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VOL. VH, NO. 8
APACE WITH THE PACEMAKER
AUGUST, 1965
First Six Months
Break All Records
Ed Culler, President T. H
twenty-five year service pins.
Davis, and M. F. Fare smile
happily as they display their newly presented
Piedmont Had Happy 25th
Piedmont Aviation, Inc., cele
brated its 25th Anniversary on
July 2 with balloons, tours, and
a commemorative dinner.
On the eve of the anniversary,
some 40 men joined together at
a stag dinner at INT’s Forsyth
Country Club in honor of the
three twenty-five year men, T. H.
Davis, M. F. Fare, and E. D.
Culler. Twenty-five year pins
were presented to each of the
three men.
Open house was held in Wins
ton-Salem for City Fathers and
employees’ families the follow
ing day. Refreshments were ser
ved and there were balloons for
all the youngsters.
Volunteers gave guided tours
of the home office facilities in
cluding the hangars and terminal
building and ending with an in
side look at Piedmont’s F-27.
If any of the people out on
the system are in Winston-Salem,
they may contact Assistant to
the President Don Britt or the
publications editor for a similar
tour of the home office.
McKee Is New
FAA Administrator
William F. McKee was sworn
in as Administrator of the Feder
al Aeronautics Administration
(FAA) on July 1. The swearing
in occurred the day after the
Senate’s confirmation of Presi
dent L. B. Johnson’s nomination
of the 59 year old retired Air
Force General.
McKee was born in Chilowee,
Va., and was commissioned a
second lieutenant in the Coast
Artillery Corps of the Regular
Army upon graduating from
West Point.
General McKee served in Army
assignments in Florida, the Canal
Zone, California, the Phillippines,
Puerto Rico and at the Norfolk
Naval Station, Va., before he
transferred to Headquarters,
Army Air Force, in January
1942. He received his first star
in 1945 and was appointed Chief
of Staff of the Air Transport
Command in 1946. In August,
1946, he went to Europe as
Commanding General of the
European Division, ATC, with
headquarters at Paris. In Decem
ber, 1946, he transferred to USAF
Europe headquarters at Wies
baden and became its command
ing general in January, 1947.
When the Air Force became
a separate service in 1947, Gener
al McKee returned from Europe
to work under General H. H.
“Hap” Arnold in setting up the
new service. He was appointed
Assistant Vice Chief of Staff
of the USAF in September of
1947 and was promoted to Major
General the following year.
In 1953, General McKee became
Vice Commander, Air Materiel
Command, USAF, and continued
in that post when AMC’S name
was changed to Logistics Com
mand. He gained his third star
as Lieutenant General in 1957,
and, in August 1961, was named
Commander, Air Force Logistics
Command, receiving his fourth
star at that time. The following
July he became Vice Chief of
Staff, USAF, under General Cur
tis LeMay.
General McKee was awarded
three Distinguished Service Med
als during more than 35 years
of military service. He was also
the recipient of the first annual
Distinguished Management
Award for outstanding contri
butions in Air Force logistics
assignments.
On retirement from the Air
Force in August, 1964, General
McKee was Vice Chief of Staff.
In September, 1964, he joined
the National Aeronautics -and
Extra $ In Paychecks
Piedmont employees received
an unexpected "raise" with their
July 15 paychecks. The Com
pany has assumed additional
amounts of the premiums on
both Group Hospitalization and
Life and Sickness Compensation.
Employees will find their
monthly paychecks fatter by
from approximately $1.00 to
$10.00, depending on whether
the individual carries hospitali
zation and whether he carries
it under the individual or family
plan.
Since the new policy does
not add to one's total gross sal
ary, but merely decreases de
ductions from his paycheck, the
extra money is tax free and thus
doubly welcome!
The first six months of 1965
have exceeded the record-break
ing first six months of 1964 in
all phases of Piedmont Aviation,
Inc.’s, operations.
