TWA Skyliner Magazine, 1950-04-13

              VOL. 13, NO. 15
TRANS  WORLD  AIRLINE  EMPLOYEES' WEEKLY  PUBLICATION
APRIL 13, 1950
HOSTESS CAREER OPEN TO TWA GIRLS
Yearly PHL Award
To Go to Eckert
At Aviation Rail
Philadelphia — Samuel B.
Eckert, vice-president in charge of
marketing, Sun Oil Co., will receive the Philadelphia TWA club's
Aviation Award for 1949, according to Richard Roney, club president.
Given annually for distinguished
service in the development of PHL
aviation, the award will be presented by Laurence P. Sharpies at
the third Annual Aviation ball in
the Warwick hotel on April 28.
Sharpies, chairman of the aviation
committee, PHL chamber of commerce, received the award last year.
Eckert's principal contribution to
PHL aviation has been his success
in resolving the varied efforts of
airlines, airport engineers, chamber of commerce and federal, state
and city authorities into one general plan for the international air-
jjort. The plan ultimately received
the approval of the city council,
the mayor and director of public
works.
Eckert became the fifty-second
licensed flying boat pilot in the
United States in 1915, when he
"won his wings as a member of the
Aero club of America.
During World War I, he served
"with both the British and American forces. He was an R.A.F. pilot
in 1916 and 1917, and later was
.given command of the 17th aero
squadron of the British expeditionary forces, which as a unit was
later transferred to the U. S. forces.
On his return to the U. S. in
1919, he joined Stephen H. Noyes
and Charles J. Biddle in instituting
the first study to determine the
site best suited as the location for
a proposed PHL airport.
Furbay To Address Civic and
School Groups in TWA Cities
New York—Covering nine different on-line cities, Dr. John H.
Furbay, manager of Air World
JEducation, will address several educational and civic groups in the
Central and Atlantic regions during the next two months.
First on-line city on Furbay's
itinerary is St. Louis, April 18;
then Philadelphia, April 19; Boston, April 20; Kansas City, April
21; Brooklyn, April 24; Boston
again, April 25; New York, April
27; Oak Park, 111., May 4; Chicago, May 16; and Hannibal,
May 25.
JOKE OF THE WEEK
"Mother."   she   said,   "what   is
the best way to stop Tom spending so much money on me?"
"Marry him."
Kansas City — Young women who joined the airline to see the
world but so far have had a continuous and not-so-exciting association
with a typewriter, calculator, validator or what-have-you are again being
offered an opportunity to take to the air — literally.
W. J. Harrison, Employment manager, announced today that another
hostess training class — limited to company employees — is scheduled
to begin May 8. =^=^=^===^=
WHY. NATURALLY, it jumped to mind when Ohio allowed motorists
to use three letters instead of numbers on license plates this year! What
jumped to mind? Simply that PAUL STRAHM, Columbus district Sales manager, should fight for TWA. He put up quite a battle, too, outlasting
several Thomas William Adams, Theodore Wilson Andrews, Thaddeus
Wilfred Agathocles and the like. Here he displays the spoils.
Crew Men Change
Engine in Hurry
To Make Schedule
By Jack Clifford
New York — A crew of mechanics at LaGuardia recently
thought it easier to change a whole
engine, rather than a single cylinder — and so they did.
As a result a Connie flight made
schedule with several hours to
spare.
The No. 1 cylinder was reported
bad on Plane 561 — which was
supposed to take off at 10 p.m.
Foreman Harry Alenik, pushed
back his hat, scratched his head
and went into a huddle with Al
Jordan, LGA superintendent of
Maintenance.
They decided to change the engine since this particular cylinder
is a knuckle-buster from away
back and no one was sure if it
could be replaced in time.
Master Mechanics Tony Ristuc-
cia, Frank Flory, Tony Salamone
and John Podrasky tackled the job
at noon — and had the engine
ready for warm-up at 3 p.m.
The Connie made schedule easily.
