Clipper, Vol. 14, No. 9, September 1957

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VOL. 14, No. 9
CLIPPER
LATIN AMERICAN DIVISION
MIAMI, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 1957
FLIGHT TRAINING PICTURES
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PAA Awarded Mid-Atlantic Route
Traffic Heads For New Mark In Division
Passenger, Cargo Counts Jump For 7 Months Period
Passenger and cargo traffic in the Latin American Division for the first seven months of 1957 moved toward another record-breaking year.
The Clipper passenger count on August 1 stood at 605,186 or a healthy 12 per cent increase over the 541,779 persons carried during the same period of 1956.
Air cargo flown throughout Latin America during the same seven months showed a 17 per cent gain, jumping from 28 million pounds to 33 million pounds.
Miami continued to be the busiest gateway but several Latin American cities posted greater percentage gains. Travel through Miami for the seven months period totaled 333,414 persons, an increase of 14,624 or five per cent. Cargo was up 16 per cent, from 17,807,000 to 20,632,000 pounds.
New York (LAD) led the gateways percentage-wise in passenger traffic gains, up 25 per cent, from 168,751 to 211,050. Cargo through the gateway was up 32 per cent, from 6,456,990 to 8,553,504 pounds.
San Juan Shows Gain
A heavy traffic gain was recorded at San Juan, Puerto Rico, where the passenger count jumped to 227,542, an increase of 21,266, or 10 per cent.
Havana counted 155,713 passengers, a seven per cent gain. Cargo jumped 35 per cent, from 3,681,-000 to 4,965,000 pounds.
Nassau had 75,947 passengers, a 9 per cent gain of 6,875, and cai'go soared a whopping 72 per cent, from 684,390 to 1,177,000 pounds.
Panama travel increased nine per cent, from 66,946 to 73,077 passengers. Cargo flown in and out of Panama totaled 7,527,000 pounds, a gain of 1,554,000 pounds or 26 per cent.
Mexico Traffic Up
Mexico City passengers increased nearly 10,000 from 50,116 to 59,736, or 19 per cent. Cargo was up 11 per cent from 2,144,000 to 2,390,000 pounds.
Guatemala City handled 42,415 passengers, an increase of 7,360 or 21 per cent. Cargo was up 62 per Continued on Page 2
ROME
MADRID
Course Pan Am Clippers Will Fly San Juan To Madrid
. . . Map Shows Latin American Division Lines Connecting With New Route
5Phone Courtesy Of Coemps Cited
The courtesy of Pan American employes in San Salvador when answering telephones, has set an example that is being promoted for the entire city by Mario Dutriz, co-owner of the newspaper “Prensa Grafica.”
Dutriz, writing in his paper, says he is impressed with the pleasant voices and words of PAA’ers when they answer telephones with “Good morning . . . this is Pan American,” in contrast to the usual gruff and curt “Buenooo,” in Spanish, meaning in English, “Hello” or plain “Yaasss?”
It would be a good thing for-everyone to follow the example of the airline folks when using telephones, Dutriz thinks.
San Juan Newscast Near 1,000th Show
The 1,000th consecutive news telecast, sponsored by Pan American over San Juan’s television station WKAQ-TV, will be broadcast on September 24.
The program, called “Telenoti-cias” was originated on WKAQ-TV November 22, 1954 and was the first sponsored by the airline in Puerto Rico. The station went on the air originally March 16, 1954. The Pan American show became a seven-day-a-week feature in August 1955 and has continued uninterrupted since.
Clipper Wins High Rating As Industrial Publication
The Clipper, Latin American Division, placed among the top 20 per cent of industrial publications in the nation, in the annual evaluation program sponsored and conducted by the International Council of Industrial Editors.
With a rating of 82.3 per cent, the Clipper qualified as an entrant for the title of “Best” as well as other awards.
The high rating was awarded by 20 judges, including editors, journalism and printing experts, who met at the Belmont Plaza hotel, New York City.
