Clipper, Vol. 13, No. 7, July 1956

              PANAMA CITY PICTURES
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Almost Everyone in Pan American Reads The Clipper
LATIN AMERICAN DIVISION
VOL 13, No. 7
MIAMI, FLORIDA, JULY 1956
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EAGER EAGLE—This is no oversized parakeet, but a harpy eagle from Brazil, flown 4,180 miles by PAA Clipper cargo from Rio de Janeiro to the Fort Worth, Texas, zoo. On a stopover in Miami for feeding, he is being offered a piece of beef by Phyllis Sherman, cargo clerk.
Flying Club Gets Charter;
To Launch Membership Drive
The Panair Flying Club, composed of Pan American employes and available to those of the airline’s affiliates, associates and their immediate families, has been organized and chartered.
The charter was signed by Circuit Judge John Prunty at a brief ceremony in his chambers, attended by the new organization’s officers and legal advisers. There were 45 charter members.
The purpose of the club is to stimulate interest in private flying, promote good fellowship among its members, avail them of
the opportunity of private flying at modest cost and maintain high standards of safety at all times.
Following a general membership meeting at which a constitution and by-laws will be submitted, a membership drive will be launched.
The initial governing body of the club is composed of Ralph Muelver, president; Ray Meisen-holder, vice president; Bob Kols-bun, secretary; George Lehto, treasurer; directors: Bill Payton, Harry Hemmings, Don Palmer, Stanley Coulter, Gilbert Francis.
Passenger, Cargo Records Are Set
Passenger and cargo records for the Miami gateway were broken by Pan American during June.
The upsurge in June travel was climaxed on Saturday, June 30, when 2,488 passengers arrived and departed from PAA’s terminal. This topped the previous single day’s high of 2,475, set on February 21, 1955, by 13 passengers.
A total of 54,615 passengers, 26,438 outbound and 28,177 inbound, moved through the terminal in June, also a new record. This total exceeded travel in May by 29 per cent and June, 1955, by 19 per cent.
Cargo exports in June, totaling 2,124,263 pounds, exceeded June 1955 shipments by 13 per cent. Statisticians also revealed that May 17, 1956, set another PAA record in Miami. On that date, 142,450 pounds of cargo left Miami for Latin America, establishing a new export record for a single day. The previous single day’s high was 134,357 pounds set on December 14, 1952.
Sunday, July 1, saw the record travel continuing. A new mark set Saturday — 2,488 persons — was broken when 2,860 passengers passed through PAA’s terminal.
Division Traffic Tigh t Du ring July
July will be a bad month for PAA employes to plan vacation travel.
Most routes out of Miami, and all in the Western Sector, are exceptionally tight for this season of the year. Traffic to Guatemala and Mexico is heavy.
Havana traffic is moderately heavy during the week but crowded on weekends. All Nassau flights are booked solid until mid-July.
Some space is available for employes on the mid-week Caribbean Islands flights. It also is possible to travel between Miami and Caracas, with occasional delays indicated. The South American east coast is tight, the west coast generally available. North-bound flights out of Panama are heavily loaded with Canal Zone employes coming north for summer vacations.
Traffic to and from Mexico is generally very heavy. Employe travel in the Atlantic Division is impossible.
The vacation travel situation is expected to continue through July.
Vacation Travel Fare Cut To 10 Per Cent of Full Rate; Other Rules Are Liberalized
Dependents Defined For Travel Purposes
Eligible dependents, for the purpose of travel under vacation discount privileges, are defined by the company as follows :
1.	Spouse.
2.	Children, parents and other relatives living in the household and deriving their principal support from the employe.
3.	In case of single employes only, parents, brothers, sisters, and/or employes’ children.
PAA Slashes N.Y.- San Juan Tourist Fare
Program for Three Classes of Service Becomes Effective
Pan American World Airways program to introduce three classes of air service over its heavily traveled foreign and overseas routes was put into operation June 20, between New York and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The new program will feature a fare structure that cuts previous touristy fares by about 20 per cent and brings the cost of a New York-San Juan flight to $52.50.
Wilbur L. Morrison, PAA executive vice president in charge of the Latin American Division, said that passengers flying between New York and San Juan would have the choice of tourist, cabin or first class accommodations. The round trip fares for the new tourist class will be $105 between New York and San Juan, $128 in cabin class and $180 first class.
Pan American’s proposal to operate three classes of service over the Atlantic, including a new class of service at a price 15 to 20 per cent below the present tourist class, has recently been discussed by the airlines at an International Air Transport Association traffic conference in Cannes. Any fares agreed at Cannes are subject to approval of governments involved.
