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Piedmont Industry Compared For 1959 The nation’s regularly-sched uled airlines surpassed all exist ing traffic and revenue records in 1959, according to year-end estimates released by the Air Transport Association of Ameri ca. How do year-end estimates for Piedmont Airlines compare with the industry as a whole? The industry increase in rev enue passengers carried was 10 per cent. This increase is an es timate based on actual traffic re- ports through November and forecasts for December. For Piedmont the increase in passen gers carried is estimated at 15.12 per cent or more than four per cent above the industry increase for 1959. Compares Favorably In revenue passenger miles, Piedmont estimates show an ap proximate 14-per-cent increase over last year. This figure com pares favorably with the 15-per cent increase estimated for all U. S. carriers on a total revenue- ton miles of traffic basis reflect ing airlift of all type traffic. Looking over the past year’s events as reported in THE PIEDMONITOR and various company reports, the following events, records and increases are recalled; F-27 service was inaugurated into eight stations on the Pied mont system. The stations were Richmond, Newport News, Nor folk, Charleston, Louisville, Charlotte, Parkersburg-Marietta and Columbus. Flight service was initiated in to Beckley and Bluefield-Prince- ton. Single day passenger record was set September 4 with a total of 2,140 passengers carried. Sin gle month passenger record was set in Jii|ie with a total 49,153 passengers-carried. The 100,000th F-27 passenger was flown June 6. In route development, the Bu reau of Air Operations for the CAB tentatively recommended Piedmont for the majority of routes requested in the Piedmont Local Service Area Investigation. The CAB granted temporary ex emption authority for serving Harrisonburg, Staunton and Waynesboro, Va., at the Shenan doah Valley Airport. Route Support West Virginia cities supported Piedmont in protesting the ex aminer’s choice in the Great Lakes Local Service Case. And decision on the West Tennessee routes was deferred from the Southeast Area case until the Piedmont Local Service case is decided. Piedmont charter business jumped from approximately $97 thousand in 1958 to $230 thou sand in 1959. The longest charter ever contracted was flown No vember 5 and 8 for the VPI foot ball team for a total 2,456 miles. Piedmont celebrated the first anniversary of F-27 operation Programs Begin Review Of Standard Procedure Two programs — one aimed at better and more efficient op erations, the other at standardized flight procedures — have been put into effect by the department of operations. Vice President H. K. Saunders announced recently. Mr. Saunders said the first of Station Head At Wilmington Named To SHD Bob Lipscomb, station mana ger at Wilmington for the past three and one-half years, has been named manager of the forthcoming station at Shenan doah Valley Airport, Superin tendent of Stations Ken Ross an nounced December 17. Lipscomb, a native of Wash ington, D. C. joined Piedmont as a station agent at Newport News in 1949. He served as chief agent un- d e r managers Ja c k Gwinnap and Jack Bran don there and was named sta- LIPSCOMB tion manager in . . will manage . .1955. In June, 1956, he was trans ferred to Wilmington, where he is station manager with a staff of six agents. At Shenandoah it is expected that a complement of five agents will be named. Jim Dallas, now agent at Hunting ton, has been named chief agent. Before joining Piedmont Lips comb attended the University of Pittsburgh, served in the U. S. Navy from 1944 to 1946 and was associated with the Capital Tran sit Company at Washington. He is married to the former Juyne Boger, a registered nurse. the programs — a review and refresher program in operations procedures — was “the result of the Federal Aviation Agency’s concentrated check of all air lines’ operating practices and of Piedmont’s desire to get better operations.” Review of Duties He said the better operations program will include a review of specific duties and responsi bilities for operations personnel such as furnishing weather in formation to flights, figuring weight and balance, following safety procedures affecting flights, etc. A training program will be placed into effect shortly to ensure continuing competen cy. A meeting, in which all sta tion managers, division super visors and chief agents were given a briefing on the general program, was held in early De cember. Details of the specific program were not available at press time. Flight Checking The second operations program is an additional flight checking of flight