Josh   Lee   Guest   Speaker   at
Management   Meet   April   20
Kansas City—Josh Lee, member of the Civil Aeronautics board,
will speak before the Kansas City
TWA Management club next
Thursday night, April 20, at the
Aladdin hotel. M. J. Plodinec, system controller, will be the departmental speaker.
The dinner meeting also has
been scheduled as "Better Half"
night with the members urged to
bring their wives, husbands or
dates as their guests.
Dinner will begin at 6:30
o'clock.
The class consists of three weeks
of pre-flight training and will be
given in Kansas City at the TWA
Goebel hangar, Municipal airport.
The hostess graduates will be assigned to flight duty on May 26.
Requirements Stated
To be eligible for consideration
as a hostess, a girl must meet the
following requirements:
1. A minimum of one year's
service with TWA. (One year's
service must be attained prior to
completion of training May 26.)
2. Age — 21 to 28 years, inclusive. (Age 21 must be attained
within 30 days after assignment to
flight duty May 26.)
3. Weight—100 to 135 pounds,
scaled according to height.
4. Height — 5 ft. 2 inches to
5 ft. 7 inches. (Measured without
shoes.)
5. Appearance — Good appearance and personality. Applicant
must not have any disfiguring scars
or birthmarks on arms, legs, neck
or face.
6. Health — Applicant must be
in good general health — able to
meet requirements of a comprehensive physical examination given by
TWA physicians at periodic intervals. Applicant's eyesight must be
such that constant use of glasses is
not required.
7. Must be unmarried and remain unmarried as long as employee is a hostess.
Bulletin Is Out
A bulletin has been sent to all
supervisors giving  further  details
Ticket Agent Evert Parks, 43,
Passes Away at MKC April 9
Kansas City — Evert Parks,
43, ticket agent at the airport, died
here April 9. He had been with
TWA since 1936.
Parks had been suffering from
a stomach ailment for several years.
He is survived by his wife and
two daughters.
regarding qualifications and training, Harrison said.
Interested employees should contact their immediate supervisor for
more complete instructions.
Tarill Reduced on
Overseas Freight
Rates This Week
New York — Commodity rates
covering certain specific items in
trans-Atlantic shipment were reduced this week, according to S. E.
Russ, TWA Cargo Sales manager.
Eastbound rates were reduced
April 11 and westbound rates will
be lowered April 17.
Typical of the new low specific
commodity rates are those from
New York to Rome on furs, feathers, hides, pelts and skins.
Nylon hosiery shipments of
2,200 pounds from LGA to Paris
receive a rate of 50c a pound.
Rates are lowered on shipments
of chemicals, drugs, pharmaceuticals, biologicals and medicines from
LGA to Israel and Egypt.
Also down are tools and cutlery
from Geneva and Zurich and hat
bodies from Italy to the United
States.
RECORD BREAKERS at LaGuardia pause atop the engine they've just
finished changing in three hours, enabling a Connie to make schedule.
From the left are Foreman HARRY ALENIK, Master Mechanics ANTHONY
MSTUCCIA, FRANK FLORY, ANTHONY SALAMONE and JOHN PODRASKY. Not shown, but given credit also for speeding through the job,
is Inspector Alexander Bodnar. See story on this page.
Barrett Named  Head  of
LAX Management Club
By Yola Condelli
Los Angeles — Dex Barrett
was elected president of the Los
Angeles Management club Tuesday
night.
Barrett, senior staff assistant to,
the regional general Sales manager, served as vice-president and
chairman of the program committee for the club during the past
year.
A native Chicagoan, Barrett attended the University of Illinois
and joined TWA in March, 1940,
as a reservations agent. He served
a 5^-year hitch in the army, being
wounded in Germany while leading a reconnaissance patrol. On return to service with the company,
he was assigned as a reservations
agent at LAX.
Others named to office in the
Management club are Assistant Station Manager Duane Latourell,
vice-president; Assistant Public Relations Manager Emmet Riordan,
secretary; Air Cargo Accounting
Supervisor Tom Summers, treasurer; and Sales Representative Ray
Culley, sergeant-at-arms.