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VOL. IV, NO. 10
APACE WITH THE PACEMAKER
OCTOBER, 1961
Youth Fares
Adopted
Piedmont Airlines has joined
a number of other commercial
airlines in introducing an ex
perimental “Youth Fare” plan
which will allow passengers be
tween the ages of 12 and 22 to
fly at one-half the regular first-
class passenger fare.
The plan has been adopted by
the airlines as a stimulus toward
filling empty seats now present
on certain flights.
Procedm-e To Follow
The following ticketing and
reservation procedures must be
followed by passengers utilizing
the fare plan:
Three hours prior to scheduled
departure time, a ticket purchase
and reservation must be made at
any Piedmont ticket counter or
downtown ticket office.
On Standby Basis
If no reservation is available
within the three-hour time limit,
the “Youth Fare” passenger will
be handled on a standby basis
after all full-fare passengers have
been accommodated.
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Halsey
Halsey Named New
Washington DSM
O. E. “Bud” Halsey has been
named District Sales Manager
for Washington, D. C., and sur
rounding areas effective the first
of November.
He replaces Sheri Folger, who
has transferred to Winston-Sa
lem in the new post of Assistant
General Sales Manager.
Halsey, former Tri-Cities Dis
trict Sales Manager, will have as
his territory Washington, Char
lottesville, and Shenandoah, as
well as connected interline areas.
He joined Piedmont in 1955 as
a Station Agent. Nine months
later he was promoted into the
Sales Department at Richmond.
He was transferred to his posi
tion at Tri-Cities in June, 1960.
A native of West Virginia, Hal
sey is married to the former
Phyllis Baird of Bangor, Maine.
Huge scissors help open the new Roanoke hangar as President T. H.
Davis and ROA Mayor Willis Anderson cut the ribbon with an assist
from Bob Miller, District Sales Manager. (For more about the dedication
and interior view of the hangar, see page three.)
It's New - No More Hieroglyphics
Piedmont’s schedules have a
new look, complete with larger,
more easily-read type and a
handy quick reference schedule
for major connecting points.
“Our new schedule entails
months of research to find the
best possible format,” said Pres
ton Wilbourne, Director of Tar
iffs and Schedules, “and is part
of our aim to provide the finest
service to our passengers.”
The timetable is now in four-
page book form instead of the
one large sheet previously pub
lished, and groups flights into
those south and east bound, and
north and west bound. See page
five for more about schedules.
Maintenance Is Costly
The importance the U. S. air
lines place on safety maintained
equipment is indicated by the
fact that maintenance accounts
for approximately 33 per cent of
total direct operating costs.
In 1960, the scheduled airlines
Average Bag Weight
Placed In Effect
An average baggage weight of
23% pounds went into effect Oc
tober 29 on all regularly sched
uled Piedmont flights.
Under the new regulation,
each piece of checked baggage,
regardless of actual weight, is
considered to weigh 23% pounds
for weight and balance purposes.
Exceptions to the rule are
charter flights or flights for spe
cial groups such as athletic teams
where the actual weights do not
conform to the average weight
values.
The measure is designed to
eliminate the necessity of record
ing baggage weights at the ticket
counter and expedite preparation
of weight and balance forms by
the Operations Agent.
It will still be required how
ever, to determine whether or
not baggage, both checked and
carry-on, exceeds the 40 pound
limit so that applicable excess
charges can be collected.
spent $547,000,000 on mainte
nance for their combined fleet
of over 1,800 aircraft.
The new jet age can be de
fined as “breakfast in London,
lunch in San Francisco, and bag
gage in Buenos Aires.”
Time Study Analyzed,
Recommendations Made
Alert Norfolk Pilot
Saves Child's Life
The alertness of a Norfolk-
based First Officer recently
saved the life of a two-year-old
boy.
Ray Emanuelson dived into a
canal near his home to save the
child from drowning after he
spotted the youngster floating
face down in the water.
Bringing the boy ashore,
Emanuelson applied artificial
respiration until help arrived,
and after several minutes the
child revived.
Police said the boy had ap
parently wandered off a dock
near his backyard.
As a result of thorough and
detailed research by members of
the On-Time Committee, quite a
number of recommendations
were developed and presented
for consideration.
According to President T. H.
Davis, several meetings have
been held to study and evaluate
the group’s initial report. “The
Committee is continuing its re
search,” said Mr. Davis, “with
particular emphasis being di
rected to the determination of
methods for eliminating air traf
fic delays. Certain other areas
involving improved ground and
flight operating efficiency will
continue to be studied by the
Committee.”
Some of the recommendations
already adopted and now in ef
fect are:
1. Intermediate ground time
adjustments are incorporated in
the October 29 system schedule
based upon the need indicated by
a thorough trip-by-trip, station-
by-station study of cargo pieces
handled.
