Clipper, Vol. 11, No. 4, April 1952

              Pan	AmericanIVorlo Airways
ATLANTIC DIVISION
LIPPE#
Read òn- four continentsand four islands in between
Volume II
April, 1952
Number 4
1ST Record Of On-Times Halts At 118
By T. U. Gray
Istanbul, Turkey
Screams of agony and_ terror were heard as Yesilkoy ^Airport during the catastrophe which took place there March 11. Flight One incurred a station delay of four minutes.
At the scene of thé disaster, bereaved relatives and employes oF PAA, and of the handling agent, Turk Ekspres, did their utmost to control panic and hysteria.
A delegation of PAA and Turk Ekspres employes approached the (Continued on Page 2)
Pictures of the Istanbul Air-\ port staff, and a story written ; by Mary J. Breden when the ; station had achieved 106 on-; time transits, will be found on | page 3 of this issue.
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Now On A9 Roll
The 208 New York-based Pan American World Airways pilots who fly Clippers between there and Latin America have a new “home office.”
They have been transferred from the books of PAA’s Latin American Division, with headquarters in Miami, to the Atlantic Division, whose headquarters are in New York.
The change is mainly a “paper” one. The same pilots will continue flying the same routes. The transfer will result, however, in a huge pool of pilots available for all flights out of New York—to Europe, Africa or Latin America— without the necessity of one division “borrowing” a flight crew from the other when needed.
Under the new system, the Atlantic Division will ■ supply fhe (Continued on Page 2)
Trippe Given Award By Lebanon Republic
Juan T. Trippe, president of Pan American, has been made an Officer of the Cedars, one of Lebanon’s highest civilan awards, by Foreign Minister Philippe Tacla in recognition of Mr. Trippe’s services to international aviation and to the Republic of Lebanon, it was announced recently in Beirut.
Replying to Foreign Minister Tacla’s citation, Mr. Trippe recalled the early days of aviation and explained the great transition of the last 28 years from aviation as a luxury service to the present-day low-cost tourist service.
Mr. Trippe forcasts swifter air service,, and greater popularity for civil aviation as soon as transatlantic tourist fares, at a 30 per cent reduction, go into effect on May 1.
Low-Cost European Holidays Made Possible On "Rainbow"
Featuring for the first time a new program of low-cost European holidays for millions of Americans who have previously lacked the time to go by steamship, and the money to go by air, Pan American will open its low-fare Rainbow Service on May 1, in especially-designed Douglas Super-Six Clippers, it has been announced.
Daily flights will be operated in3>	------------
the Rainbow Service during the
month of May, to London, Paris, Frankfurt, Brussels, Duesseldorf and Shannon.
Increase To 12 Weekly
During June and July the service will be increased to 12 flights a wgek, giving direct service from New York to nine European cities: London, Paris, Rome, Frankfurt, Duesseldorf, Glasgow, Brussels, Amsterdam and Shannon.
The crossing, taking 12 hours to Shannon and 13 and one-half hours to Paris, will be the fastest low-fare transatlantic service available. In using the Super-Six Clippers, Pan American is utilizing the most modern advances in aviation engineering and its experience in mass transportation overseas.
All-IjipJusive Holidays
Working closely with experienced tour operators and with the wholehearted cooperation of European hotel owners ¡and guide services, Pan American is emphasizing the pre-arranged tour, in order that first-time travelers to Europe will know ahead of time exactly how muchjtheir trips will cost, and they can complete most of their vacation arrangements before they leave home.
Although many travelers will prefer to make their own arrangements, the pre-arranged holidays (Continued on Page 2)
News Bulletin Is Published Aboard Plane
A new switch in passenger service was cooked up by the Frankfurt Pubrel office when a special bulletin, the CLIPPER COURIER, was distributed to 41 U. S. publishers, radio and television officials while they were flying from Duesseldorf to Vienna.
The newsmen, out of touch with world events for several days due to the lack of American newspapers, “enthusiastically” received the news sheet according to A. J. Wallis, Regional public relations manager, CER, who accompanied the group from Frankfurt around Germany, Jugoslavia, Greece and Istanbul.
Associated Press sent their latest news flashes to Duesseldorf operations where the news items were transcribed on a ditto master. T. B. Rodenbaugh, FRA station manager, arranged for a ditto machine to be placed on board, and thus it was made possible that the journalists were handed the red-hot news while flying 3,000 feet over Europe. It is believed that this is the first time that a news sheet was printed aboard an aircraft in flight over Europe.
NOTICE .
The traffic and sales department has made a thorough survey of the amount of space expected to be available for employe discount travel this spring and summer to and from the European gateways.
As a result of that study, it becomes necessary, according to an announcement issued last month, to close the transatlantic services, east and west, to employes’ 85 per cent discount travel during the months of June, July, August and September. No exceptions can be made during this peak-load period, it was said.
‘Ops’ Prepares For Start Of
Tourist Fare
Early in December, the' Atlantic Division get the green light order for full-thi'ottle operation in preparing for the inauguration of DC-6B services—first to Bermuda on March 14 and then the new Rainbow Service to Europe on May 1.
