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THE PIEDMONITOR
MARCH/APRIL, I972
Rubble Is All That's Left of the Robert E. Lee
And even the rubble won’t be left long. The
first “Company Home” of many Piedmont
stews, (he site of countless Company-related
meetings, and the first and last home of Pied
mont’s Winston-Salem City Ticket Office is
gone. And true to the jet age notion that change
should be rapid, it didn’t take long. Eight sec
onds proved ample time for the demolition
experts to reduce the Hotel Robert E. Lee to
material for a land fill. Spectators said it was
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incredible and pictures back them up. When
the dust settled, the skyline was changed and
a lot of memories were left homeless. Construc
tion of a new hotel on the site is scheduled to
begin this summer.
Long Lines
Pass Riders Are Posing Problems, Say Stations
Several people in the field have recently
asked us to help them in trying to correct a
problem they’re having with employee pass
riders. It seems that too many pass riders
have not been listing themselves on flights. If
you are riding non-rev space available it is not
required that you list yourself with the central
res office but you should at least notify the per
sonnel at your departure point. Even if you’ll
make an extra effort to arrive at least 30 min
utes early, as you are suppose to, it will help.
The station folks need to know you are coming
so they can figure loads and meals. They would
also like to be able to advise you if a flight is
going to be late. Most important they must have
the bookings before they can close out the
flights after departure. If you haven’t listed
yourself it requires extra work by the already
busy control agent at close-out time. So, please
let’s help them out all we can.
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Former members of the Air Force Air Trans
port Command, the men who pioneered trans
portation during World War II, will observe the
30th anniversary of its founding at a meeting
in Las Vegas May 19-21.
Highlight of the three-day event at the Fron
tier Hotel will be the informal reunion dinner
on Saturday night. May 20. Several hundred
former ATC personnel fi'om all parts of the
United States and abroad are expected to
attend.
Lt. Gen. Harold L. George, USAF (Ret.),
ATC’s wartime commander and honorary anni
versary chairman, has issued an invitation for
all men and women who served in the ATC
to attend. Wives and husbands also are wel
come.
A roster of former ATC personnel is being
compiled as the first step in arranging special
hotel and dinner reservations. Interested indi
viduals should write to James W. Austin, in
care of Hughes Tool Co., 250 Park Ave., New
York, N.Y. 10017.
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More about the new customer service pro
gram. Vice President — Traffic Ken Ross has
announced the promotion of Don Shanks,
former Washington Division Station Super
visor, to the newly created position of Director
— Customer Services. Shanks’ new duties will
encompass all phases of customer handling at
all of our facilities from the time of airport
arrival until baggage claim and subsequent de
parture. Included in his responsibilities will
be ticketing functions, baggage checking and
claim and customer service training programs.
All personnel now involved in these activities
will continue to report to the division station
supervisors and the superintendent of stations.
In his new assignment, which will become effec
tive May 1, Shanks will move to the general
offices in Winston-Salem.
Hi Hi
Spring must be certificate season as we’ve
seen all shapes and sizes of awards being pre
sented to numerous Piedmont folks for various
and sundry deeds of late. Probably the most
appropriate were recently given to Will Black
mon and Bruce Parrish. “The Blue Grass Air
port in the center of the largest Horse Sale
Region of the Country at Lexington, Kentucky”
has proudly commissioned Mssrs. Blackmon and
Parrish as “Genuine Kentucky Horsetraders”.
We feel sure Asheville would agree!
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