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PAGE TWO THE PIEDMONITOR MAY, 1965 THEPiEomomm Piedmont Aviation, Inc. SMITH REYNOLDS AIRPORT WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. . UDiroiPj # ^ % a *■ TUlM$»OtT AMOCUTMM UM AMwmtrA Bonnie Hauch, Editor CORRESPONDENTS THIS ISSUE JOE FRASE .... CMH RUTH SHUMATE ... CRW JOE DAWSON DCA RON PRICE PSK JOHN MORRIS .... BAL JERRIE COX ... AVL FRANK WOODRUFF . .. MBC VIRG FLINN .... PKB JAN TUEMLER .... CVG DEANNA MARTIN ... .... ROA J. D. STORCH INT VFR with Turby I wish to thank Bonnie Hauch for “pinch hitting” for me in the last issue of the Piedmonitor. I believe you will all join me in welcoming Bobby Hill back from the sick list—he reported back May 1 on a limited basis. Bobby was quite a sick boy for a couple of months, and we are elated that he is doing so well. Boy, did I have a tough assignment recently! With only ten minutes notice, Harold Warner asked me if I would pin the wings on the new stewardesses who had just graduated. Of course, I graciously accepted, thinking it would be a rather simple job for me — well. I’ve got news for you, it ain’t easy! First, I had never given much thought as to the location of the wings on the uniform; second, the clasp mechanism was entirely foreign to me; and third ly, when those dolls got that close to me, I just lost control. I was so nervous, I pinned the first set under the white collar; with the second stewardess, I dropped the wings on the floor and broke two fingernails trying to fasten the clasp. I managed to get the third one pinned and the clasp closed, but found it was too high. As a matter of fact, I had pinned it on top of her shoulder. By the time I got to the last girl, I was getting pretty good — I got it in the right place, thanks to Audry Black’s help. Never again, Mr. Warner!!! The following teletype messages were received in this office April 28—the first at 1120, the second 1142: INTE TURBY ALSTAS CY ORF WE JUST CHECKED IN OUR 1000 PSGR FOR MONTH PHF GUIN PHF GUIN CY INT TURBY WE CONGRATULATE U AND REMIND U THAT WE GAVE U 300 OF THEM ALREADY TICKETED AND CHECKED BAGS ORF WHITTAKER Everybody’s Money wz ^ A Bud Halsey, district sales manager in Washington, Sheri Folger, assistant general sales manager, passes prepares a slide presentation for ticket and reserva tion agents at Allegheny's office in New York. out Piedmont Airlines ball point pens at the conclu sion of the program for Allegheny. Piedmont Presentation Reaches Dallas, Miami, San Francisco About 60 per cent of Pied mont Airlines’ traffic is gene rated by reservation agents, con trol centers, and ticket counters of other carriers. For instance, last year. Pied mont received $6,395,346 and 376,- 823 passengers from other air lines. At the same time. Pied mont gave $8,144,129 and 306,696 passengers to other carriers as a result of connecting flights. In view of these facts. Pied mont has developed a continual program called INTERLINE whereby district sales managers in the four gateway cities — At lanta, Cincinatti, Louisville, and Washington — call on reserva tion and ticket counter person nel in the cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Houston, Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, St. Louis, Mexico City, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Toledo, Day ton, Boston, Philadelphia, Pitts burgh, and New York. In each of these cities, a short familiari zation presentation is made at least twice a year to all airlines that have direct connections with Piedmont at the “gateway” cities. The purpose of the program is, of course, to familiarize new agents and re-acquaint veteran agents with Piedmont’s system and service. Piedmont’s salesmen point oiit new flight schedules and, particularly, new connecting service to the agents. A comprehensive slide film is shown illustrating Piedmont Airlines’ relation to the United States, showing the cities Pied mont serves, pointing out tour ist attractions on the system, and relating Piedmont to the various industrial markets, col leges, etc., that it serves. The fifteen minute slide pres entation is followed by a ques tion and answer period. Natural ly, those