TWA Skyliner Magazine, 1948-10-28

              VOL.  11, NO. 44
TRANS WORLD AIRLINE EMPLOYEES' WEEKLY PUBLICATION
OCTOBER 28,  1948
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ONNIE SERVICE CHARGE TO END NOV. 1
Philpott Puts On
Show at ABQ xAir
Force Dayw Meet
ALBUQUERQUE —TWA Captain Jimmie Philpott invaded the
Air Force day exhibition here in his
modified AT-6, "designed, engineered and built by Philpott."
"There's only one other like it
and it was designated XP-77 by the
Air Force, " Philpott said. "This
particular plane is a modified AT-6
with a Fairchild Ranger engine, developing 475 hp on 91 octane fuel
and a war emergency rating of 700
hp on 130 performance rating
fuel."
Philpott won fourth place in the
last Kendall races ar Cleveland with
this ship flown by Betty Clark, a
former WASP from Rifle, Colo.,
who began her flying career when
her father built a glider and took
her as a child for a ride as o:ie of
his first passengers. She has over
3 000 hours instrument end multi-
engine ratings.
The racer has two sets of wings
and the performance therefore varies on either the long or clipped
wing.
"Believe it or not, it lands and
takes off at 52 mph and will climb
6,000 feet per minute with the
short wing," Philpott explained. "It
would have won the Kendall if
clipped wings had been permitted."
The plane is on tour, making air
shows and races with Miss Clark as
pilot. Philpott always flys and tests
the ship before any demonstration
when possible.
Philpott holds the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Air Force reserve and, until his transfer to California recently, was commanding officer of the 564th very heavy bomb
squadron in Kansas City.
THE MAN BEHIND THE SMILE is Captain JIMMIE PHILPOTT. standing on the
wing of his modified AT 6 racer at the Albuquerque Air Force day celebration.
Accounting Director Takes
Time Out To Sell ATP Card
ST. LOL'IS—Every employee can
be a good salesman for TWA,
whether or not his job title classifies
him as such, is a point the Sales
department has been trying to put
across for years. E. C. "Bud" Peet,
director of Accounting, was a typical example recently when he attended a meeting of the 35 th
division club here.
While Peer was speaking to an
old friend, vice-president of a
printing firm in STL, he brought
up the subject of an Air Travel
Plan account for the company.
When the friend showed interest,
Peet left the tip with the STL district manager's office. Last week
J. Chesley Stewart, STL DM, reported the sale of an ATP account
to the printing firm—thanks to the
"salesman" from Accounting!
TWAers on Pass Swarm to PHX To Soak Up Sunshine
And Get QV Atmosphere for High-Power Selling Job
PHOENIX—TWAers made use of pass privileges on vacations and
ashed up on their QV knowledge during the past four months to the
ne of 187 Phoenix stopovers in June, 167 in July, 266 in August, and
247 in September, according to company records.
These lucky and smart employees
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paid visits to the sun site and are
able to give whole-hearted support
to the present QV campaign.
When a transportation agent
looks the passenger in the eye, slaps
the counter with conviction, and
says, "No sir, you can't beat that
Arizona air," he can back that up
with personal experience.
Starry  Eyed
A secretary with that dreamy look
in her eyes can sell a QV ticket by
sighing, "And oh, those heavenly
nights when the stars seem to come
down to earth." She knows. She's
been there.
Take the buyer who comes back
raving about rain-proof golf courses
and sells the vendor a shipment of
Phoenix. He has proof-positive;
he's played it without a raindrop.
Desert  Swims
And the switchboard operator
with the uplift in her voice that
greets you as you pick up the phone.
She tingles from swims in the warm
desert area and horseback rides in
the mountains.
There are those who seek excitement in Florida hurricanes, Bermuda crossings, Montana camp
trails —and then there are those
who wisely go to Phoenix for quick
vitamins.
Russian Situation
Reviewed at MKC
Management Club
KANSAS CITY —Members of
TWA's Management club here were
given a brief glimpse behind the
iron curtain of Russia Oct. 21 when
they heard Walter Cronkite, chief of
the United Press bureau in rhe Soviet Union for the past two years,
as guest speaker.
Describing Moscow as "one vast
slum," Cronkite told in detail of
the living conditions of the Russian
people—how as many as a dozen
are "assigned" to one room in an
apartment building, how their
streets, buildings and plumbing are
poorly constructed and in disrepair,
and how their rationed food is limited principally to black bread, potatoes, cabbage and some meat.
