There's more to benefits than dollars and cents
With this issue the Piedmonitor intro
duces the first installment of a series on
the Company’s employee benefits pro
grams.
The information which will be presented
in the series is generally applicable to all
personnel.
A wide variety of benefits will be dis
cussed — life insurance, dental care, medi
cal protection, hospitalization, retirement,
travel privileges and others.
It is not possible for us to cover every
question that might come up as a result of
an individual emergency or uncommon
problem. In these instances your benefits
booklets and the Standard Practices Man
ual will be your best sources of detailed
information.
We might suggest that you clip and save
each article in the series and keep them
with your ow’n information records for
later reference.
Now, for an up-to-date look at how much
money you make above and beyond your
paycheck turn to page two.
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February/March, 1973
Vol. XXIV, No. 2
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Magruder will be here by late April
William M. Magruder
Former Special Consultant to President
Nixon, William M. Magruder has accepted the
position of Executive Vice President of Pied
mont Aviation, Inc.
In making the recent announcement. Presi
dent Davis pointed out the rapid growth of the
Company which has doubled its volume of
business in the last five years. He said, “We
anticipate opportunities for continued rapid
growth and are particularly fortunate in having
someone of Magruder’s outstanding experi
ence and capabilities join us to assist in realiz
ing these opportunities to the fullest”.
In an announcement from the White House
President Nixon said he was accepting with
much regret Magruder’s resignation. Since
April, 1970, Magruder has been the President’s
advisor and assistant in technological areas.
Magruder received his degree in Aeronautical
Engineering from the University of California.
He also attended graduate school at Ohio State
University.
Prior to becoming Special Consultant to the
President, Magruder was Director of SST Devel
opment for the Department of Transportation.
Earlier in his career, he was Deputy Director of
Commercial Engineering for Lockheed-Californ-
ia. He has also been Director of Market Devel
opment and Chief Engineering Pilot for Doug
las Aircraft Company.
A Fellow in the Society of Experimental Test
Pilots and an Associate Fellow of the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ma
gruder has received numerous aviation awards.
Among his recent honors are the James Do-
little Management Award and the Octave Cha-
nute Award for his contributions to aerospace.
He also was awarded the Air Force Legion of
Merit for his work in the B-52 Flight Test
Program.
Magruder graduated from the Army Air
Corps training in 1944. He has flown 147 dif
ferent types of aircraft, including bombei's,
transports, fighters, liaison aircraft and heli
copters.
A native of Evanston, Illinois, Magruder is
married and has two children. He will arrive to
assume his new duties at Piedmont the latter
part of April.
We're the "av/af/on maintenance facility of 1973"
The editors of Aviation Mechanics Journal
recently named Piedmont Aviation, Inc. the
“aviation maintenance facility of 1973.”
The award is made annually on the basis
of employee dedication to maintenance stand
ards, professionalism and overall contributions
to the aviation maintenance industry.
In its current issue the magazine traces Pied
mont’s growth from its main occupation as a
Piper distributorship in 1940 to its present
status as one of the nation’s busiest regional
airlines.
“The growth of Piedmont has been steady
and consistent throughout the years,” the mag
azine said in announcing the award. “Their
policy of ‘servicing what they sell’ has resulted
in the establishment of a large propeller over
haul shop, an engine overhaul shop and the
largest aircraft radio service shop on the east
coast.”
This coveted award was presented last year
to John Schwaner of Sacramento Sky Ranch
in Sacramento, California. It is the highest
level of achievement an aviation maintenance
facility can obtain. Since the recipients are
regarded as the “standard” of the aviation
maintenance industry the requirements are
rigid and the competition quite keen.
In presenting the award to Piedmont, Avia
tion Mechanics Journal honored not only the
Company’s management but the employees who
made the award possible.
C. W. Gough, assistant vice
president, at right, accepts the
award from Jim Kost, publisher
of Aviation Mechanics Journal.
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