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THE PIEDMONITOR
SEPTEMBER, 1970
THEPiEomonim
Piedmont Aviation, Inc.
Smith Reynolds Airport
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Betsy Allen, Editor
Editorial
Think Small
ONCE UPON A TIME there was a story about a
little train struggling to reach the top of a steep
mountain. All the way up the incline it said “I think
I can, I think I can, I think I can.”
During the course of the little train’s trip, larger
and more powerful locomotives swished by.
/\IiQ'/pe their loiid fiictors u ere hi'^’her and maybe they
u eren't. 'I hey u ere Dtox’ing so fast it teas hard to tell.
But the little train chugged along and finally made
it to the crest of the mountain. It was a proud little
train when it reached the top and all the way down the
other side of the hill it said “I thought I could, I thought
1 could, I thought I could.”
Rather like a child’s version of the power of posi
tive thinking.
Simple. But very explicit.
The little train was a wise individual.
He didn't worry about thinking big, or even being
big.
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Mis age, hke ours, was filled with giants, conclom-
erates, big businesses.
He was big, really, like us. But his point of view
was a little different and somehow refreshing.
Think small.
It’s unusual advice.
Can we afford to take it?
We can't really afford not to.
Our reputation depends on thinking small; it is
made by thinking about people.
Not 10 to 12 thousand people a day, but people,
one at a time.
Each one has wants and needs and is paying us to
fulfill each one of them for him.
That’s why we are here. Each one of us, to serve
each one of him.
Ours is a very personal, small business.
CONFUCIUS DIDN^T SAY
An Airline Is A Service Business.
If We All Give Service,
We'll Get Everyone's Business.
Congrats
30 YEARS
C. E. Culler—Service Manager,
INT-FB
25 YEARS
Milton M. Browning—Capt., ATL
20 YEARS
C. A. Anderson—Capt., ORF
B. C. Moody—Chief Agent, TRI
H. W. Kelly—Jr. Mech., INT
15 YEARS
J. A. Woodruff—Agent, LYH
Iris I. Gillikan—Ld. Agent, CLN
A. L. Cody—Lr. Rd. Tech., INT
R. W. Miller-Agent, TRI
J. M. Taylor—Maint. Cntrlr., INT
Jacob Chandler—Fit. Srv., INT
C. R. Young—Jr. Mech., INT
J. A. Pegram—Ld. Mech., INT
C. L. Brooks-Ld. Mech., INT
P. D. Loar—Dist. Sales Mgr., CVG
J. L. Paschal—Inspector, INT
M. P. Holt—Sr. Mech., INT
10 YEARS
Margaret Franklin—Agent, ROA
W. L. Crow—Ld. Radio Tech., ROA
H. 0. Norton—Capt., ROA
J. L. Smith—Asst. Disptchr., INT
5 YEARS
K. C. Killion-Agent, LOZ
Brenda Hall—Exec. Sec., INT
J. C. Shore—Sales Rep., INT-FB
L. RA. Welch, Jr.—Ld. Agent, ROA
R. E, Beeson—Agent, GSO
0. H. Long—Util. Serv., ILM
C. Jester, Jr.—Jr. Spec., INT
C. R. Jones—Mech. Spec., INT
D T. Hucks-Agent, CRE
J. E. Cummins—Agent, ATL
HOW GOES IT?
Mechanically speaking the July statistics revealed the
following:
Mechanical Dispatch Reliability Actual Forecast
FH-227 97.6% 99.4%
YS-llA 98,4% 99.0%
B-737 IIZI I - - - ,97.8% 99.0%
On-Time Performance of flights
operated not more than 15 minutes late 67.9%
Load Factor Actual Quota Forecast
47.40% 49.71%
Around The System
TRANSFERS
G, D. Jester-INT to MDW
P. L. Minnish—ILM to ATL
J. R. Lunsford-INT to ATL
J. M. Leslie-ROA to INT
J. L. Mann-ORF to TYS
G. W. Manuel-ROA to CLT
R. J. Murphy—ORF to DCA
J. C. Myers—ATL to ORF
J. W. Parker-ATL to MEM
H. L. Parker-ROA to LGA
R. B. Parker-ORF to DCA
H. M. Parkes-INT to ORF
M. Willey-ORF to DCA
E. A. Farson—ATL to ROA
W. Flemming—ROA to LGA
A. H. Hogsett—ORF to ATL
J. E. Holland-INT to ATL
A. J. Shropshire—INT to ROA
M. A. Hensley-CLT to INT-CRO
PROMOTIONS
T. A. Kirk-to Div. Chf. F/A, ROA
& DCA
L. W. Anderson—to Asst. Sta.
Mgr., ATL
S. E. Elmore—to Chf. Agent,
INT-CRO
W. D. Hauser—to Acct., INT
D. D. Shean—to Sr. Prod. Tech.,
INT
A. E. Tiemeyer—to Acct. Clk., Jr.,
ORF-FB
G. T. Wingo^to Chief Agent-Cargo,
ROA
DID YOU KNOW THAT...
Before Igor Sikorsky became famous as the inventor of the heli-
copter, he was an airplane designer. One of his designs for a 12-passenger
airliner provided an open balcony so passengers could walk about freely
in the wind to enjoy the view!
By 1975, experts predict that more than two-thirds of the population
of the U. S. will have flown an average of about one and one-half times.
It is estimated that one-third of all air traffic communications over
the North Atlantic is strictly airline business, one-third is purely air
traffic control intercommunications, and the remaining third is of joint
concern to airline pilots and air traffic controllers.
The first military airlift was a demonstration flight that occurred on
September 7, 1918 when 18 men were flown in several U. S. Army Signal
Corps planes from Chanute Field, Illinois to Champaign, Illinois — a
distance of about 20 miles.
In the days of the Ford Tri-Motors, the flight crew wore raincoats
and caps on rainy days to keep dry. Neither the cockpit nor the passenger
cabin were leak proof.
An airline seat is a perishable commodity. An analogous situation
would be an automobile manufacturer who would have to throw away
each car he made if he didn’t sell it at the end of the day it was finished.
Travel agents estimate that 135 million people will take an inter
national trip sometime during 1970.
Nassau County (New York) police recently used their Fairchild
Hiller-1100 helicopter to catch a suspect connected with the kidnapping
of a mother and her baby, only 32 minutes after the alleged crime.
It is estimated that the revenue lost while a Boeing 747 is out of
service will be more than three times the cost of repair.
An Ode To Kodlec
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SERVICE AND PIEDMONT PROVIDING-
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