Clipper, Vol. 5, No. 13, July 14, 1949

              Read From California To Calcutta, From Alaska To Australia
Voi. 5, No. 13	PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYES OF PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS	July 14, 1949
FLIGHT CREW VETERANS HONORED
The Pacific-Alaska Division’s exclusive list of 20-year veterans was increased by two last month when Flight Enigneer Arthur Zibell, left, and Captain Jack Tilton, center, passed the two decade mark and were presented with their pins by Vice President Harold E. Gray.
President Trippe Calls On Senate for Change
PAA Head Presents 4-Point Program To Senate Group
The nation’s airlines must again be regarded as regulated public utilities, Juan T. Trippe, president of the Pan American World Airways system, recently told the Senate committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
He also urged the separation of mail pay from subsidy so that ‘‘our international carriers could be placed on a sound financial basis without undue cost to the Government, and the taxpayer would know what amount is being spent for subsidy and why.”
Referring to the airlines’ present status, Mr. Trippe said, “The airlines, while treated on one hand as public utilties, have, at the same time, been made subject to all the competitive pressures proper and appropriate only in an unregulated industry. There will be no real solution of the airline problem until this issue is met squarely. An airline can’t be a regulated public utility and a free enterprise at the same time.”
Mr. Trippe presented a four-point program, including a formula for the separation of airline mail pay from subsidy to “maintain for the United States first place on the airways of the world.”
1. Pay the U. S. flag international airlines only the standard international rate for carrying U. S. mail in foreign routes, and separate the subsidy payments necessary to offset the high wages of American airline labor as compared to competitive foreign airline labor.
2. Encourage mergers and consolidations in the international field which would produce substantial reductions in subsidy costs to the American taxpayer.
3. Require that subsidy pay-(Continued on Page 4)
Podner—Did You Ever Go To Oklahoma A&M?
The New York Public Relations Office and the Oklahoma A&M College are planning to publish an article in the Oklahoma A & M College magazine regarding the activitieis of all ex-students working for Pan American Airways.
Consequently, if at any time you attended Oklahoma A&M, drop by Personnel in San Francioso to fill out a form there. If you are based elsewhere, write in, and the form will be sent to your station.
Suggestion Committee Pays Out $205 to Five
Gordon Thym of Plane Service Collects Third Award of Year
The following awards were voted at the last meeting of the Suggestion Committee held in San Francisco on June 23rd.
Richard Duste of Line Service collected an additional award of $130 for his proposed revision of the tow bar. The suggestion has proved even more valuable as a safety measure since it was first adopted at a meeting last November. At that time Duste was awarded $100.
F. G. Layton of Honolulu Dispatch was voted a $25 award for his suggestion which permits standardization of the method of deriving component computations for flight plan purposes by all stations.
A letter of commendation went to Leroy Pacini of Plane Service for suggesting that warning signs be placed at blind corners about the base to promote safer driving.
Inspection’s Hall Douglas suggested that the aircraft seat arms be repaired in a more simple manner. Adoption of his suggestion has eliminated any need of disassembling the seats in order to effect a repair of the arm rest post. $15 was paid for the idea.
A letter of commendation went to Sheet Metal man Bishop Hobbs. He suggested that photographs of (Continued on Page 3)
Panagra Offers Variety of Travel Methods To Passengers
Pan American-Grace Airways now offers three types of air line travel to passengers from Miami to Buenos Aires and points along the west coast of South America.
Air travelers can now either sleep all the way in a comfortable berth aboard the de-luxe DG6 “El Interamericano” overnight express, or sit up in the DC-4 tourist class special, or take the daily twin-engine DC-3 local through the eight Latin American countries on the Panagra route.
Don't Be Scared—They Won't Send You To Wake
There have been instances, occasionally, of damage occurring to cars while parked in the lot at the San Francisco base. In some cases the person causing the damage has driven off without leaving his name either with the guard or on the damaged car.
Such a procedure can only properly be called a “dirty trick.”
But since almost everyone carries property damage liability insurance, it would cost them nothing to play it square with the innocent injured party.
Therefore, if you scrape somebody’s fender, stop and leave a note. That’s why you bought your insurance anyway. And what’s more important, you’ll be playing square with your fellow employee.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Rose Enjoy Wake Hospitality
Famous Pair Enjoy "Best Meal Of Whole Trip" on Tiny Rock
Personnel at Wake Island will be pleased to hear that their rock has been singled out as a “favorite” stop-over by a couple of round-the-world travelers— and a pretty famous pair at that.
After completing a 35,000 mile trip with Pan American, Billy Rose was interviewed by the Saturday Review of Literature. Commenting on the trip taken by his wife and himself, the famed columnist, song writer, producer and what-have-you, said in part:
“For instance, we got off the plane at Wake Island, and the Pan Am man was there. He gave us a spin around the island, and we had lunch with him in a quonset hut. It was the best meal of the whole trip. It ended with baked Alaska.
“Imagine baked Alaska on Wake Island.
“When we admired some sea shells some seafood was served in he said, ‘I’ll send you a dozen.’ When we got back there were a dozen shells waiting for us.
“Pan American rides again.”
A PECK A PEEK
Mary Perroset and Janice Emerson inspect one of the more vicious bits of Clipper cargo to arrive in San Francisco. Inside is a crane, on its way from Tokyo to the zoo in Salt Lake City. The lettering on the cage reads “Don’t peek into the cage—not to peck with bill your eye.” In Japanese this means, “Don’t go pokin’ around or you’ll lose a finger.”