Pan Am clipper, Vol. 8, No. 3, March 1982

              Pilot Robert Gould
First employee nominee to Board of Directors
In a history-making move, Pan Am has selected Robert L. Gould, a 747 first officer, as a nominee to the company’s Board of Directors.
Chairman Edward Acker announced the nomination which was provided for under the terms of the Wage Reduction Agreement agreed to last fall by Pan Am and its major labor unions. Gould’s election will mark the first time in the history of the airline industry that a union official will sit on a corporate board of directors.
Gould joins a slate of 15 current Board members who are standing for re-election. Their nominations will be submitted to shareholders for their approval at the company’s annual meeting on May 11, 1982.
Gould, 43, has been with Pan Am since 1965, serving as a 707
navigator; a 707 first officer; and since 1977, as a first officer on the 747. He is also currently serving as Chairman of Pan Am’s Master Executive Council of the Air Line Pilots Association.
Gould received a BA in economics from Yale University in 1960. Prior to joining Pan Am, he served for five years as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.
“I see this as a positive step in establishing a partnership between labor and management in working toward a return to profitability for Pan Am’s shareholders,” Gould said. “Clearly, what is in the best interest of our shareholders is also in the best interest of our employees. ”
An interview with Robert Gould appears on page 7.
NEW BOARD NOMINEE — Robert Gould, a 747 first officer and official of the Air Line Pilots Association, has been nominated as a member of Pan Am’s Board of Directors. If elected by the shareholders, Gould will be the first employee to sit on the board of a U.S. airline and the second union official to hold such a post in a major American corporation.
Scheduled service stepped up 15%
A return to the Caribbean, increased service to Europe and Africa, new nonstops to the Pacific and Latin America and new destinations on the famed Round-the-World flights are part of a 15 percent increase in Pan Am’s scheduled service.
President Bill Waltrip said the new schedule pattern, which starts to unfold April 25, includes:
Effective April 25 . . .
— New nonstop flights between New York and Hamburg, Germany, with four flights a week on the Lockheed L1011-500, the most fuel-efficient, long-range airliner in service today.
While Pan Am and federal officials continued the investigation into the engine fire that caused Flight 975 to abort take-off from Miami on Feb. 17, passengers on the flight were praising the cockpit and cabin crew for their actions in evacuating the aircraft.
The emergency handling by the crew was summed up by passenger Arthur Signore of Orlando who told Miami News reporters:
“The crew did a helluva job getting us off the plane . . . they had everybody off the plane in less than a minute. ”
A similar expression was contained in a letter received from passenger Marcel J. De Winter of Daytona Beach who wrote:
“ ... in no time at all we were sliding down the chutes ... I was scared . . . but I think the crew handled it beautifully. I am reassured. ” The Boeing 727-235 aircraft,
—	Resumption of New York -Johannesburg passenger flights, with three trips a week via Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on the Boeing 747SP.
—	The addition of Dubai and Istanbul to the list of cities on Pan Am’s famed Round-the-World Flights 1 and 2.
—	An increase from two to four in the number of daily nonstop Pan Am widebodied flights between New York and California.
—	New daily DC 10 nonstop flights between Los Angeles and Mexico City.
—	New three-times-a-week nonstop 747SP service between Los Angeles and Osaka.
ship N4734, was on a scheduled flight between Miami and Orlando with Captain Daniel P. McHugh in command with a crew of five and 47 passengers aboard. The passengers included an off duty Pan Am captain and flight attendant who also assisted in the evacuation.
A total of two passengers sustained injuries in the evacuation, only one of whom required hospitalization for treatment of a broken ankle.
Flight 975 was only about 300 feet into its take-off roll on Runway 27L when a fire developed in the No. 2 center engine. Both passengers and crew reported later that the fire was preceded by a “loud bang.”
Captain McHugh immediately discontinued the take-off; pulled the aircraft clear of the active runway onto Runway 30; and, he and his continued on page 7
Effective April 26 . . .
—	New twice-a-week nonstop 747SP service between Los Angeles and Santiago, Chile.
Effective April 27 . . .
—	The addition of three flights a week between Los Angeles and Paris on Pan Am’s Polar Route.
Effective between April 25 and June 1 . . .
—	Re-establishment of passenger service to the Caribbean vacation spots of Nassau, Port of Spain, Kingston, St. Thomas and St. Croix with direct daily 727 flights from New York and Miami, and connecting service from cities in Europe,
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Sell-a-thon success in Houston and New Orleans
Sales quadrupled in Houston and New Orleans as Pan Am’s successful sell-a-thon, the “flying freebies” took off.
The two-day promotions offered customers buying a roundtrip ticket during the 48-hour spree, a second ticket absolutely free.
President Bill Waltrip launched the Houston sell-a-thon with a major press conference and Vernon Hood, regional managing director Gulf U.S., kicked off the New Orleans event. The bargain fares received heavy media attention in both cities.
Despite a flood of inquiries and long lines of cost-conscious customers, the sell-a-thon went /smoothly — unlike similar promotions conducted by Pan Am competitors where poor planning drew more crowds than could be properly accommodated.
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Passengers laud crew in Miami 727 evacuation
Bonus travel plan set; new policy slated for ’83
Pan Am said “thanks” to its employees with a bonus travel plan for the balance of 1982. As an expression of gratitude, each employee and accompanying eligible dependents will be granted two free passes (priority S-4) to be used in 1982. Single employees will be given the opportunity to select a non-relative or non-dependent as a travel companion.
Employees who designate such a companion will be entitled to one free “companion trip,” provided the company is advised of the companion’s name by May 15.
President Bill Waltrip said that the bonus plan is designed to recognize the sacrifice and dedication of Pan Am’s employees in their efforts to return the airline to profitability.
Waltrip also announced that a new travel policy, the result of continuing talks with the Joint Labor Council, will go into effect on Jan. 1, 1983.
Highlights of the new policy include:
—	Unlimited free travel on Pan Am upon purchase of annual travel card.
—	New privileges for designated companions of single employees (subject to CAB approval).
—	One annual free pass (Economy Class) at a higher RAPID-code of S-4 for each employee and accompanying eligible dependents.
—	The introduction of travel cards for employees and eligible family members.
—	Provisions for self-ticketing on Pan Am flights.
—	Elimination of age limit for dependent children.
—	Deletion of the 75 percent occupancy rule for First Class upgrade.
Full details of the new policy will be available from all personnel offices early in April and will be featured in the April issue of Clipper. □
A PINPOINT LANDING — Imagine the look on the face of this Filipino salt worker as he looked up to see a Pan Am 747 teetering delicately on a lamp post. Actually, Flight 842 was landing at Manila when photographer Felix Lloren’s camera captured the plane at a very bizarre angle. Published in the Phillipine daily Peoples Journal, the picture is Lloren’s official entry in a nationwide photographic competition to be held in Manila later this year.
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