2. Point-to-point flight time ad
justments are incorporated also
in the October 29 schedule based
upon a complete analysis and
evaluation of existing airway
routings and actual performance
of the aircraft involved.
3. A program placing greater
emphasis at intermediate sta
tions on flight handling proce
dures designed to make certain
that all necessary activities are
completed in time for each
flight to move from the ramps
at scheduled departure time.
4. Where two flights are sched
uled to provide cross-connecting
service by transfer at a junction
point, studies indicate that
Resort Area Gets
North-South Flights
As a result of airport improve
ments, F-27 service began Octo
ber 29 for the first time at Sou
thern Pines-Pinehurst-Aberdeen.
The prop-jets fly two north-
south flights (62 and 65) in ad
dition to the two DC-3 flights the
area usually receives in season.
Airport and city officials spon
sored a celebration to dedicate
the new improvements. A “fly-
in” breakfast of several Aero
Clubs in the area with a meeting
of the Carolinas chapter of “The
99’s” was held.
Prior to the dedication cere
mony a luncheon was held at
the Carolina Inn at Pinehurst.
At press time, those scheduled
to attend from Piedmont were
President T. H. Davis, Vice Pres
idents C. Gordon Brown and H.
K. Saunders, General Sales Man
ager W. G. McGee, Assistant to
the President Don Britt, and Dis
trict Sales Manager Don Ed
mondson.
James Pyle, Deputy FAA Ad
ministrator, was the featured
speaker at the dedication cere
monies following the luncheon.
Master of Ceremonies was Voit
Gilmore, Director of the U. S.
Travel Service.
ground handling can best be ac
complished if the flight carrying
the largest load for transfer is
set up to arrive first at the junc
tion. Future schedules will be
set up on this basis.
5. The Production Control De
partment is working to improve
advance planning of scheduled
equipment changes, taking into
account the variance between
flights and average on board
through loads and other flight
operations scheduled during the
same time.
6. A program has been set up
to improve coordination between
departments in order to elimi
nate to the extent possible re
fueling of flights at points not
regularly scheduled for this ac
tivity.
7. Flight schedule separation
is being increased at major
route junction points in order
to eliminate to the extent pos
sible air traffic delays caused by
several of our own flights being
in the same area at the same
time.
8. A program is being set up
to intensify and expand work
with the FAA-ATC centers and
towers for the purpose of elimi-
n at i n g or minimizing enroute
and ground delays caused by air
traffic congestion.
In summing up the program,
Mr. Davis said, “Of course, there
will continue to be some delays
over which we have no control
or which cannot be avoided in
the interest of safe operations.
“On the other hand, there are
numerous delays which we can
control. This program is designed
to eliminate all ‘built-in’ delays.
From that point on it will be
easy to pinpoint all delays and
take corrective action.”
CAB Proposes Special Rules
Special rules have been pro
posed by the Civil Aeronautics
Board which would govern pres
entations by pubhc bodies and
civic organizations participating
in route proceedings.
The Board defines public
bodies as “counties, cities, air
port authoi'ities, etc.,” and civic
organizations as “chambers of
commerce, boards of trade, etc.”
The rules under consideration
have three main divisions:
Consolidate Evidence
(1) Consolidation of presenta
tion of evidence and briefs. “It
is the Board’s view that a joint
and unified effort on the part of
representatives of public bodies
or civic organizations will be
more productive and effective
than individually conducted and
uncoordinated undertakings.”
Limit Witnesses
(2) Limit the number of wit
nesses by public bodies or civic
organizations. “The Board is of
the view that one or two, and at
the most three, witnesses are
sufficient . . . and that a greater
number . . . generally produces
cumulative or unessential testi
mony and causes delay.”
(Under proposals one and two
the Examiner has the right, at
his discretion, to permit differ
ing interests to participate inde
pendently, and to grant leave for
additional witnesses to testify.)
Define Data
(3) Definition of the type of
evidence a public body or civic
organization would be allowed to
include in its exhibits. The CAB
is interested only in data show
ing the economic characteristics
of the community or area, com
munity of interest and traffic,
sufficiency of existing service,
and information on the com
munity’s airport, if any, and its
adequacy to receive various
types of aircraft.
The proposed amendments to
the Board’s Rules of Practice
are designed to give as effective
representation as possible to in
terested communities and at the
same time reduce the size of the
record.
Ross Port of Group
To Study 'No Shows'
K. E. Ross, Superintendent of
Stations, was recently appointed
a member of a special commit
tee to study ways of dealing with
the problem of “no-shows.”
The group was set up at a re
cent conference of air carriers
which met to study methods of
cost reduction, and how the air
lines can solve the problem of
passengers who do not show up
to claim their reservations.
Other airlines represented on
the committee are American,
United, Eastern, Mohawk, and
Lake Central. Findings will be
reported at the Air Traffic Con
ference fall meeting.