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THE PIEDMONITOR
AUGUST, 1967
THE piEomonim
Piedmont Aviation, Inc.
Smith Reynolds Airport
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Betsy Allen, Editor
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In Asheville
Crash Hearing Is Set
Piedmont’s first Boeing 727 jet liner, the Manhattan Pace
maker, collided with a twin engine Cessna on July 19th. There
were 82 passengers killed in the accident. Piedmont Flight 22
from Atlanta to Washington via Asheville and Roanoke carried
74 passengers and a crew of five. The Cessna 310 carried three
other people.
Heading the crew of Flight 22 was Captain Raymond Frank
Schulte. The co-pilot was Thomas C. Conrad and the flight engi
neer was Lawrence C. Wilson. Deborah Diane Davis and Sandra
Kay Cox were the stewardesses. All were based in Winston-
Salem.
The National Transportation Safety Board is the official in
vestigative agency for the accident. The Federal Aviation Agency
as well as Piedmont has representatives on the Board’s investi
gating teams. Boeing, the Air traffic Controllers Association and
the Airline Pilots Association representatives are also working on
the teams.
—^„ .The public hearing on the case has been tentatively scheduled
for mid-September at which time the reports of the various in
vestigating teams will be read into the record and eyewitnesses
will be questioned.
First reports of the accident included statements that the
Cessna was off course. But as yet there is no consensus on what
caused the crash and the Board has made no statements regarding
the Cessna’s position. This is one of the questions the Board will
probably be seeking an answer to at the hearing.
Although no official statements have been made it appears at
this time that Piedmont was not at fault.
The Piedmont Tragedy
NOTE: The following editorial appeared in the Winston-Salem Journal
on the morning of Thursday, July 20, 1967.
In the aftermath of the grim air crash near Hendersonville
yesterday, perspective will be hard to come by for a time, especial
ly among people who know about flying and seldom or never
go aloft.
Indeed, the mid-air collision that killed the 79 people aboard
Piedmont Flight 22 is the most awful kind of flying accident and
one of the most difficult to guard against.
And yet it is a simple fact that at the moment Piedmont’s
727 was going down in flames, North Carolina’s highways had
already been the scene of more than ten times as many deaths in
the year ^ 829, to be exact.
In Piedmont’s case, yesterday’s tragedy marked the first time
in nine years that passengers have died in a crash — nine years
and millions of passenger-miles. The veteran pilots who died in
Flight 22 had rolled up a total of nearly 30 years of service for
the airline, a mark not attainable without the application of great
skill and caution on literally hundreds of flights.
The spectacular nature of an air crash makes it more vivid
in the public mind than any number of head-on collisions between
automobiles. But as the shock of this awful tragedy passes, a
shock that lies like a heavy blanket over the traveling public,
perspective will return, and with it the knowledge that air travel
is still one of the safest modes of transportation in our age.
Congrats
25 YE.VKS
Frank Nicholson — Director of Flight
Safety, INT
20 YEAK.S
Dwight L. Odum — Division Chief
Pilot, ORF
William W. Cox — Captain. INT
Leon M. Fox — Captain, ILM
John Wilkes — Division Chief Pilot,
ILM
E. D. Clement — Captain. INT
W. G. McGee — Assistant V. P. —
Sales, INT
W. O. Tadlock — Director — Flight
Operations, INT
I!. A. Hagans — Captain, ATL
Norman Y. Webb — Inspector, INT
L. A. Watson — Director — Communi
cations, TNT
T. F. Webb — Sr. Spec., INT
Georee F. Hendrix — Superintendent,
INT
D, W. Hollar — Sr. Mech., INT-FB
15 YEARS
W. R. Taylor — Foreman, ROA
H. G. Van Huss — Agent. TRI
F. A. Hoffman — Sr. Spec., INT
W. J. O’Bryan — Station Mgr,, CAE
Virginia Price — Ld. Agent, ROA
Carolyn Repass — Agent. RDU
R. S, Stepp — Asat, Sta, Mgr., ROA
C. C. Kiger — Station Mgr., ECG
J. M. Wilson — Chief Agent, DCA
H, B, Altizer — Captain. TYS
W, L, Dearing — Mgr. JAMTO, Ft.
