TWA Skyliner Magazine, 1951-11-08

              PROFIT TO DATE PASSES $6 MILLION
New York—TWA today reported a net profit of $6,192,170 after
income tax provisions for the nine months of 1951 ending Sept. 30.
The third quarter—July, August and September—accounted for
$3,589,514 in the profit figure.
Operating revenues for the nine months were $108,702,772, nearly
___________________=___=___     $23 million above the same period
Kansas City Fund
Drive to $25,000
At Half-Way Mark
Kansas City—With the United
Fund drive in TWA-Kansas City
at the half-way mark employees
have pledged $25,040 through payroll deductions in 1952.
This represents reports from
54% of the company personnel in
the Greater Kansas City area.
The United Fund campaign is" a
one-shot charity drive which includes all of the major welfare
organizations with the exception of
polio.
By contributing the United Fund
way TWA employees are spared
the inconvenience of making individual contributions throughout the
year to the various charity groups.
No other drive will be conducted
within the company during the
coming year.
The United Fund campaign
closes Nov. 16.
Valle Airport Closed
During Winter Months
Grand Canyon—Scheduled
service into Valle airport has been
discontinued during the winter
months.
However, it is extremely important that Station Manager V. C.
Carothers continue to receive all
bulletins and mail during the time
the station is closed.
All correspondence should be addressed to: V. C. Carothers, station
manager, Trans World Airlines,
Inc. Bin "I" Valle airport, Williams,
Arizona.
JOKE OF THE WEEK
She:  "So.  you want to kiss me.    I
didn't know you were  that kind."
He:   "Baby.   I'm   even   kinder   than
that."
in 1950.
Operating   expenses   were
629,927 or an increase of about $19
million over last year.
Set aside for income taxes for the
three quarters was $6,939,488, almost
four times the 1950 figure.
For the third quarter alone operating revenues amounted to $40,-
626,906 or $5V_ million above the
same three months in 1950. Operating expenses in the 1951 third
quarter were $33,712,620, an in-
Traffic—Nine Months
Domestic
Percentage
Increase
(Decrease)
Revenue Passenger Miles 39.9%
Total Revenue Ton Miles 37.2
Mail Ton Miles 33.4
Express Ton Miles 36.3
Freight Ton Miles 19.4
Revenue Plane Miles  8.4
International
Revenue Passenger Miles  6.0
Total Revenue Ton Miles  8.9
Mail Ton Miles 25.9
Freight Ton Miles 16.7
Revenue Plane Miles (4.1)
crease of $6 million over last year.
Traffic-wise, the report showed
heavy increases for the nine months
over the previous year in all phases
of the company's operations, topped
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Benelux Ends First Year
By Doubling Sales Quota
Brussels—TWAers here note
with justifiable pride that they recently closed one year of service in
the Benelux district with a record
of doubling their sales quota "and
then some," according to Peter
Verheye, assistant to the district
sales manager. Verheye also notes
that it might be of interest to
TWAers to know that the Benelux
district here includes Belgian Congo in its territory.
Airlines Carry On in Spite oi
Boom in Transport Business
(Ed. Note. St. Louis Soles Representative Jim Pasley assisted Peter Wyden in
preparing the Post-Dispatch article referred to in the following story.)
St. Louis—Business is booming at Lambert field, according to an
article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch written by Peter Wyden.
To illustrate just how filled the flights are these days, Wyden tells of
the busy agent who patiently assured the anxious caller that no baby
was born on this particular flight. The nervous relatives who were worried
about their about-to-be-born grandchild had reason to be slightly worried,
but to the travelers mobbing the
ticket counters that baby was in an
enviable position. To them it
seemed as if the only way to get on
a plane was to be born on one.
"It's all part of a new and spectacular boom—a boom in the sky.
When the terminal building at the
municipal airport was built in 1932
it was frequented by an average of
65 passengers daily. Oldtimers recall that once there were just three
flights in two weeks and each day a
little band gathered in the lobby to
enjoy a quiet hand of poker."
The Post-Dispatch reporter said
that now the monthly traffic is
pushing 600,000 with this fiscal
year running almost 50% above
last year.
"Why have so many citizens suddenly been seized by the urge to hop
on a plane?" asks Wyden.