Top scores of “Outstanding” were awarded in two classifications—story leads and headlines.
Ratings of “Excellent” were scored for such items as giving personality to the sponsoring company, creating good-will, writing style, balance between text and illustrations, variety and fast movement of leads into stories, technical quality of photographs, printing and paper, and others.
The over-all comment of the judges was: “The Clipper is an excellent and warm publication.”
On The Job 3f410 Days
Schroeter’s Work Record Tops When He Retires From Airline
Believe it or not, George C. Schroeter, who retired from Pan American July 31, completed 13 years and 7 months employment without being absent or sick a single day.
Equally as impressive in his un-f>-usual record, he was late but once during 3,410 days on the job — when his pool ride driver failed to show and he was forced to ride a bicycle to work.
In recognition of his accomplishment, Schroeter was presented a model DC-7B Clipper with his record engraved on the base, and a letter from A. J. Lea Hume,
LAD industrial relations manager, which said, in part: “We realize that the satisfaction you must get from such an unusual record is in itself the greatest reward possible.
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we appreciate your constancy on the job, and as a very slight token of that appreciation we are presenting you with a memento of your service.”
Schroeter joined the airline as an apprentice stock clerk January 4, 1944, at Pan American Field in the port steward’s office. He performed routine duties for a time and then aircraft thermos jugs became a problem. Spigots didn’t work, insulation was not satisfactory. Schroeter began to fix them
Nonstop Flights To Rome, Frankfort
Latin American travelers who use the New York gateway to Northern and Southern Europe will save up to two and a half hours time on the first regularly scheduled nonstop flights between New York, Rome and Frankfort, to be inaugurated by Pan American World Airways October 27.
New DC-7C Clippers will depart from New York Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays, scheduled to reach Rome in 13 hours, 15 minutes, two and a half hours faster than the present time. Flights to Frankfort will leave New York daily at 5:30 p.m. arriving at 11:25 a.m. the following day.
The 7Cs will carry first class and tourist passengers. Round-trip New York-Rome first class fares will be $888, tourist fare $648.40. A 17-day excursion fare will be $551.40 roundtrip.
and continued doing it ever since. He became a mechanic in 1946 and was transferred to the metal shop at COB in 1948.
Proud of his workmanship, he treats his record as a matter of course. “It’s nothing,” he said. “After all, Pan American has been good to me. The least I can do in return is a full day’s work.”
In his shop, Schroeter is known for the excellence of his work. He has received awards from the Employes Suggestion Plan for improvements he proposed. He also Continued on Page 2
LAD to Link Latin America With Europe
One-Plane Flights To Operate From San Juan, Miami
The Latin American Division now has a new route to Europe.
San Juan will be the gateway for flights to Lisbon, Madrid and Rome.
President Eisenhower, on unanimous recommendation of the U. S. Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), authorized Pan American to become the
first American flag airline to link the United States and Latin America across the mid-Atlantic with the Old World.
Four Round Trip*
^ Predicting the route will be an instant success, Wilbur L. Morrison, executive vice president in charge of LAD, said flights will begin as soon as possible, after approval has been granted by all the governments concerned.
Four round trip through flights weekly are planned, two originating in Miami and two in San Juan, continuing by way of the Azores to Lisbon, Madrid and Rome.
In effect, the certification also provides a new one-carrier round-the-world route, merging in Rome with other Pan American flights to the Middle East, the Orient and back to the United States.
The service will be inaugurated with radar-equipped, four-engine Super-7 Clippers cruising smoothly high above the weather at 350 miles an hour.
Saves Time, Miles
Travelers will realize a saving in time and inconvenience by making their journey by a one-carrier direct route instead of having to change airlines, with the conse-Continued on Page 3
YOU CANT BEAT PERFECT—George C. Schroeter, mechanic, who retired after 13 years, 7 months, without loss of time, proudly displays the trophy, engraved with his remarkable record, presented by PAA.