Pan Am clipper, Vol. 22, No. 20, October 11, 1971

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Barnstorming for Pan Am in their own plane are Bonnie, Adele and Barbara.
GG girls on the go again
by James A. Arey
Pan Am’s “Going Great Girls” are on the road again . . . this time with a brand new twist.
After a thorough search of the company’s flight service records, the public relations department came up with three young women who are not only first-rate stewardesses, but also qualified private pilots.
The newest GGG team is Adele M. Gualano, Bonnie E. McLaurine and Barbara L. Haapanen. Adele, 22, is based in New York and hails from Monterey Park, Calif. Bonnie 23, also based in New York, is a native of Memphis, Tenn. Barbara, 23, is based in Los Angeles and . . . you guessed it . . . is from Long Island, New York.
All three have been with Pan Am about a year.
Today (October 11) these jet-age young ladies set out in their own airplane on a barnstorming tour of the United States to promote aviation, travel and Pan Am.
The tour starts in New England and will remain there for about three weeks. The next stop is a swing of the Caribbean with a possible return by way of South and Central America. The GGG team will then tour the U.S. Southwest and, finally, the West.
The GGG trio will fly themselves around in a Piper Cherokee Arrow 200B dressed up in Pan Am markings—complete with the big, blue Pan Am ball on the tail.
When the single-engine aircraft was delivered to Pan Am, the airline’s Miami-based maintenance and engineering departments rose to the occasion and came up with a nifty paint job. Everything’s there . . . from the “Clipper” name on the nose to the Stars and Stripes on the vertical stabilizer.
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fused


by Bill Dreslin
The future of transatlantic fares remains confused, but Pan Am has taken steps to make sure that the public knows the score.
In an advertisement appearing in major United States newspapers and the Herald Tribune in Europe, Pan Am stated flatly that “no scheduled U.S. or European airline will be able to fly you to any Pan Am city around the world at less cost” come February 1, the date transatlantic fares are now slated to become open.
At the same time, the ad took pains to point out two key facts that are largely overlooked by the public in the midst of dramatic announcements of
fare reductions made by various airlines:
•	The fares being announced don’t go into effect until February 1.
•	It’s a competitive fact of life that all scheduled airlines end up charging the exact fares over comparable routes to Europe.
The second point was put another way in the ad’s headline: “If you’re confused over who has the lowest fares to Europe, nobody has the lowest fares to Europe.”
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discontinue merger talks with TWA
Merger talks between Pan Am and TWA are off.
The time isn’t right for a marriage so the discussions have been concluded for the present, Pan Am’s President Najeeb E. Halaby has told employees over President’s Line.
The following is the text of his recent message:
“After several months of intensive exploration in all appropriate quarters—both inside and outside our companies—Charles Tillinghast, the chief executive of TWA, and I have concluded that the prospects for an early and successful merger of Pan Am and TWA are* not good enough at present to proceed any further with our discussions. They have now been discontinued.
“Timing is everything in life, as we all know, and a merger like this one undoubtedly is a sound idea, but its time has apparently not yet arrived.
“As you know, we have been managing and operating Pan Am on the basis of making it alone. We have had and will continue to have discussions with other carriers but none is being actively pursued at the moment, even though we continue to be approached on the subject of matrimony.
outlines strategy for future
“Our program for the future is clear and strong. We must intensify on a day to day basis:
“First, the most aggressive sales program in Pan Am’s history.
“Second, the best personal service program we can provide for our customers.
“Third, the leanest and keenest cost cutting possible by good management and cooperative labor.
“Fourth, a vigorous campaign with the public, the Congress and the President to regain for Pan Am, to assure full competitive opportunity against other U.S. airlines and against foreign-flag carriers. .
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Meanwhile, Pan Am continues to lead TWA as the number one carrier on the Atlantic.
As of September 25, Pan Am had outcarried its closest competitor for 15 consecutive weeks after
losing the lead to TWA during the April-May period.
Pan Am carried approximately 3,200 more passengers eastbound and 1,350 westbound than TWA for a total margin of 4,500 during the week ended September 25.
Jean Philippe Kerhoas and Christiane Dupuis
surprise chat with North Viets
Rochester, N.Y.—You’d have thought the young Frenchman would have called it quits after more than 100 unsuccessful calls to the same obstinate party.
Yet Jean Philippe Kerhoas kept on dialing—until members of the North Vietnamese delegation to the Paris peace talks agreed to chat with a determined contingent of Pan Am passengers from Rochester, N.Y.
Phone call after phone call was met with an excuse of some kind: He was to call back, there
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