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VOL. VIII, NO. 8
THE BEST WAY TO TRAVEL — ALL OVER PIEDMONTLAND
AUGUST, 1966
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SMITH REYNOLDS AIRPOPT
WtNSTON-SAL^M I, N C.
August 22, 1966
To all Piedmont Employees;
I know the problems thrown at you as a result of the recent strike on
five other airlines have been extremely burdensome. Regardless of
this, however, the performance of all Piedmont people during this
period has been truly outstanding. I am bursting with pride to be
associated with such a great group of people and I can't thank you
enough for what you have done under these difficult circumstances .
As could be expected, the number of passenger complaints has in
creased to some extent. But - hear this - the number of complimentary
letters has gone up even more.
We have been fortunate in having many fine employees of some of the
struck airlines come to work with us temporarily to help relieve the
load. We appreciate their help and hope that their work with us has
been enjoyable and helpful to them
All of you can be proud to have had a part in helping a lot of people who
would have otherwise been seriously inconvenienced. On their behalf,
and on behalf of your company, I thank you and congratulate you.
Sincerely yours.
T. H. Davis
President
Newly Created
Finance Position
Filled By Hart
M. F. Fare, Vice President—
Finance, announces the appoint
ment of Carl D. Hart to the new
ly created position of Adminis
trative Assistant to the Vice
President—Finance. He will
assist the Vice President in such
things as financial planning, fi
nancing, financial forecasts, in
surance programs and other re
lated activities.
Mr. Hart comes to the Com
pany with a wide range of ex
perience, including p u b 1 i c-ac-
counting and controller of a tele
phone company in Texas. He is a
Certified Public Accountant and
a member of the American Insti
tute of Certified Public Account
ants and the North Carolina As-
Delation of Certified Public Ac
countants.
Mr. Hart is a native of Granite
City, Illinois and a 1952 graduate
of Wake Forest College. He is
married to the former Marjorie
Kirby of Winston-Salem and they
have one daughter eight years
old. The family resides at 434
Horace Mann Avenue, Wington-
Salem, North Carolina.
Show Cause Order
No Airline Objections
Filed With CAB As Answers
To New York Application
Jim Faucette
PSK
Warren roster
SHD
Station Manager Selection
Has Been Completed
Warren Foster has been named as station manager for the
Shenandoah Valley Airport serving Harrisonburg, Staunton, and
Waynesboro, Virginia.
A native of Lynchburg, Foster
graduated from Brookville High
School and a technical training
school in that city. He joined
Piedmont in 1949 as an agent at
Roanoke. A year later he was
transferred to Lynchburg. In
1955 he was promoted to chief
agent and moved to Charlottes
ville when that airport opened.
Foster also served 3 years in the
.Air Force during World War II.
I Mrs. Foster is the former Mae
Almond of Lynchburg. They
have two children and are mem
bers of the Christian Church in
Charlottesville where Foster is
a deacon.
Jim Faucette
James S. Faucette is the new
station manager for the New
River Valley Airport serving
Pulaski, Radford, and Blacks
burg, Virginia.
A native of Roanoke, Virginia,
Faucette joined Piedmont as an
agent at Woodrum Airport in
1952. He was promoted to chief
agent for the same station in
1957. Faucette transferred to
Washington National Airport in
the same capacity in 1961. Since
1962 he has been in Baltimore as
chief agent.
Prior to joining Piedmont
Faucette served in the Air Force.
He currently has an active re
serve assignment at Langley Air
Force Base.
Faucette is a former member
of the Knights of Pythias
the Dokies fraternal lodges.
and
Piedmont Wins
Safety Certificate
Piedmont has again won the
National Safety Council’s Award
of Merit for Aviation Safety. The
awards are presented on an an
nual basis.
Eligibility for the award is
based on Piedmont’s having no
fatal accidents during 1965 and
having had an injury rate lower
than its group average rate for
previous three years.
Thirty-four scheduled and cer
tified supplemental airline com
panies were named as recipients
of the annual awards. Awards
went to the following other eight
airlines: Hawaiian Airlines,
Mackey Airlines, North Central
Airlines, Northern Consolidated
Airlines, Pacific Northern Air
lines, Pan American-Grace Air
ways, Transportation Corpora
tion of America, and Trans-
Texas Airways.
Piedmont has moved a step
closer towards extending its sys
tem to New York City.
