CAB ORDERS HEARING
(Continued)
Assistance from interested civic
leaders and other airline parties
who will benefit by this added
route portion is expected to make
PAI's request one of the strong
est before the Board. While Col
umbus has long had very good aii
service in all other directions,
its service to the Piedmont and
South Atlantic area has been sad
ly deficient. Piedmont's appli
cation will fill all of this
needed service and will in fact
make possible more new one carrier
service to cities in this area
than will the application of EAL.
An award to Piedmont of this new
route segment would make possible
for the first time direct service
from Columbus to such important
points as Charleston, Roanoke,
Richmond, Norfolk, Ofiarlotte,
Huntington, Tri-Cities, Winston-
Salem, Greensboro, Raleigh-
Durham, Fayetteville and
Wilmington.
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NEW I NT TICKET OFFICE
LOOMS AS BIDS ASKED
Bids for alterations to the INT
airport terminal building, which
will provide Piedmont Airlines
with a completely new ticket of
fice will be received by the air
port manager October 12, it was
learned recently.
Plans for the new lobby office
were approved sometime ago and
opening of bids will hasten the
transfer of PAI quarters from
their present small area to a
large and more adequately situ
ated section of the lobby.
The present lunch counter and
dining room in the terminal will
be altered to provide the space
for PAI. Included in the remodel
ing, first since the building
was constructed, is more space
for the CAA office.
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God does not want us to do extra-
things: He wants us to do ordi
nary things extraordinarily well.
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FLIGHT CREWS BID NEW BASE
Changeup in flight schedules has
also seen changes in flight per
sonnel over the three crew bases
with IMN losing two to ORF, and
gaining one of the original from
ORF.
Capt. Roy Brown and First Officer
Downey elected to fly from ORF,
while Capt. Berkeley returns to
IMN from ORF after about a year
and a half.
From the INT base, Capt. Gray
Booth has gone to ORF, and First
Officers Williams and Agee are
in ORF as reserves.
IMN flight personnel still are
in doubt as to what the Navy is
going to do about the airport.
Theyreport the thing is "still
a mass of disorganized confusion.
They are still undecided as to
when they will move in on us.
However, construction work on the
field is going ahead, and should
have a nice airport when finished."
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PAI HOST TO AVL ATA MEET
Asheville was the location for
the meeting of the A.T.A. Those
representing their respective
airlines the week of September
13th were: Danny O'Keefe-CAP,
Dick Dinning-Sec'y. ATA, Henry
Fenner-FAL, Frank Gass-TTA, Joe
Brown-TWA, Jack King-DAL, Joe
George-EAL, Jimmy Dean-BNF, Karl
Tewell-AAA, Don Linklafer-NWA,
Col. Merriweather-AAL, Henry
Harrison-UAL, Bux Buxton-PAA,
and J. W. Lewis-PAI.
The meeting was concluded with
a picnic and the local managers,
Ed Young of DAL CS, Dick Wettach
CAP and Jimmie Fields PAI, were
invited.
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Before marriage a woman knows
all the answers;
Afterwards she knows all the
questions.
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SPACE REQUEST WORDING
CHANGE DUE OCTOBER 15
A new system of reservation mess
age wording, standardized to speed
handling between major airlines,
will be placed into effect by
Piedmont Airlines October 15.
The new message structure in ef
fect will be like a new language,
Gordon Brown has advised all sta
tion managers and reservation
personnel in a detailed letter
outlining the procedure to be
followed.
The system was developed and tried
out by airlines serving Chicago,
and incorporates an inter-airline
teletype circuit, providing stan
dardized booking service.
A uniform message structure was
developed which all participating
airlines now use, and because of
the success of this project, it
appears the system will be install
ed at other points, also served
by Piedmont.
For this reason, PAI is making the
change to conform to an industry
system.
Detailed instructions for using
the new method are being sent to
all concerned, and various tests
and checks will be made by the
individual stations to insure a
minimum of error.
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PILOTS BACK FUND DRIVE
Pledges leading to ICO per cent
participation in the United Fund
campaign through Piedmont Airlines
were unanimously voted by pilots
of the INT Council in a meeting
here last week.
Discussion of the drive under way
in Winston-Salem and many other
communities this month was held
during the regular Council meet
ing and their full cooperation
was pledged.
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No habit has any real hold on you
other than the hold you have on it