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THEPiEomonim APRIL, 1960 PAGE TWO Piedmont Aviation, Inc. SMITH REYNOLDS AIRPORT WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. Dorothy Preslar, Editor Correspondents this issue: Jackie Abee INT-P, Robert A. Beard HKY, I. M. Blake HTS, Roy Caldwell LOZ, J. Cluck TYS, Bobbie Collins CVG, Lyle Cox GSO, Virg Flinn PKB, Jane C. Griffith RIC, Connie Hardin CLT-F, Ed Kerr ILM, Susie Mc- Sorley CRW, H. A. Robinson SHD, John Simmons DCA, Shirley Sword CMH, Milt Ward TRI, Bob Wilson BKW, and R. H. Wylie ORF. VCS 1 K.WOV/ 5 Smimxt: NOW MORNI NGr TR\P By DON BRITT Greetings! This non-revver can join with the fare-payers in de- thcit the 'vvtra" ther of the past few weeks has clobbered travel for me. How ever, I did manager to slip in a few trips. Sheri Folger and Bob Lips comb invited me up to the snow- covered Shenandoah Valley to at tend a couple of interesting meet ings. Sheri appeared on a Trans portation Clinic panel at Staun ton and did himself proud joust ing with the railroad and bus company representatives. len, that evening we, along with SHD Station Manager Lips comb, went to a meeting of the Verona Lion’s Club where it was my privilege to give them a few thousand words under the gen eral heading: Air Transportation. Then the snow came again! And we were forced into ground transportation home. Good trip. Bob and Sheri — in spite of the tons of snow and slush! More recently I went to Hick ory where, with HKY’s Bill Isenberg, I called on many com munity leaders there. It appears as though, thanks to Bill and his station staff and in spite of the fact that many flights have been unable to land HKY this winter on account of weather, there is a fine spirit of cooperation be tween the HKY travelling public and Piedmont. Folks there are most enthusi astic about the proposed new north-south routes through HKY if the CAB rules in favor of us. Truly HKY will then become an important “crossroads” for our system. Leaders in that area were top-notch witnesses for us during the Piedmont Area case hearings in Washington, for which we are grateful. Thanks to you personally, Bill Isenberg, for a good day! After leaving HKY I grabbed 24 and rode east to New Bern where, with practically perfect weather, Dave Morrison and I dropped in on a number of EWN people. Among others we visited Mayor Stallings, who at the moment is wearing at least three iicLs; iiictyui of New Bern, chair man of the airport commission, and candidate for the U. S. Con gress seat vacated by New Bern’s own Congressman Barden. Talk about busy! Dave and I also ate some sea food and visited Barbour Boat Works, where we toured a brand- new f e r r y-boat getting make- ready for service on the coast this summer. I thought all ferry boats were old or on their way out of service. ’Tain’t necessarily so! Caught 395 and 27 home, and had a chance to speak briefly to Carolyn Repass and others at Raleigh-Durham between plane changes. My thanks to Dave Mor rison and the gang at EWN for a fine, sunshine-y visit! (Continued on Page Four^ Capitol Comments Durfee Likes History, Outdoors By SHERL FOLGER People in the airline industry know Jim Durfee as an able chairman. He is currently serv ing his fifth consecutive appoint ment as chairman. But what kind of man is he personally? Those who know him best say he is a humorous, jovial Irishman who dislikes interuption in his work. When interupted he drops his Benjamin Franklin bifocals fur ther down on his nose, takes a draw on his corn cob pipe and reluctantly turns to the new or der of business. Mr. Durfee is an extremely ac tive outdoorsman. He enjoys long walks in his neighborhood around Westmoreland Hills, Md. When he has any lengthy lei sure time he can usually be found in northern Wisconsin hunting, fishing and swimming at Congressional Country Club where he is a member. It is also understood by this writer that he cuts a mean figure on the dance floor. History Hobby Another of his hobbies, one which is highly interesting, is his comprehensive study of Abra ham Lincoln and American his tory. Indication of this hobby is found in the picture of Lincoln which hangs in a prominent posi tion on his office wall. He is cur rently a member of the Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin. Mr. Durfee enjoys visiting thq Civil War battlefields around the Washington area. He is a devoted family man. Jiving at home with his charm ing and lovely wife, Mona, and one son, John. He has another son and a daughter who are mar ried. Everyone in the industry is saddened by the prospect of Jim Durfee’s leaving the Civil Aero nautics Board. His nomination as an associate judge of the U. S. Court of Claims is currently awaiting confirmation by the Senate. Marquette Graduate James R. Durfee was born at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, November 3, 1897. He received his public school education at Huron, South Dakota. After military service JIM DURFEE . . . CAB Chairman . . . during the first World War, he attended Huron College and then graduated from Marquette Uni versity at Milwaukee with a bachelor of law degree. Admitted to the bar in Wiscon sin in 1926, he started his law practice in Antigo, Wisconsin. He was elected District Attorney of Langlade County for two terms (1928-32) and then returned to his private practice until 1951. During those years he served as president of the Langlade Coun ty Bar Association; in the Wis consin State Bar Association as a member of its Board of Gover nors; a member of the State Committee on Judicial Selection; and chairman of the State Com mittee on Federal