Pan Am clipper, Vol. 3, No. 3, March 1977

              Volume 3 Number 3
New uniforms to make debut
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by Jeff Kriendler
Pan Am’s corps of female Ground Passenger Services employees will be sporting a new uniform this summer—an Edith Head original —which introduces a distinctive new color, claret, into Pan Am’s wardrobe family.
Juliana Ruhland (left) and Lisa Chin, ticket sales agents in the Vanderbilt Ticket Office in the Pan Am Building, get a sneak preview of what they’ll be wearing next summer, from sketches of new female Ground Passenger Services uniforms. (Sketches, Page 8)	^
In addition to the claret, camel will be the second dominant color in the attire designed to complement the female inflight service uniforms created by the academy award-winning Hollywood costume designer for Pan Am in 1975.
The announcement of a new look in career apparel comes as welcome news to the approximately 1,100 uniformed women in the Ground Passenger Services Department at over 100 stations. Dan A. Colussy, Executive Vice President-Marketing and Services, said that the new uniform program is “part of Pan Am’s ongoing effort to maintain a contemporary and stylish appearance for our personnel, compatible with the international
Better year forecast for company in 77
What’s ahead for Pan Am in 1977? A better year than 1976 and “it looks an awfully lot better” than years like 1974 and 1975.
That was the message Henry Hill, Vice President Airline Planning and Scheduling, and Assistant Treasurer Dave Redpath had for financial writers and trade publication newsmen in a briefing on the company’s outlook and operating plan for the rest of the year.
Hill said the company will attempt to improve on its 1976 performance through stability and more emphasis on and concentration of 74T service on routes where high yields are available. 1977 looks very much like 1976 in terms of schedules and services offered, he said.
The plan calls for 747s to fly 84 percent of Pan Am’s available seat miles during the year, and
“it could go as high as 85 percent,” Hill said.
He said the performance of the 747SP has been extremely good.
Redpath said that Pan Am’s capital expenditures budget for 1977 includes provisions for purchase of a sixth 747SP, scheduled for delivery in May. He said no decision has yet been made on how this aircraft will be financed. The other five are on 16-year leases.
Among the points made by the executive briefing team:
—a 9 percent increase in scheduled revenue passenger miles is expected.
—scheduled freight revenue ton miles is expected to climb 6 percent, but a 46 percent decrease in charter freight traffic will drag the system increase down to only 2 percent.
—Pan Am will go to an all
747 freighter operation on the North Atlantic in April, and possibly the Pacific too, at that time.
—plans call for 747 utilization, revenue block hours per day to climb to 12.8 hours, up from 12 hours in 1976. Utilization for the 707 fleet will drop to 7.4 from 7.9 hours, and increase from 5.8 hours to 6.2 hours on the 727
fleet in the Internal German Service.
—plans call for the New York-Rome 747 service to be extended to Turkey and Iran in April, if agreement can be reached with the Italian government, and also launching 747 “express” service from California nonstop to Car-(Continued on page 6)
Cannon lauds employees in New York speech
Senator Howard W. Cannon last month paid tribute to Pan Am employees worldwide for a “major contribution” in saving the U.S. flag system.
The Chairman of the Senate Aviation Subcommittee spoke at a meeting of Pan Am executives in New York.
During the talk, delivered a few days before he introduced regulatory reform legislation cosponsored with Sen. Edward Kennedy, Cannon outlined his views for the 95th Congress. Among them:
—a likelihood that the first major change to the Federal Aviation Act since 1958 will be enacted.
—a possible amendment to the Fair Competitive Practices Act to put “some teeth into it.” —removal of “closed door” restrictions and authorization of fill-up rights for U.S. international carriers.
—consideration of legislation which would help “do away with some of the red tape and over-(Continued on page 2)
character of Pan Am's worldwide operations.”
Separate uniforms are being issued for temperate and tropical climates. The basic design will remain the same, but the fabric and accessories will vary depending on the weather conditions.
All uniforms are being manufactured by Omniform, Inc., a division of the Jones Apparel Group of Norwich. Conn.
The basic temperate uniform will consist of a V-neck cardigan style jacket with gold Pan Am logo buttons, and an A-line skirt with inverted center pleat and gold “universe” design buckle. In addition, personnel will have a choice of either a soft A-shape jumper or pant/tunic ensemble in each color. Each uniform is a polyester/wool blend.
The women will also receive polyester/cotton dresses for summer and a cardigan sweater and vest for colder days. Blustery winter days call for use of an all weather claret coat with detachable hood and warm 100 percent wool lining.
Employees in tropical locations will be issued two light weight Qiana skirts in the same universe print as the blouses, and short sleeve dresses in camel (Continued on page 8)
New York Airways S-61, carrying New York City Mayor Abraham Bearne, arrives atop the Pan Am Building where the Mayor cut the ribbon in official ceremonies marking service resumption to the PAB rooftop on Feb. 1 for the first time since 1968. (Story, Page 6)
Westchester contract awarded PA
Pan Am has been awarded a five-year contract to manage the Westchester County Airport, a $ 100-million general aviation facility north of New York City.
A 19-member staff of professionals in airport management will be appointed and will assume operation of the airport beginning March 28, including responsibility for maintenance of runways, weather information, tenant billings, negotiating leases and providing for crash and fire rescue services.
Pan Am will receive a fee of $175,000 per year plus an incentive equal to 10 percent of the airport’s net profit.
Pan Am’s Metropolitan Air Facilities Division, headed by Staff Vice President John P. Kennedy, will supervise Pan Am’s Westchester Airport staff. This division also operates Teterboro Airport in New Jersey for the Port Authority and the 60th Street Heliport in Manhattan for the City of New York.