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PIEDMONITOR VOLUME 5- NO. 4 PUBLISHED AND PRINTED BY PIEDMONT AVIATION, INC. APRIL 1953 DAVIS RENAMED ON ARINC THREE MAJOR INT OFFICES MOVED INTO NEW QUARTERS IN TERMINAL BUILDING AS MORE SPACE NEEDED of the INT Red Cross office also vplced their appreciation. T. H. Davis was re-elected to the Board of Directors by the s tocicholders of Aeronautical Radio, Inc. at their annual meeting on March 18th. Aeronautical Radio, Inc., or ARINC a* it sometimes is called, was formed In 1929 for the pur pose of furnishing air-ground and point-to-point radio com munications to aircraft oper ators of the United States* ARINC is a non-profit service organization, comprised of U.S. domestic air carriers, manufacturers and certain in ternational air carriers. WATSON ATTENDS MKC RADIO BOARD MEETING L. A, Watson, recently attended the annual meeting of the Advisory Board for Central Radio and Television Schools in iCansas City, Missouri. As a member of this Advisory Board, Mr. Watson represents the Local Service carriers in Communications. THANKS EXPRESSED FOR OFFER OF HELP DURING IMN FIRE Appreciation for Piedmont's offer of assistance with a standby airliner and crew dur ing Wilmington's recent disas trous fire was expressed from several quarters several days ago. J. R. Benson, Wilmington City Manager, wrote Mr. T. H. Davis, president, on behalf of his city, voicing thanks for the offer of a plane and officials Shortly after IMN advised INTO of the raging fire which had roared out of control along the warehouse and waterfront area, PA I's office was advised that INT would have a DC-3 and crew standing by to send Red Cross supplies and nurses and doctors to IMN if the situation demanded . The INT Red Cross office was also notified of the offered services in the event the fire became a disaster situation and additional assistance was needed . Although all available equip ment in the IMN and surround ing area was needed, and re ports of several injuries were received, it was not necessary to utilize the offered ship, INT officials have on other occasions made available PAI equipment for such a service, and were ready to render any help they could. The letter from Mr. Benson to Mr. Davis read In part: "The local office of the Pied mont Airlines advised us of your offer to send a DC-3 plane to be used in evacuation of our citizens, if needed, during our recent waterfront fire. This offer was greatly appre ciated and further illustrates the friendly spirit of cooper ation and Interest In Wilming ton by your company. (Continued on page 7) Three major INT offices have move(^ into new quarters in the first necessary expansion brought about by PAI's steady growth during the past five years . The entire facilities of Flight Control, Communications and Reservations, were transferred overnight to their new offices In the Administration Building at Smith Reynolds Airport, with very little, if any, inconven ience to the airline. The space in the basement of the terminal building, formerly known as the Terrace Room, was converted into three stream lined offices, providing more efficiency in each section, as well as affording additional room for other general offices. The Accounting Department ex pected to relieve some of its congestion and overflow needs by moving Into the vacated of fice space in the main office bu I I d i n g . Recent demands upon the account ing department, change In pilot's payroll setup, increas ed technical work all delegated to the finance office brought about the immediate need for expans ion. With some quick negotiation be tween airline executives and the airport management, the Terrace Room was secured and within a few days partitions, counters, painting and electri cal needs were completed. Through the quiet efficiency of (Continued on page 7) Page I
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