Legislation. CAB Appointment From 1951 until 1956 he served on the Public Service Commis sion of Wisconsin. In 1956 he was appointed to the CAB by President Eisenhower. He was repeatedly named Chairman of the Board by the President for 1957, 1958, and 1959. His service as chairman is second longest among the twelve men who have occupied the post since the CAB was created in 1938. Mr. Durfee served as State Commander of the American Legion in Wisconsin in 1943-44 and later on the National Exec utive Committee and National Legislative Commission of the Legion. He was honored as Marquette University’s Alumnus of the Year in June, 1957, and as the National Aviation Club’s Man of the Month in February, 1958. He is a Republican. The Durfee’s reside at Madison, Wisconsin, as well as in Maryland. BLOCK TO BLOCK With STAN BRUNT The March 15 schedule change somewhat changed the personnel at some bases. Base bids are al ready in and complete, and it looks like Darrell Gordon is now living in Wilmington. Johnny Broadstreet is in Winston; Tom An Open Letter To Piedmont Employees The safety of flight crews and passengers is our responsibility as an airline. Since instruments are extremely important in avia tion, especially for pilots who de pend on them for nearly all their information, this places a terrific responsibility on us. Whenever the word “instru ment” is used, people immediate ly think of precision, cleanliness, dependability and accuracy. It is that reputation that those of us in aviation must retain, especial ly in the jet age. Pilots flying jets as well as reciprocating type aircraft do not have time to cross reference instruments in their panel just to check for accuracy. The ac curacy must be there. Everyone concerned with the handling of instruments and other aircraft components must be aware that his job, regardless of how insig nificant it may seem, becomes in the long ;hain of events im portant to the airworthiness of the aircraft. Many lives and mil lions of dollars depend upon how thorough each man is in his par ticular job. Every malfunction is a poten tial hazard until removed from the aircraft, and even then it presents a problem until the cause of malfunction has been determined. We must consider the “pilot’s complaint” as always being legitimate and must make every effort to find out why a unit was reported as a malfunc tion. The inspection department is an aid to doing a good job. It does not relieve a mechanic of his responsibility. In almost 90 per cent of the cases when a me chanic has doubt as to the quali ty of a job, the quality will not be there. If he must ask the question: “Is it good enough?”, he can answer himself “It isn’t.” Before he sets that final screw or tightens that final bolt, he should ask himself, “Would I send my family on a flight with this unit?” Instruments, as well as other aircraft components, are a personal responsibility — let’s not make them a personal liability. Instrument Shop, INT Adams also returned to his form er Winston base from Wilming ton. Bob Mann has moved from Norfolk to Wilmington in the shake-up. This should hold every one still for a couple of months anyway until the summer sched ules come out. Possibly some more moving will occur then. According to reports from Wil mington, Tom Adams before re turning to Winston had a case of the flu. We are glad he left that with the boys in Wilming ton because we had enough of it around Winston-Salem. In previous Piedmonitors I have mentioned the bowling teams in DCA and, from infor mation received from ILM, it appears that this bowling busi ness is spreading around. Ed Sullivan is on vacation the last part of February and spent most of his time at a local bowling center practicing up. The Pied mont personnel at ILM have formed a bowling team and it has been said that most off-duty personnel can be found at the lanes. Bob Courtney, Ed Sulli van, and Bill Dolan especially. While we are still on the sub ject of ILM people, there were rumors to the effect that Bob Courtney had transferred to ORF during February and some of March. I would like to use this column as a means of. correcting this as Bob has not transferred to ORF, but spent nearly a half month in ORF due to all the lovely snow that visited Pied mont’s system during February and March. While they were away a very unusual thing oc curred at the Azalea Festival City — five inches of snow. That was quite a bit of snow for that area and it looks as if the Azalea Festival may be held this year without azaleas in bloom. Washington is again in the sports news as PI employees are forming a softball team for this summer. Dick Sorrells and Dan ny Lambert are among the flight attendants who are out for the team. This means that those boys in DCA are real athletes. While all the softball and bowl ing teams are out playing around, Jim Connor is in a new business, selling pots and pans in his spare time. This bit of advertising will have a little fee attached to it, so if anyone is interested in pots and pans drop Jim a note. I am sure he will be glad to accommodate you. You know pots and pans are neces sary. Charters are still on the front page as there were quite a few during the latter part of Feb ruary and the first of March. To mention a few. Piedmont was pretty well represented in New York at the NCAA Basketball Tournament in transporting the University of West Virginia and Duke University. Both West Vir ginia and Duke won at New York and were flown to CLT for the play-offs but both teams lost to New York University. We were (Continued on Page Four)
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