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.
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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
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