page four
PIEDMONITOR
June/July, 1973
piEomonr
Piedmont has a new address in downtown DCA. District
Sales Manager Bud Halsey has moved, but not tar. From
1108 16th Street to 1010 16th and larger, lovelier
offices. Recently there was on hand for the official
opening. President Davis, left, who was chatting with
Al Pence, comptroller of the American Chemical Society.
Out in front of their new offices, from left, Frank Paschal,
Marilyn Brandt and Keith Higgins appear quite happy about
their relocation. Frank is our sales rep in the Nation's Capitol
and Marilyn and Keith are Piedmont's downtown DCA ticket
agents.
After the festivities Halsey led the “clean-up" crew.
Long Lines
Sports and sales soirees are signs of summer
Two of this summer’s sporting events, al
though photographically missing here, are cer
tainly worthy of note. “Woody” Woodruff,
INT-CRO, was a winner in the American
Wheelchair Bowling Association’s 12th An
nual National Tournament at La Nirada, Cali
fornia in late June. “Woody”, who is district
director of AWBA from the Virginias and
Carolinas, has also served as the group’s pub
licity director for the past three years. He won
a color television and a monetary prize in this
his 10th national championship. At this year’s
meeting he was also named editor of the group’s
national newspaper. It has been a good year for
“Woody”. Back in February he bowled in the
Winston-Salem Classic Pro-Am tournament
and finished only 37 pins out of the money.
“Woody” has several titles and trophies to be
proud of, among them the 1972 AWBA Mid
west Championship and the 1973 Virginia-
Carolina Championship.
Wilmington’s Captain Roy Hobbs and First
Officer Wells Berry can claim their “on-duty”
titles even when they’re not. Many of their
off-duty hours are spent being captain and crew
respectively of Hobbs’ Tartan 30, the Gremlin.
They recently won the Wachovia Cup by sail
ing the Gremlin to first place in the Wrights-
ville Beach Ocean Racing Association’s 67.5
nautical mile jaunt to Cape Lookout. There
were 20 hungry yachts with more than 100
thirsty crew members who crossed the start
ing line in quest of the cup. Gremlin and
her crew completed the race in 15 hours and
27.23 minutes. Not far back, in fourth place,
was another Piedmont Captain turned Captain.
Roy Malott of Atlanta brought his boat, the
Mouette, in in 16 hours and 11.24 minutes.
Bond drive completed
The 1973 Savings Bond Campaign fell short
of its 50 per cent participation goal, but just
barely! The results of this year’s drive showed
an increase in participation of 22.5 per cent.
A total of 48.7 per cent of Piedmont’s employ
ees are now buying bonds. Before this year’s
canvas it w'as 39.8 per cent.
The statistics include 293 new enrollees and
170 employees who increased their deductions.
The co-chairman for this year’s company-
wide bond drive were publications editor Betsy
Allen and manager agency and group sales
Don Edmondson. A number of people were ex
ceptionally helpful in conducting the campaign
including Sam Carter, Faye Latham and Jack
Brandon.
Who are you?
According to a recent memo from Director
—Security Dennis O’Madigan and Assistant
VP Jim Bradley most employees have been co
operating with the Company Identification
Program. But there have been exceptions. Thus
the following administrative procedures have
been established to handle violations: first
violation — warning to employee; second —
supervisor notified; third — personal letter;
fourth — two days off without pay; fifth —
possible termination. These new regulations
have been instituted in fairness to the majority
of employees who have been and are fully
supporting the Company I.D. Program.
Complaint report is better
In the last issue the Piedmonitor’s news
about our complaint standing was not good. Iij
the latest Civil Aeronautics Board’s Consumer
Complaint Report, for June, we’re doing a lot
better. We’ve moved from 16th place in April
back to the much-nicer-to-be-in third place po
sition for June. The carriers with better rec
ords than ours were Braniff and Southern.
The statistics are based on the number of com
plaints per 100,000 enplanements as reported
to the CAB. Third is a vast improvement over
16th. But consider how much better first would
be and then, be nice, nicer, nicest to our pas
sengers. Manager—Customer Services Don
Shanks periodically distributes a list of our
personnel who are mentioned in complimentary
letters. Usually and happily it is a long list.
His most recent re-cap included several people
who were mentioned more than once as having
provided top-notch service. They were Helen
Pritchard—DCA, Beverley Pell, Barbara John
son and Sandy Mathews all based in Atlanta,
and Gary Holt at the CRO.
' #
The Airline Sales
Managers Association
of New York has
new officers. For the
first time a regional
carrier member was
elected an officer.
Piedmont's District
Sales Manager Vince
Dieringer, far right,
was named Vice
President of the group.
Others are, from left,
Paul Sheppard of
Braniff, Grant
McLarty of Air Canada
and Fred Adams of
National.
Best Wishes for Piedmont's 25th Anniversary Year are
still coming in. Recently North Central's Interline Sales
Manager Marvin Fritz, presented our central res folks
with a happy anniversary cake. Assistant VP - Sales
Sheri Folger seemed delighted to accept.