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C. L. Bunch — Captain, ORF
C. G. Dickens — Captain. ROA
.1. R. Hanson — Captain, ORF
Lloyd Lyons — Div. Chief Pilot, ROA
R. B. Richardson — Captain, DCA
R, F. WiLson — Chief Agent, BK"W
W. A. Nurnberger — Captain. ILM
Ray Ratledge — Sr. Spec., INT
W, M. Whatley — Captain, ILM
W, L, Downey — Captain, ROA
R, A. Emanuelson — Captain, ROA
Jack Cluck — Chief Agent. AGS
G. C. Myers — Ld. Mech., INT
10 YEARS
J, A. Tavlor — Stockrm. Clerk. INT-FB
R, E. Williams — Agent, GSP
Shirley Sword — Agent, CMH
H, C, Johnson — Sales Rep., INT-FB
,T. P. Eames — .Jr. Mech., SDF
E. L. Lee — Agent, BCG
J. R. Johnson — F/A, DCA
T, C, Hopkins — Cleaner, INT
5 YEARS
,T, R. Morgan — Agent, ROA
J, C. Queen — Agent, AVL
F. D. Smith — Agent. PHF
G. R. Griggs — Sr. Spec.. INT
B. F. Gibbs — Jr. Mech., INT
G. L, Wpstprlind — Tech. Training
Inst., INT
W. H. Forsythe — Sr. Spec,, INT
D, L, Kiser — Mech. Spec., INT
Evon Lovett — Jr. Clerk, INT
L. M. Shelton — Mech., Spec., INT
C. M. Lawson — Sr. Spec., INT
Carol Johnson — Sr. Steno. INT
C. L. Eubanks — Mech. Spec., INT
C. L. Gray — Agent, HIC
Ginger Maxwell — Jr. Clerk, INT
R. H, Turner — Mech., INT
C. A. Dunn — Jr. Spec., INT
P. M. Walden, Jr. — Agent, RIC
J. E. Barney — TJtil. Serviceman, INT
R. J. Matheny — Mech.. INT
R. M. Smith — Work Controller. INT
B. H. Windlev — Sr. Spec.. INT
W. S. Snach — Sr. Spec., INT
Aileen Asheley — Jr. Stono, INT
S. E. Plmore — Agent, BLF
T. Burnett. .Tr. ■— Agent. RIC
L. L. Fernienick — Sr. Mech.. INT
P. .1. Ha'-kins — Sr. Spec., INT
G. W. Hodges — Util. Serviceman, ROA
T, H. Laine — Jr. Snec., INT
I’. D. IJnderwood ■— Mech.. INT
G. S. Angel — Sr. Mech.. INT
Iva Cox — Kep Punch Op., INT
Doris Hardison — Stewar(iess, ILM
Marie Leedy — Agent, TYS
W. G. Thompson — Jr. Mech.. INT
.To j^nn Cromer ■— Sr. Clerk. INT
J. M. Cude — Jr. MeCii.. INT
Barbara Northcutt — OTO Agent, AVL
B. ,T. Pugh — Jr. Mech., ROA
F. H. Sheets — Agent, HTS
W. H. Durbin — F/0. ROA
Betsy Buford — Agent. INT
Joyce Putney ■— Agent. AVL
C. C. Vonler — Util. Serviceman,
INT-CPA
J. I.. Baker — Sr. Stock Clerk. INT
S B. Caldwell — S'-. Snec., INT
J. L. Dunlap — Mech. Spec.. INT
K. W. Rose •— Lineman, ORF-FB
C. I., Burke — Bldg. Maint. Helper,
INT
.Toanne Grpene — Communiriitions, INT
Anne White — Clerk, ORF-FB
Around The
System
NEW EMPLOYEES
R, T, Allen — Flight Instructor,
INT-CPA
L. E, Arthur, Jr, — Agent, EWN
J, E. Azzone — F/O Trainee. INT
S. E. Baim — Stewardess, DCA
J. C. Bartlett — Agent, ATL
L, W, Bennett — Jr, Stock Clerk, INT
C, W, Berry — F/O Trainee, INT
L, D. Boring — Agent, ATL
D. G. Boyles — Record Clerk, INT
D, L, Brook — Agent, ATL
R, W. Brown — Cleaner, TYS
J, L, Burris — Agent, CLT
K, E, Callow'ay — Agent, TRI
E, A. Chisholm — Agent, DCA
A, J. Campany — Stewardess, ILM
W. W. Crawford — Agent. TRI
S. A. Duggins — Jr. Clerk. INT
L. W. Dunford — Agent. DCA
P. A. Ellis — Sr. Clerk, DCA-FB
S, W, Fersak — Agent, PAY
W. F. Fletcher — Helper. INT-FB
V. L. Fulton — Stewardess. INT
J. J. Galvin — Agent, DCA
H. J. Gannaway ■— Stewardess. TYS
R. L. Gilbreath — Agent. ATL
C. C. Goodson, Jr. — Agent, TRI
R, L. Graybeal — Agent, ILM
O, M. Guthrie — F/O Trainee, INT
S, R. Harris — Stewardess, INT
(Continued on Page Three)
Do It Right The First Time
Some of you probably remember this cartoon. It has appeared
in the Piedmonitor before.
As we look at this situation and laugh at its humorous side
we should also stop to think of the consequences and inconveniences
some passenger has been forced to indure because his- baggage did
not arrive with him.
Are you guilty of handling problems of this nature in this
manner? Are you aware of the proper procedure and do you
follow through when faced' with these problems?
Your answers to these questions will also answer the following
query: Are you giving our passengers Good, Courteous, Friendly
Service? This is our goal and the reason we want to DO IT RIGHT
THE FIRST TIME!
—Ed Best
Superintendent of Stations
VFR
with
Turby
Congratulations to CRE! You were well over 2,000 for July,
and you boys deserve some kind of special commendation, for it
takes a lot of will power, or something, to have to work as you do
and at the same time be almost in view of the ocean and all those
people there in the sun. I expect if you counted all the NRSA’s
out of your station,,you would have boarded 3,000 plus.
BLF also had a big July. Went well over quota but these two
stations were the exception and in a small minority, as the rest of
the system fell way short of quota. i
July has passed now — let’s look for bigger and better /hings
for the rest of the year.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone in my
department for the outstanding job you did during th^ recent
emergency at AVL, particularly the boys and gals at the AVL
station — it was a superb job. /
This came to me the other day from Harold Gibsqh, Division
Station Supervisor (this is really following procedures); The other
day at one of our stations, we had a flight to overfly. Oiie gentleman
decided to rent a car and drive to his destination, rathe^ than wait for
a later flight, so he asked for a refund. Upon receipt of his check,
he asked if he could get it cashed. His expression was something
to behold when the answer came back, “Yes sir, do you have any
identification?”
Behind every successful man stands a descoted wife and a
surprised mother-in-law.
The best way to lose weight is to eat all yoa want of everything
you don’t like.
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Average — the poorest of the good and &e best of the bad.