQUAL
ATTENTION, DEPENDING ON ROUND TRIP SALES,
THAT IS ALL FOR THIS TIME,
LWG;za
PIEDMONT'S TIME IS '49