FEBRUARY, 1961
THE PIEDMONITOR
PAGE THREE
How Well Do You Know Piedmont?
Test Yourself On These Facts
1. Of Piedmont’s fleet of 17 DC-3’s, how many were originally built
for use as commercial airliners?
(a) 17
(b) 8
(c) 2
2.What is the average landing life of a DC-3 tire? -
(a) 2800 landings (b) 5600 landings (c) 7400 landings
3. How many charter trips did Piedmont fly in 1960?
(a) 200 (b) 127 (c) 96
4. What is the average age of Piedmont employees?
(a) 46 (b) 38 (c) 33
5. How many sales representatives, district sales managers and
city sales managers does the airline division employ?
(a) 11 (b) 23 (c) 7
6. Piedmont’s DC-3’s consumed enough gasoline in 1959 to operate
cars for one year.
(a) 512 (b) 2,857 (c) 4,676
7. The hangar at INT has_
(a) 18,000
square feet of floor space.
(b) 97,000 (c) 55,000
Of the above floor space,_
-Square feet is radiant-
heated, the largest radiant-heating job of its type in this part of
the nation.
(a) 5,068 (b) 26,400 (c) 40,565
-people in its INT
9. Piedmont Aviation, Inc. employs
operations.
(a) 594 (b) 726 (c) 335
10. Piedmont’s eight F-27’s consumed enough kerosene in 1959 to
heat six-room homes for one year.
(a) 8,112 (b) 4,908 (c) 592
Answers:
1.—c; 2.—b; 3.—a; 4.—c; 5.—a; 6.—c (3,740,800 gals.); 7.—c; 8.—
b; 9.—a; 10.—b (4,417,501 gals.).
Women Can Order
Uniform Blouses
Women employees who are re
quired to wear uniforms will be
able to receive their new blouses
by mid-February.
Supplied by the Ship ’n Shore
Company, the blouses have short
sleeves and are of white dacron-
cotton blend with tailored
pointed collars which can be
worn either open or closed.
The blue Piedmont insignia
will be embroidered a half inch
above the pocket on the left side.
The garments will already be
embroidered on receipt.
The blouses will cost $2.85
each, and can be worn with the
old as well as the new uniforms.
All ordering should be done on
the company PA-4 form.
Since Ship n’ Shore sizes tend
to run slightly larger than
normal, it is suggested that
women try on a similar blouse
locally before ordering to be sure
of getting the correct size.
Further uniform notes: The
hardware on the uniforms of
Captains and First Officers has
been changed and will now fea
ture a new design for the wings
and a sunburst insignia for the
hat. Service stars and bars have
also been eliminated.
HELICOPTER SERVICE . . .
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ington National Airport, and the
Baltimore Friendship Airport
using either fixed wing or heli
copter type aircraft.
In addition, authority w'as re
quested to operate by helicopter
between each of the airports and
downtown Washington and Balti
more.
A date for a hearing on the re
quest for service has not yet
been named by the CAB.
HAIjABY appointed . . .
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fense for international security
and in 1953 received the Arthur
Flemming Award as the out
standing young man in federal
service.
He is a member of the board
of directors of the Flight Safety
Foundation, Society of Experi
mental Test Pilots, and Quiet
Birdmen.
February 22 is National Guard
“Muster Day.” The Day pays
tribute to George Washington,
who, early in his career, was a
citizen soldier in the militia of
Virginia.
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For every hour of flight by a
U. S. scheduled airliner, there
are about 19 hours of direct
maintenance support.
Cecil Beasley - Aviation Lawyer
Cecil Beasley is a name known to Piedmont personnel as that of the company’s attorney, but
few of them know the man behind the name.
A calm, self-possessed appearing man, Beasley was born in Birmingham, Ala., and has practiced
law before United States courts and federal administrative agencies since 1940.
His busy schedule doesn’t leave him much spare time. Hobbies? “I’m afraid I don’t have much
time for those,” he said. “I try to get some exercise by working on our lawn, but that’s about as
close as I usually get to outside activities.”
Beasley is both a Princeton and Yale man, graduating cum laude from Princeton University in
1935, and receiving his LL.B. degree from Yale University in 1939.
He shows a keen interest in people and has a knack of shifting conversation from himself to the
person with whom he’s talking. When this reporter began interviewing him, she almost wound up
being interviewed instead.
Mr. Beasley is active in a number of business, social, and professional organizations, including
the Metropolitan Club, National Aviation Club, and the American, District of Columbia, and Fed
eral Power Bar Associations.
Those who have met Beasley in his capacity as attorney for Piedmont usually visualize him
as he is when appearing before
the CAB or one of its Examiners.
Those appearances are only a
small part of his role, however.
For example, it takes at least 30
days to prepare a brief for a
CAB case, requiring intensive re
search and double-checking to
see that all elements of the case
are fully covered.
When asked what he thought
about Piedmont’s future, he re
plied, “I think that all local serv
ice airlines have a tremendous
future. Their potential is just
being fully realized. I also think
that Piedmont will be a leader
in developing this potential—
1961 is going to be Piedmont’s
year.”
Beasley and his family live in
Washington, D. C. His law firm
of Kilpatrick, Ballard and Beas
ley is also in Washington at the
American Security Building.
Cecil A. Beasley . . .
Attorney . . .
IN ACTION
THE PIEDMONT POSTMAN
Dear Sir:
On January 6 I happened to
be at the Piedmont Airlines
counter in Washington, D. C., ar
ranging for transportation to
Charlottesville. While one of
your clerks was taking care of
me, I could not help overhear
ing what happened to be an
argument with one of your lady
clerks, namely Miss Joanne
Palva, and a very disturbed gen
tleman. After listening to the
conversation for a few minutes,
it disturbed me to no end to
listen to the abuse this young
lady had to take. However, she
handled herself very discreetly
in trying to resolve this man’s
problem. Since I had about a
half hour to wait, I left the area
and returned about 20 minutes
later, and “lo and behold,” this
man was still admonishing her.
At this point I was tempted to
step in. However, for some rea
son or other he left the counter
quite abruptly.
I am writing this letter in
order that she may get credit for
doing a fine job in public rela
tions. It is too often that these
people are accused and abused
for things that they have no con
trol over.
For the past five years I have
been a pretty steady customer
of yours and I must say that the
two girls that you now have plus
the men at the Washington
counter do a very excellent job
of helping people out.
Sincerely,
R. O. S., Charlottesville
P. S. Your people at the Char
lottesville Airport should also be
complimented for their courtesy
and efficiency.
* * *
Dear Sir:
In the past few weeks I have
had the opportunity to make
reservations for a trip to and
from San Francisco through
your company, and I could not
have been more pleased with the
service I was accorded. A Mr.
Ross Gordon at the city ticket
office handled my reservations
and I would like to compliment
him on his courtesy and con
sideration throughout the whole
process.
Please accept my thanks for
all your work, and I hope that I
can have further dealings with
yovi in the future.
Sincerely,
G. A.M.
Winston-Salem
Dear Sir:
May I commend you on your
selection of employees Miss
Cindy Tyler and Miss Peggy
Duncan. When adversity in the
form of mechanical difficulties
occurs, they are very able to
pacify distraught passengers and
make unavoidable delays seem
like a pleasant sojurn.
Your airline is to be congratu
lated on its ability to attract em
ployees of this caliber.
Sincerely,
“Satisfied Passengers,”
P. A. 0., W. E., C. W., A.B.
Cincinnati