The service between San Juan and New York will be scheduled in four-engined, radar-equipped Super 6 Clippers with an average flying time of 5 hours and 45 minutes. The differences between the new tourist service and the cabin and first class will be in the seat spacing, the meal service and other amenities. New seat designs for the tourist service provide an acceptable degree of comfort, although spaced only 34 inches apart. Free meals are eliminated but passengers may buy refreshments on the plane.
The Puerto Rico-New York route was the proving ground for the first low-fare tourist service that began in September, 1948. Five months after the introduction of the service, the number of passengers on the route trebled. First class service also showed an increase, the airline found.
Employe, One Dependent Eligible On Year’s Service
Liberalization of employe vacation and personal travel discount privileges over the services of Pan American World Airways, Inc., became effective in June.
The new vacation travel discount has been increased from 85 to 90 per cent of the full, all-year adult tariff. Eligibility for employes and dependents starts with the employe’s completion of one year’s service. This class of travel is subject to load at all times, to restricted seasonal periods as published, and is_ not permitted on any extra fare service such as the President Special.
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available at all times to any PAA employe and his eligible dependents, after 90 days service.
The number of trips a year is unlimited. The service is not subject to load or restricted to seasonal periods, but is not available on extra fare flights.
Both categories of employe discount travel are at all times permissible at the discretion of management.
Interchange agreements concerning employe discount travel with other airlines are not affected by the new program.
The vacation travel discount
25 Trainees Start Aviation Careers
Twenty-five young men looking ahead to careers in air transportation are taking their first steps in that direction at Pan American’s LAD base in Miami.
The trainees are from 11 states in all parts of the country, the Virgin Islands and Costa Rica.
As their initial step, Pan American enrolled them in a six-week orientation program, during which they are familiarizing themselves with facilities and operations of the airline’s main base.
They are visiting various departments and gaining a working knowledge of each through observation and lectures by department heads. During this training they will be briefed on communications, maintenance, traffic, cargo, pilot training, industrial relations, public relations, immigra-t i o n and customs, scheduling, accounting, service of supply and the many other operations necessary to keep PAA’s Clippers flying over thousands of Latin American route miles.
Those taking their orientation training are: William Morris, Harold F. Beard, Lawrence A. Schriv-ener, F. Lawrence Filomena, Claudius A. Ross, Richard H. C. Chen, Billy Wayne Carroll, Herbert E. Hargis, Richard G. Arellano, Kenneth DeHaven Owens, John J. Maguire, Benjamin H. Beckhart, Harry E. Wheeler, Ron-/ aid F. Hagen, Donald J. Kees, Robert K. Clark, William R. Stewart, David P. Clark, Calvin J. Greiner, William H. Lindsey, Thomas F. O’Donnell, Don A. Zirn-gible, Henry D. O’Malie, Edwin R. Simmons, James E. Tracy.
E. O. BEARDEN DIES
Elmo O’Neal (Bill) Bearden, one of the first employes of Pan American, died June 15 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. He was 60 years old. Bearden joined the infant airline August 19, 1928, when PAA began flying betwen Key West and Havana, Cuba.
ploye for himself and his eligible dependents on an annual basis and in the following increments:
1.	After	one	year	service,
one trip per year for the employe and one eligible dependent.
2.	After	five	years	service,
one trip per year for the employe	and	each	eligible de-
pendent, or in case of a single employe who has no dependent, one trip each for two parents, brothers, sisters and/or employe’s non-dependent children.
3.	After	10	years	service,
two trips per year for the employe and each eligible dependent, or in case of single employes who have no dependents, one trip each for two parents, brothers, sisters and/or employe’s non-dependent children.
The travel accrued becomes the employe’s vacation travel allotment to be used in the year following that year of service in which it was earned. A signed travel request form submitted by the department head for approval is the guarantee that the employe is eligible for the travel requested.
All or part of the allotment not used within the year following the year within which it was earned, automatically becomes forfeited by the employe for himself and his eligible dependent, except
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Canopy Is Rigged For Wet Weather
Passenger loading and unloading on rainy days in Ciudad Trujillo is no longer such a damp business.
Pan American station employes rigged an awning on the passenger ladder that eliminates the confusion and delay of attendants escorting passengers up and down the steps beneath umbrellas.
Nowadays when it rains, passengers are met at the foot of the steps—or escorted there from the terminal—by attendants with umbrellas. The cost of the canopy and supporting hoops was only $60.
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