War Not Likely
As for war between the western
powers and Russia, Cronkite predicted there was no danger "in the
immediate future." The Soviet
Union has learned the cost of total
war, the U. P. chief said, and is not
economically prepared to launch
another. Steel and oil production
are far below that of the United
States and Russian transportation
facilities between major points are
inadequate. Also, he said, before
Russia dares to make war it must
convert 190 million peasants into
mechanics ("an almost impossible
task") and solidify the eastern European countries into a strong Soviet
bloc.
Favors Strong U. S.
Russian strategy is world domination, Cronkite said, and as long as
the standard of living in the Soviet
Union is far below the level of the
rest of the world, Russia will maintain the "iron curtain." To prevent
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TWA filed with the CAB Tuesday an application to cancel the service charges on Constellation flights effective Nov. 1, E. O. Cocke, vice-
president of Traffic, announced today. This latest move on the part of
TWA makes premium luxury-rype service on Constellations available at
regular fares for the first time.
The Constellation service charge has been in effect since the 300-
mile-an-hour ships were put into operation more than two years ago.
during which period it has earned —
approximately $4,775,000 for TWA.
Removing rhe extra fare on
TWA's luxury flights is considered
timely as an additional factor in the
airline's fall sales campaign to encourage "Quickie Vacation" travel
to the southwest and to increase
"long-haul" business during a season which is normally low in passenger volume.
Difficult Decision
"Management had a difficult decision to reach in disconrinuing the
Connie service charge," Cocke said.
"A close examination of all the
facts proves that we made a wise
move when we did not drop the
fare two months ago when the DC-
6 fares were cut. Our revenue fig-
u-.?s show thar in the last
monrhs—September and October—
the Connie service charges earned
us approximately $350,000, equivalent to an additional 6 million passenger miles.
"Under the usual circumstances
where certain Connie flights are
more in demand than others, it
would have been impossible for us
to have accommodated enough passengers, on the flights they requested, to equal the revenue brought in
by the service charges."
TWA, along wirh several other
major carriers, still believes a differential should exist in fares for
different types of equipment, Cocke
said, "but it is also TWA's policy
to maintain competitive fares."
Group Fares Suspended
Cocke also announced that the
CAB had suspended TWA's application for a group fare which would
have gone into effect Nov. 1. The
CAB suspended the application for
90 days following a protest from
two other major carriers and had
planned to set a hearing date soon
to investigate the group rate plan
as proposed by TWA.
Cocke said, however, since the
group fare was intended to increase
passenger loads during the winter
period—Nov. 1 to April 30—the
delay and expense involved in a
hearing would make the plan impractical and that the company
would request that its filing be
withdrawn.
TWA Credit Union
Invites Members
To Oct. 29 Meet
KANSAS CITY — The annual
meeting of the TWA Club Credit
Union will be held Oct. 29 at 1
p. m. in the auditorium of the New
England building.
In addition to the regular business
of presenting the financial report
of the Credit Union for the fiscal
year ending Sept. 30, several by-laws
recommended by the board of directors will be voted on.
George Hansen, president of the
Credit Union board of directors,
said, "I urge all members of the
twn TWA Employees' Club Credi*
Union to attend if possible. All are
welcome." Hansen will conduct the
meeting.
During the fiscal year $826,-
181.20 was loaned members. This
is an increase of $517,294.91, or
167.5'/( over the amount loaned
in 1947. The average loan for 1948
was $304.80 as against $186.18 in
1947.
John Forbes Named Foreman at
CHI Maintenance Department
CHICAGO — John Forbes assumed the responsibilities of general
foreman in the Maintenance department here Oct. 16.
Forbes has been with TWA since
December, 1930, and is transferring
to CHI from New Castle, where he
was master control foreman.
CAB Order Freezes Cargo
Tariffs in Air Industry
Suspension of specific commodity tariffs filed by TWA and other
domestic carriers was announced recently by the Civil Aeronaurics
board.
TWA's tariff was filed Sept. 28
to be effective Oct. 28. This action
on the part of the CAB, taken in
order to provide time for a closer
study of the airfreight rate situation, has the effect of freezing present tariffs in the industry until the
CAB renders a decision on the case.
TWA's tariff in use now is the
one effective since July 1, 1948.
Other domestic carriers affected
by the suspension order are American, Capital, United, Northwest,
Delta, Slick and the Flying Tigers.
FORGOTTEN MEN?
Ticket and Reservations people in
TWA's on-line cities are sometimes
dropping the ball in handling business with off-line traffic, according
to the Passenger Sales department.
TWA has traffic offices in Houston,
Miami, San Diego, Denver and
Minneapolis, all prepared to sell
passengers on the closest TWA connection. On-line ticket and Reservations agents are therefore urged to
refer exchange-order holders, passengers requesting return reservations
and other traveling information in
off-line cities to the TWA office. The
local office can then book the passenger to the best advantage for
TWA.