Net earnings for the first six
months of 1965 were $743,410, an
increase of 35 per cent over the
same period in 1964. This
amounts to 41 cents per share
compared to 30 cents per share
for the first half of the previous
year, based on the number of
shares outstanding as of June
30, 1965. Total revenues during
this period were up 18 per cent
to $17,524,651 and total expenses
increased 17 per cent to $16,781,-
241.
Revenue passenger miles of
the Airline Division for the first
six months were 130,789,759. This
is an increase of 18 per cent
over the same period for the
previous year even though avail
able seat miles were increased
only 11 per cent.
Load factor from January 1
through June 30 of this year was
53.12 per cent as compared to
50 per cent for the same six
months of 1964. This is one of
the highest load factors in the
industry for this period.
Cargo services were up 13 per
cent, increasing from 932,878 ton
miles during the first six months
of 1964 to 1,199,603 during the
first six months of 1965. Cargo
revenue for the same two periods
increased from $549,092 in 1964
to $680,636 in 1965.
Sales, services, and other in
come of the General Aviation
Division and the Central Pied
mont Aero Division increased
40 per cent over the first six
months of 1964 to total $3,550,-
216 for the first six months of
1965. Income of these divisions
before taxes increased 86 per
cent to $181,803.
President T. H. Davis com
mented favorably on the re
mainder of the year:
“While business generally has
been good, and the national econ
omy remains strong, the fact
is that the rate of growth in
revenues and earnings of our
company is substantially greater
than in the industry average. It
is clear that such a record is at
tainable only by exceptional ef
fort and diligent devotion to
duty by the people in all depart
ments of the company.
‘Our opportunities for con
tinued growth in revenues, earn-
ir^s, and service appear favor
able for the remainder of the
year.”
Piedmont Signs
With American
Piedmont recently signed an
agreement with American Air
lines whereby Piedmont employ
ees are eligible for non-revenue,
space available travel over all
AA routes throughout the
United States and Mexico.
Fifty per cent reduced rate
positive space travel, which has
been available for some time,
will continue as before.
Both non-revenue and reduced
rate travel via American is avail
able to all Piedmont employees
with six months or more -senior
ity, their spouses, and dependent
children under 21 years of age.
Non-revenue service charges,
payable at the AA ticket counter
upon presentation of proper
authorization, are as follows;
One-Way Service Charge
Coach
1st Class
& Econ.
$5.00
$8.00
$2.00
$2.00
$3.00
$2.00
— no charge —
non-revenue
Type of Equipment
(a) Jet
Under 7,800 miles
Over 1,800 miles
(b) Turboprop (Electra)
(c) Piston
Applications for
and reduced rate travel should
be made through the Pass Bu
reau, INT-T, in the routine man
ner.
All non-revenue and reduced
rate requests must be made at
least two weeks in advance of
the date they are to be used.
They must include the employ
ee’s seniority date, and the ages
of dependent children who will
travel on a pass.
Requests for emergency travel
should also specifically state the
reason for the request.
Space Administration (NASA)
as Assistant Administrator for
Management Development, a
post he held prior to his FAA
appointment.
(Continued on Page Six)
Crouch New SHD Manager
New station Manager, Thomas
C. Crouch, assumed duties at the
Shenandoah station on July 1.
Crouch, a native
of Statesville, N. C.,
began his career
with Piedmont as
an Agent in, Char
lottesville, Va., in
February, 1957. In
March of the fol
lowing year, he
transferred to
Greensboro and
Tom Crouch
was promoted to chief agent
there in June, 1962.
Before coming to Piedmont,
Crouch was employed first by
J. C. Penney Co., and then by
Burlington Industries.
The new Shenandoah manager
is married to the former Doris
Troutman, also of Statesville.
The couple and their two child
ren, 15 year old Rick and 3 year
old Lisa, will live in Waynes
boro, Va.
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Captain L. W. McNames shows the National Safety Council's Award of
Merit to INT secretaries Louise Christenbury, Irene Wall, and Janice
Kenney. Only a carrier that had no fatal accidents in 1964 and whose
injury rate was lower than the average for its group over the previous
three year period was eligible for an award. Piedmont has received
a safety award from the Council for many years.