Clipper, Vol. 3, No. 48, September 1, 1946

              11th YEAR PACIFIC-ALASKA DIVISION
Pah Americas World Airways
PACIFIC-ALASKA DIVISION
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18th Year Pan American World Airways
VOL. 3, No. 48.
PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYES OF PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
September 1, 1946
Weekly Service to Auckland Resumed Aug. 30
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Company Group Hospital & Surgical Plan Now Provides More Dependent Coverage
DC-4s Assigned to New Zealand Route
(See Chart, Page 3)
Effective August 1 the Company Group Hospital and Surgical Expense Insurance Plan was expanded to provide greater dependent coverage as well as an increase in certain benefits to the individual employees.
To take advantage of the new, greater coverage employees with family coverage (but not those with “employee only” coverage) must sign a new application card, available at Industrial Relations. (Those not desiring to continue family coverage must sign and turn in a wiaver card by October 1.)
The Company’s announcement of the increased insurance contained the following report to employees.
“The Company Group Hospital and Surgical Expense Insurance Plan was inaugurated two years ago to help you meet the financial burden arising out of hospitalization and surgical expense of you and your dependents.
“Over 5,000 employees and approximately 5,000 dependents participate in
this Plan. Over $125,000,000 has been paid out in claim benefits to date.
“Many of you have expressed the wish that the benefits .especially those for dependents, could be enlarged, even though the cost might be a little more.
“We are happy to announce a substantial expansion in the dependent coverage, as well as increase in certain benefits to the individual employees. This has been accomplished without additional charge for individual employee participation and for only a moderate additional cost to the employees under the family plan.
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PAA IN NEWSREEL
“Flight of Fashion,” a newsreel story of a fashion show on a transatlantic Clipper, has been released by Movietone News and is being shown at U. S. theaters during the last week of August and the first of September.
PAA Creates "Southwestern Region" With Arthur Ayres as Manager in Los Angeles
Southern California and the Southwest-
ern states have been established as a Southwestern region of Pan American World Airways and Arthur Ayres, who for the past three years has been Los Angeles Representative of the company, has been appointed regional manager.
The new executive officer will integrate all regional activities of Pan American Airways and its affiliated companies with direct local supervision. The importance of Los Angeles and Southern California in world trade prompted the establishment of the new headquarters to develop air traffic and to furnish the highest type and most frequent service to Honolulu, the Pacific area, and Latin America. Vast expansion is anticipated in travel from Los Angeles gateway as a result of the projected new services of Pan American to Calcutta via Tokyo and Shanghai, Hong Kong, Saigon, Bangkok and Rangoon.
A new route to Sydney, Australia, for (Continued cm page 2)
Regional Manager Arthur Ayres.
Service to Auckland was resumed August 30 when a DC-4 Clipper began the first of weekly flights from San Francisco.
Auckland trips were suspended in July when the Constellations were grounded and an equipment shortage ensued. Now Douglases will fly and run regularly, carrying passengers, mail and express.
The new schedule calls for departure from San Francisco each Friday at 10 a. m. Passengers from Los Angeles may depart there at either 6 p. m. Thursdays or 7:30 a. m. Saturdays to connect with the trip at Honolulu. Arrival at Auckland is on Tuesdays at 3:20 p. m., one day being added in crossing the international date line. (The plane then leaves Auckland at 1:30 a. m. Thursday and reaches San Francisco 10:20 p. m. Saturday.)
Stops on the run are Honolulu, Canton Island, Suva, Noumea and Auckland. Existing air connections at Auckland provide service to Australia. Pacific-Alaska will operate its own recently certificated route to Sydney upon completion of government negotiations for Australian landing rights.
A considerable backlog of passengers for Auckland built up during the last six weeks, but traffic department spokesmen say seats will be available again in the near future.
Among passengers on the August 30 flight was Edwin Muller, a roving editor of Reader’s Digest. He plans to do a story for Digest on his trip.
One way fare to Auckland is $590 (plus tax) from both San Francisco and Los Angeles. Round trip: $1062 (plus tax).
What, No Politics?
Fred B. Scobey, Station Manager at Canton Island, has become U. S. Postmaster for Canton and nobody even asked him whether he’s a Democrat or a Republican.
Scobey won the job hands down because the Army Post Office pulled out of Canton and all that was left was Brother Scobey. He is now the bonded boss of postal service on PAA’s wee So-Pac island.