procedures to keep all pilots’ proficiency at a high level. Mr. Saunders said two new check pilots, Captain E. D. Clement and Captain W. O. Tad- lock, have been assigned to the program. In line with the operations programs, a series of Monday morning operations conferences are being held to make all op erations departments aware of the special problems confronting various intra-departmental of fices. November 14 and reported fav orable operating costs in com parison with similar equipment used by other carriers. Personnel additions of note were Don B^-itt as assistant to the president in community re lations and Joe Fowler as direc tor of personnel administration. Looking to the future, ATA President Stuart Tipton said “the 10-year period ahead prom- i s e s to be one of substantial growth for the air transport in dustry—a growth which holds much in store for the American public. (See editorial on New Year, page two.) He cautioned,' however, that “realization of the promise de pends heavily on whether or not a proper climate for growth is permitted by the Federal govern ment.” “Airlines are spending billions on aircraft and facilities; many millions more on training and general preparation,” he said. “The jet age will be a key sym bol of the Golden 60’s if en lightened, imaginative and intel ligent thinking symbolizes the Government’s role. But inconsis tent Federal policies could smother airline growth — mini mize advantages for the public.” me fiBDmaninm VOLUME III, NO. 1 APACE WITH THE PACEMAKERS JANUARY, 1960 SHD Service, New Flights Shown In Revised Schedules NEW SCHEDULES get careful scrutiny by Director of Tariffs and Schedules F. Preston Lincoln (right) and Chief Pilot Captain Frank Nicholson. The schedules, which include service to Shenandoah be ginning February 1, will be effective January 5. Santa Claus Came Again Davis Announces 1960 Increase A general wage and salary in crease to be effective January 1 was announced b y President T. H. Davis in a meeting of Win ston-Salem personnel December 24. Letters were sent out simul taneously to managers and su pervisors in all stations and di visions. In an announcement to Pied mont employees through THE PIEDMONITOR, Mr. Davis said, “It is with pleasure that we an nounce a general wage and sal ary increase for all station, maintenance, accounting, stores and clerical personnel effective January 1, 1960. “The year 1959 has been an eventful year. It has been a year of progress. Yet, it has not been a year without difficulties. “We are mindful of the fact that most of you have on occa- s i o n willingly and cheerfully gone far beyond what is norm ally expected of you to be help ful to your company. We hope this increase in income for you will in some measure express our gratitude for your faithful devotion to duty.” Mr. Davis explained that the increases to be effective January 1 would be worked out by the accounting department as to when they would appear on va rious departmental payrolls, since there are variances in pay roll dates. Additional Time Given Operations Service to Staunton, Waynes boro and Harrisonburg, Va., at the Shenandoah Valley Airport is scheduled to begin February 1, 1960, according to the general schedule released December 24 by Director of Tariffs and Sched ules F. Preston Lincoln. In the schedule, to be effec tive January 5, the Shenandoah service will include two north bound and two southbound flights operating daily with DC-3’s between Washington and Roanoke. The Shenandoah sched ule is as follows: Flight Times Northbound flight 380 will ar rive Shenandoah 7:54 a.m. from Roanoke and will depart 7:58 a.m., arriving Washington 8:40 a.m. Northbound flight 316 will ar rive Shenandoah 5:39 p.m. from Asheville, Tri Cities and Roa noke and will depart 5:43 p.m., arriving Washington 6:29 p.m. Southbound flight 317 will de part Washington 10:30 a.m. and will arrive Shenandoah 11:23 a.m. Departing 11:27 a.m., the flight will continue to Roanoke, Tri Cities and Asheville. Southbound flight 383 will de part Washington 6:20 p.m. and will arrive Shenandoah 7:13 p.m. Departing 7:17 p.m., the flight will continue to Roanoke, Tri Cities and Knoxville, On Sundays, effective Febru ary 7, northbound flight 312 will be substituted for flight 380. It will arrive Shenandoah 1:19 p.m. from Roanoke and, departing 1:23 p.m., will arrive Washington 2:09 p.m. Adjustments Made Other services included in the January 5 schedules will cancel 11 flights and will add nine new or replacement flights. Num erous time adjustments have been made for operations rea sons. Several flights have been re numbered to eliminate confusion in communication.
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