The first Super-Six was delivered to the Division by Captain Scott Flower on February 29. Before this delivery took place, however, almost everyone in the operations department had responded to the December order.
The ground school was converted into a veritable small university under the leadership of its prexy, Harry Canaday, and his fine staff of professors. Ground school courses were designed to train and familiarize pilots, flight engineers, flight service personnel, dispatchers, maintenance personnel and others with the various operational and maintenance features pertin-(Continued on Page 2).
All-Time High Set By IDL Cargo Unit
The month of February produced a record for the cargo unit at Idle-wild Airport, in which a total of 1,429,765 pounds of freight was handled, an all-time high for the station.
Of the total, 895,140 pounds were exported, 459,959 pounds were imported, and transfers to domestics for export amounted to 74,666 pounds.
During the calendar year of 1951, the Idlewild cargo unit moved 12,373,132 pounds of cargo. Of this total, 7,586,207 pounds were exported, 3,751,203 pounds were imported, and transfers to domestics for export amounted to 1,035,722 pounds.
Examiner Says Air Competition Over Atlantic Should Continue
The pattern for air competition across the Atlantic, established in 1950 and supported by Pan American in a brief submitted recently to the Civil Aeronautics Board, should be continued, according to recommendations made to the CAB by Chief Examiner Francis W. Brown.
1 The brief was submitted by Pan American in the C9.se concerning
Agreement Is Reached With Union On Pay
Across-the-board increases in pay were provided for mechanics, and ground service, port steward and flight service personnel, in a memorandum of understanding which was signed March 12 with the Transport Workers Union.
The memorandum between Pan American and the union was based upon recommendations handed down in a 70-page report compiled by the emergency board appointed by President Truman last December 17.
The increases were made effective as of December 1, as follows: Inspectors, 10 cents per hour; master mechanics, 12 cents per hour; first class mechanics, 13 cents per hour; mechanics, 14 cents per hour; mechanic’s helpers, 15 cents per hour; ground service personnel, 15 cents per hour; flight service personnel, $16 per month.
Employes who hereafter become master mechanics will be paid in “(Continued on Page 2)
Handling Of Pax Studied For New Tourist Service
Passenger serevice procedures to be applied to the Atlantic tourist service being inaugurated by Pan American World Airways May 1— procedures covering everything from selling tickets to entertaining passengers in flight—were mapped by a committee of PAA executives during a recent three-day conference in Miami.
The company’s experience in operating tourist service flights in Latin America during the last three and a half years is forming the basis for the procedures to be applied in handling the anticipated heavy flow of tourist traffic to Europe by Pan American’s new 82-passenger Douglas Super-Six Clippers this summer.
Development of standard procedures for the Atlantic tourist service is part of an over-all program launched by PAA’s System Passenger Service Coordinating Committee a year ago to provide the best possible type of passenger service on a uniform basis throughout the system. Best features of various services in each of the three divisions are being utilized.
From the Atlantic Division, attending the conference in Miami, were Dhan Mukerji, traffic and sales manager, and Ken Parratt, service manager.
the renewal of certain transatlantic certificates which expire in July of this year. PAA has urged that the present competitive pattern be retained, while TWA seeks to exclude Pan American from half of Europe, according to Henry J. Friendly, vice president and general counsel of PAA.
Convenience, Necessity
The CAB has yet to make a decision on the case, but the examiner’s report states that “the public convenience and necessity DO NOT require the major route adjustments proposed by TWA,” but DO require:
1.	“Extension of the authority granted Pan American and TWA to engage in air transportation across the North Atlantic.”
2.	“Permanent certification of each carrier west of Cairo, with certain exceptions.”
3.	“Pan American’s^HTTthoriiji^i.
Paris and Rome, and TWA’s authority at London and Frankfurt be extended for an additional five-year period.”
4.	“Authorization of Casablanca between Lisbon and Dakar on Pan American’s certificate to continue until expiration of that company’s South African certificate.”
5.	“Service to Nice by Pan American for a period of five years.”
5. “Service by TWA at the (Continued on Page 2)
Management Club Holds its Annual Dinner And Dance
The annual Ladies’ Night dinner and dance of the PAA Management Club was held at the Skyline Terrace, Long Island City, on Friday, March 14. Judging by the turnout, the event has definitely become a favorite.
Starting at 7:15 p.m., the evening’s festivities featured a minimum of speech-making and a maximum of entertainment, and included Hawaiian orchids and perfume for the-ladies.
Dance music was provided by Francis Walters’ orchestra while Abe Pilpel, Ken Quigley, Walter Gaylord, Harry Gilmore and Ernie Consentino presented their version of an intimate night club revue. George Baliando recorded the proceedings.
Door prizes were won by Paul M. Strieffler, Ed Dowling and Tony DiGuisseppi.
This month’s meeting, to be held on April 15, will include a talk by Harris Bigalow of the Sales and Management Institute. Attempts are also being made to have an officer of PAA present a speech.
At Clipper press-time, Pan American World Airways had completed 38,095 transatlantic crossings.