Only three answers were filed
to the company’s proposal for
New York flights. And these^ did
not appear to be objections
which would necessarily block
its plans.
The CAB issued an order on
July 6 which gave interested par
ties 20 days to file any comments
on the proposal. In the absence
of vahd objections, the CAB
could authorize the New York
service immediately.
This procedure would have the
effect of short-cutting the usual
red tape about air routes and
avoid the necessity for a hearing.
Three Answers
Three answers were filed —
from Eastern Airlines, Allegheny
Airlines and the Greater Balti
more Committee. Eastern did
not file objection to the service
but did object to the CAB pro
cedure. Allegheny requested
some additional restrictions on
the proposed service by Pied
mont. The Baltimore group
wanted Piedmont to include
Friendship Airport on any New
York flights.
Director of Research Bob
Kadlec, explained Piedmont’s
answers to the comments of
Allegheny and the objections of
Baltimore. Piedmont, in filing its
answer, suggested a two stop
New York — Huntington restric
tion rather than Allegheny’s re
quested restriction prohibiting
through-plane service. Piedmont
further requested the CAB to
throw out the answer of Balti
more on several grounds, includ
ing non-compliance with the
show-cause order provisions,
lack of standing as an interested
party and complete irrelevance
of Baltimore’s assertions to the
issue of Piedmont’s extension to
New York.
Possible Action
The CAB could take one of
several steps;
—It could rule out any ob
jections and amend Pied
mont’s certificate authoriz
ing New York service with
out further steps.
—It could order some of the
suggestions incorporated in
Piedmont’s certificate.
—It could rule there was a
valid objection and order a
hearing.
Some action by the CAB could
be taken within 30 days to six
weeks.
Carl Hart
Inside Story: The
Boeing Company
With more and more Piedmont
personnel making training trips
to the Boeing facilities at Ren
ton, Washington it seems that
the delivery dates for Piedmont’s
new Boeing planes draw closer
and closer.
Piedmont’s association with
the Boeing organization is be
coming a .close one. This is un
derstandable. Mechanics and
management alike feel that Boe
ing is building for Piedmont the
kind of plane they’ve always
wanted. The new aircraft will
belong to Piedmont first-hand.
The 737’s are pure jets and any
where you look Piedmont is
plainly excited over the prospect.
The Boeing Company is be
coming an intergral part of Pied
mont’s way of life. Frequent in
quiries consisting of countless
Boeing questions come into the
home office day after day. Pied
mont’s Public Relations office
turned to their counterpart in
Renton for help. The stories on
page three were written with
your questions in mind.
Hill Is Appointed
Cargo Manager
At ROA Station
R. L. Hill, Station Manager for
Charleston, has been named Car
go Manager for Roanoke. A na
tive of Lynchburg, Hill is a grad
uate of Brookville High School
in that city. Before joining Pied
mont in 1948 he served with the
Marine Air Corps during World
War II.
Hired as an agent at Lynch
burg, Hill was promoted to Chief
Agent in 1950. He transferred to
Newport News in the same ca
pacity in 1955 and returned to
Lynchburg as assistant manager
in 1959. He was named manager
for the Charleston station in
1960.
Mrs. Hill is the former Ann
Grishaw of Lynchburg. The Hills
have two sons.
A former member of the New-
R. L. Hi
port News, Lynchburg, and
Charleston Chamber of Com
merce organizations. Hill is also
a past member of the Charles
ton Branch Sales Executive
Committee, and the Kanawha
Valley Transportation Associa
tion. Presently he belongs to the
Kanawha County Airport Man
agement Committee and the
Charleston Area Chamber of
Commerce Aviation Committee.
A4/SS Black, Capt. Nicholson Wed
Miss Audry LeRoi Black and
Captain Frank Nicholson were
married at noon August 6th in
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in
Winston-Salem.
The bride is Supervisor of
Stewardess Training for Pied
mont.
The bridegroom is Director of
Flight Safety and Assistant to
the Vice President of Operations
for the company.
Given in marriage by her
uncle, the bride wore a dress of
off-white satin with a lace
mantilla she bought in Spain.
Ushers for the wedding were
Capt. Glenn Hendrix and A. L.
Huddleston. Capt. Mike Holton
sang prior to the ceremony. (For
picture of bride and groom, see
page four.)