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THE PIEDMONITOR
FEBRUARY, 1971
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Piedmont Aviation, Inc.
Smith Reynolds Airport
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Betsy Allen, Editor
Editorial
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
Some men have always resisted change and
progress . . . especially if that change and
subsequent progress would affect them in the
pocketbook.
We recently came across an interesting doc
ument which perfectly illustrates this long
standing truth. You may have seen it. It’s
been around for over 140 years.
Because of its relevance to our present day
challenges in transportation, we reprint this
letter.
To: President Andrew Jackson
January 1, 1829
The canal system of this country is being
threatened by the spread of a new form of
transportation known as “railroads.” The Fed
eral government must preserve the canals for
the following reasons:
ONE — If canal boats are supplanted by
“railroads” serious unemployment will result.
Captains, cooks, drivers, hostlers, repairmen
and lock tenders will be left without means of
livelihood, not to mention the numerous farm
ers now employed in growing hay for horses.
TWO — Boat builders would suffer and
towline, ship and harness makers would be
left destitute.
THREE — Canal boats are absolutely es
sential to the defense of the United State. In
event of the expected trouble with England, the
Erie Canal would be the only means by which
we could ever move the supplies so vital to
waging modern war.
For the above mentioned reasons the gov
ernment should create an Interstate Commerce
Commission to protect the American people
from the evils of “railroads” and to preserve
the canals for posterity.
As you may well know, Mr. President, “rail
road” carriages are pulled at the enormous
speed of 15 miles per hour by “engines,”
which, in addition to endangering life and
limb of passengers, roar and snort their way
through the countryside, setting fire to the
crops, scaring the livestock and frightening
women and children. The Almighty certainly
never intended that people should travel at
such breakneck speed.
Governor of New York
Martin Van Buren
Congrats
25 YEARS
John W. Lewis — Chief Dispatcher, INT
20 YEARS
George Davis — Inspector, INT
Floyd Finley — Jr. Mechanic, INT
John Robertson — Sr. Specialist, INT
Ralph Ray Buelin — Specialist, INT
E. L. Walch - Chief Agent, INT-CRO
I. R. McHargue — Specialist, INT-FB
E. C. Groce — Inspector, INT
L. C. Agee — Captain, ORF
15 YEARS
H. B. Galloway — Agent, TRI
Bob Saunders — Driver-over-the-road, INT
J. E. Birthsel — Chief Agent, CRW
10 YEARS
F. E. Pond — Piper Salesman, INT-CPA
J. K. Combs — Captain, ORF
R. N. Clark - Second Officer, INT
A. J. Garrett — First Officer, ILM
D, L. Caudle — First Officer, ILM
A. E. Rumfelt — Captain, ORF
5 YEARS
Sandra Robbins Fore — Agent, ROA
M. L. Overstreet — Agent, ROA
Donna M. Silcox — Agent, ROA
S. B. Alley — Utility Serviceman, ROA
D. L. Dollyhite - Sr. Stock Clerk, INT
J. B. Grant, Jr. — Sales Rep., DCA-CTO
M. E. Donaldson — Agent, CMH
I. B. Stone — Agent, TRI
Doris Eloise Luther — Agent, AVL
Judy Gatewood — Agent, INT-CRO
Phyllis Gail Shepard — Stewardess, ATL
Around The System
TRANSFERS
N. L. Allen — ORF to ILM
B. R. Boone — ORF to INT
V. C. Fair — INT to ATL
P. A. Fisher — ROA to DCA
P. A. Hilterbran — DCA to ROA
M. L. Murphy — INT to ROA
L. S. Norman — to P/T Agent, DCA
L. C. Pace — INT to ORF
B. A. Schabert — ATL to INT
X. S. Swarin — ORF to ILM
E. Trent — DCA to ROA
J. A. Cain — ORF to ATL
D. A. Campbell — ROA to ORF
W. S. Cooper — ROA to ATL
L. E. Fuda - DCA to ATL
G. B. Gibson - TVS to ORF
H. A. Horrell - ILM to ATL
O. D. Moore — INT to ATL
R. R. Tate — DCA to ATL
E. G. Wade - ROA to ATL
PROMOTIONS
J. E. Bradley — to Asst. Vice-President -
Industrial Relations, INT
S. C. Folger — to Asst. Vice President - Sales, INT
J. E. Davis — to Station Chief Mechanic, SDF
R. H. Evans — to Sr. Radio Technician, INT
C. F. Franklin — to Station Chief Mechanic, SDF
J. E. Nelson — to Station Chief Mechanic, MDW
R. M. Ross — to Sr. Power Plant Analyst
N. G. Smith — to Chief Agent, INT
W. P. Wallace — to Lead Agent, INT
D. R. Willard — to Supt. Power Plant Performance
& Analysis, INT
Z. S. Anthony — Sr. Stenographer, INT
M. H. Binkley — Accounting Clerk, Jr., INT
D. W. Burchette — General Clerk, Sr., INT
HOW GOES IT?
Mechanically speaking t h e January, 1971
statistics revealed the following:
Mechanical Dispatch Reliability Actual Forecast
FH-227 98.8% 99.4%
YS-llA . _ - - - 98.7% 99.0%
B-737 97.1% 99.0%
On-Time Performance of flights
operated not more than 15
minutes late 61.6%
Actual Load Factor Quota Forecast
42.13% 43.86%
Piedmont's People Pleasers
The following is a list of Piedmont employees who’ve
been complimented, by name, recently in the numerous
seatback letters from our passengers.
Atlanta
Amy Kistler
Margaret Jenkins
Joy Chatterton
Barbara Johnson
Lori Williamson
Johnny Griffith
Norflok
Thedora Seale
Judy Dollarhite
Roanoke
Bobbie Davis
Jane Bondra
Pat Hilterbran
Lina Trent
M. L. Overstreet
Rodney Bowers
Winston-Salem
Judy Lowery
Pat Collins
Susan Doub
Gloria Dempsey
Marjorie Bullock
Deane Edwards
Connie Chalk
Washington
Jane Brown
Vern Crisp (lAD)
Wanda Ramsey
Lynchburg
Shirley Quinn
Richmond
A. W. Castros
New Bag Tags Available
Only a small percentage of the hundreds of million
pieces of luggage handled annually by the airlines fails
to arrive with the passenger, reports the Air Transport
Association of America. The main reason that some
mis-directed luggage is not returned promptly is
that passengers fail to have proper identification on
their bags. Luggage should be clearly identified with a
label or tag on the outside, says the ATA, and should
also have a business card or some other means of
identification displayed inside the luggage. To further
improve baggage-handling services, Piedmont along
with all other scheduled carriers, provide baggage ID
labels without charge to all passengers who do not
have their baggage clearly identified.
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