His answer—first, it's pretty safe
to fly. Last year's safety record was
1.1 fatalities per 100 million passenger miles. Second, fewer delays
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IN TUNA with the times is Kansas
City Sales Representative C. E. BARTHOLOMEW, right, shown inspecting
an albacore tuna shipped via TWA
from the west coast for the local market.
The albacore tuna runs only during a
short period in the fall and is considered quite a delicacy.
VOL. 14, NO.45
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES EMPLOYEE PUBLICATION
NOVEMBER 8, 1951
FLOWERS FOR A PRINCESS are presented by Mayor
Elmer Robinson of San Francisco to Hostess ELAINE
NORTON. Looking on are left, BOYD MADISON, sales promotion representative for San Francisco, Arthur Bell, florist.
and LARRY MURPHY, public relations. The flowers were
flown to Washington as part of San Francisco's observance
of National Flower Week, and presented to Princess Elizabeth and her husband, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Peak Overseas Loads Are
Catching TWAers Short
Cairo—During the past two
months many vacationing TWAers
of the Middle & Far East region
have found themselves stranded at
various stations because of the tight
eastbound space situation during
the busy season.
Hardships of many of the delayed vacationers have been aggravated by lack of funds to tide the
travelers over until space home can
be secured. In order to maintain
themselves they have borrowed
funds from local station personnel
and in some instances collection on
these loans had to be made though
supervisory channels. Frequently,
too, repayment is hampered through
currency restrictions.
Joe Letzkus, M&FE director of
sales, said that it might prove necessary to impose an embargo on non-
positive passes during next year's
peak season since this situation has
resulted in impaired morale and
operating efficiency.
If vacationing TWAers could
avoid inter-regional travel during
the peak season—and carry enough
money with them when they do
travel—the problem could be easily
handled, Letzkus said.
St. Louis Sets Monthly
Load Record at 14,329
St. Louis—Records for passenger traffic during the month of
September reveal that St. Louis
TWAers set a monthly station
boarding mark of 14,329 passengers
The station's previous mark was
14,123 set in June this year.
Mailman Snails Up Soldier's Air Ticket,
But Bailey & Bailey Team Solve Problem
Kansas City—It was one of those tense moments. An army corporal
stood at the TWA ticket counter at Municipal airport and refused to
believe his ears.
"The money for my ticket didn't arrive," he echoed aloud. "But I sent
it a week ago and I don't have enough money with me to pay for another
ticket. I just have to get on that airplane or I'll be AWOL."
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addressed to John Bailey,   he went
on to say, "and I wonder if it should
not have been addressed to you. My
name is John Bailey, too, but  it
isn't mine, I'm sure."
The TWA executive's face lighted up and his voice emphasized
his pleasant surprise. "I've been
looking forward to receiving it," he
exclaimed, and then went on to tell
the Ford official the story of the
missing check.
After their stories were recounted, the two Mr. Baileys came up
with this explanation. The corporal
sent the check in the right amount
but addressed his letter to "Mr.
John Bailey, Fairfax building, Kansas City, Mo."
TWA has offices on the 12 th
floor of the building; Ford Motor
company has offices on the fourth
floor. The mailman apparently left
the envelope at the first Mr. Bailey
that he encountered in his rounds
of the building.
Ford's Mr. Bailey does not have
an office in the Fairfax building,
however, so the Ford office sent
the letter to his office. In returning
the check, Ford's Mr. Bailey added
this note, "And I almost thought L
was $90.45 richer today."
depart in less than 30 minutes.
Jerry Wall, TWA ticket agent, was
sympathetic. He watched the color
drain from the corporal's face. In
all probability, he thought, the
soldier would gladly have missed
the flight, if he could have his way,
since it was taking him to San Francisco for his ultimate journey to
Tokyo and presumably Korea.
Wall told the soldier "maybe I
can help." He telephoned John
Bailey, district sales manager, and
outlined the soldier's predicament.
Bailey then talked to the corporal,
was convinced of his honesty and
sincerity, and then decided to take
a chance.
"Issue the ticket," Bailey told
Wall. "Maybe the check will show
up in tomorrow's mail."
Tomorrow came. So did several
days more. Bailey telephoned the
Pittsburg, Kan., residence that the
soldier had left. On each occasion,
there was no answer.
Bailey said "I was just beginning
to think I was $90.45 poorer."
Then a telephone caller reached
TWA's Bailey and identified himself as a Mr. Bailey of the Ford
Motor company. "I have a check