in cities farthest away have the most questions. At the end of the program a PI ball point pen is given to each agent and the salesmen move on to the next airline. Several of the airlines have said that it’s one of the best presentations they’ve ever seen. And how effective is it? Says Assistant General Sales Manager Sheri Folger, “You can’t determine, of course, to '* Credit Union Loans Are Insured by Freda Zappia The Piedmont Aviation Credit Union was organized on De cember 10, 1949, with 61 members and assets of $869. Since the Credit Union was organized, $5,415,166 has been loaned to its members. Assets total $816,277.21 as of April 30, 1965, with 1530 members. At no cost to the member all loans have been insured by the Credit Union against death of the member up to $5,000. With total and permanent disability benefits. Savings accounts have been insured against death of the mem ber for the first $1,000. Life Insui-ance Coverage Under 55 years 100% of insured Savings and Loan accts. 55 to 59 years 75% of insured Savings and Loan accts. 60 to 65 years 50% of insured Savings and Loan accts. NOT FOR PROFIT—NOT FOR CHARITY—BUT FOR SERVICE NEW EMPLOYEES J. A. Finkler—Cleaner CVG F. R. Foster, Jr.—Util. Ser. Man CVG L. F. McElveen—Agent-Oper. ATL S. W. Roe—Agent-Res. CVG Jane Whicker—Sec.-Stenogra pher INT-M R. K. Wray—Line Serviceman ORF-B P. M. Martin—Jr. Secretary INT D. M. Stroud—Agent-Operations EWN Linda Cromer—Gen. Clerk, Jr. INT-A N. G. Kostman—^Agent-Oper. DCA S. F. Stephenson—Agent-Res. FAY S. A. Hill—Stewardess ROA M. K. Nightingale—Stewardess ATL G. S. Grygo—Stewardess INT L. W. Martin, Jr.—Jr. Spec. INT J. W. Wheeler—Lineman INT J. C. Hollar—Stewardess ROA B. A. Rentz—Stewardess DCA L. P. Fulton—Stewardess INT C. L. Hale—Stewardess INT A. T. Watkins, Jr.—Asst. Crew Coordinator INT-OC W. P. Melang, Jr.—Piper Sales man INT-CPA PROMOTIONS W. G. Robertson—ATL promoted to Ld. Agent T. F. Young—promoted to Chf. Agent ATL E. L. Beard—ATL promoted to Ld. Agent ATL K. D. Heflin—ORF promoted to Sr. Mechanic C. E. Collins—ROA promoted to Jr. Mechanic R. L. Almon—promoted to Res. Captain—transferred ILM to ATL R. E. Dudley—CVG promoted to Acting Lead Mechanic TRANSFERS G. L. Burton—PFH to JAMTO W. L. Downey—TYS to ROA D. L. Stovall—TYS to ORF D. H. Rieger—ORF to DCA C. G. Dickens—TYS to ILM C. L. Martin—ROA to TYS R. L. Mann—INT to ATL R. L. Mason—INT to DCA B. R. Barnes—DCA to ILM R. L. Thomason—INT to TYS G. E. Hendrix—INT to ATL B. B. Slaughter—INT to ATL E. D. Schettler—DCA to TYS C. A. Modlin—ATL to ILM D. M. Besaw—INT to DCA E. J. Duncan—ROA to ORF what extent these programs have been instrumental, but the com bined efforts in interline sales last year resulted in a 17 per cent growth for 1964 over 1963 in interline revenue. Gcuixyuxii 20 YEARS SERVICE William B. Robbins, Foreman, INT, April 4 15 YEARS SERVICE Charles F. Wiesener, Foreman, INT, April 3 Ralph Clyde Dampier, Super visor of Records, INT, April 11 Gilbert Wayne Hurst, Dispatch er, INT, April 17 Wilbur A. Blackmon, Asst, to Vice President—Operations, April 21 10 YEARS SERVICE Robert Parker Query, Chief Agt., RIC, April 11 Frances Hand, Secretary, INT, April 12 Howard O. Miller, Captain, ROA, April 15 5 YEARS SERVICE Johnny F. Johnson, Agent, ILM, April 11 Salem A. Beamer, Agent, CLT, April 20 Donald Ray Anderson, Lineman, CPA, April 28 PRESIDENT LAUDS . . . (Continued from Page One) course always looking at new equipment, although we do not expect any major changes for some time.” Three of the company’s offi cers recently went to the West Coast to look over the short haul, pure jet possibilities, in cluding the Boeing 737, Douglas DC-9, and North American’s F-100. “However, any one of these would mean a larger plane seat ing 50 or more passengers and would represent an expenditure of 2V2 to 3V2 million dollars per unit.” “We’re fortunate in that we have a relatively modern fleet, fully pressurized and air-condi tioned; therefore, we aren’t in much hurry. We are in a posi tion to take our time and analyze the situation. We do intend to follow carefully the develop ments of all the programs, how ever.”
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