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Aviation History
1965
1965 - 0878.PDF
478 FLIGHT International, I April 1965 "Flight" photograph AIR TRANSPORT... THE NEW EASTERN EASTERN AIR LINES' new look is just a part of this major carrier's "image- polishing" campaign which started when Mr Floyd Hall of TWA took over last year from Capt Eddie Rickenbacker. The company's aircraft have been re- styled with a single dark blue and light blue cheat line, the company falcon and logo have been redesigned, and new uniforms have been issued. After six years of heavy losses and falling load factors the airline expects to be making a profit again in 1966. In the past year it has climbed from 11th to first place in the CAB-audited punctuality league. Many of Eastern's 727 "Whisperjets"' and DC-8s are already flying in the new colours from the airline's terminal at New York Kennedy. The DC-9 was a temporary "one-off" specially done by Douglas before the Eastern order was announced. BUA AND THE WORKERS A RARE and unusually happy solution has concluded the dispute between BUA and its engineers; the airline manage- ment and the staff each happily believes it has won the point it was fighting for. The six manual workers' unions represent- ing 400 maintenance engineers and their supervisors, who had been on strike for three weeks, decided to accept a BUA- proposed three-year agreement on wages. The unions had demanded wage parity with similarly employed workers in the corporations and, though this has been substantially achieved, BUA are happy because the actual terms of the offer suit them better. BUA is particularly pleased because it feels still free to make its own terms and conditions without being tied to agreements made by the corporations. A skilled fitter working for BUA on a present basic rate of £12 19s is now to get £16 10s; next year he will get £17 10s and in 1967 £18 10s. This top figure will compare with £20 15s paid by BOAC, but a variety of special payments, including overtime, will narrow if not close the earnings gap. The unions in turn have agreed to more flexible working and to refrain from further claims within the three years unless the cost of living rises 5 per cent during a year when an automatic adjustment will be made. However, the agreement with BUA has put the smaller inde- pendent airlines on the spot. Mr Clive Jenkins, general secre- tary of the supervisors' union, has said: "We will be asking every other private airline in the country to make a simple choice. They can opt for BUA conditions or BOAC conditions." Allison-Convairs for Allegheny? A contract is expected shortly to be signed by Allegheny Airlines, the local-service carrier, for ten Allison-powered Convair 580s. They will be 55-seaters. A DC-8F has been bought by UTA, increasing the airline's DC-8 fleet to seven, two of which are being converted from Series 30 to Series 50 standard. These two aircraft left Le Bourget for Long Beach on March 22 for the powerplant modification. The Duke of Edinburgh will officially open the new East Midlands Airport at Castle Donington, Leicestershire, on July 21. The airport, formerly a RAF aerodrome, is owned and operated by a consortium of local authorities in the counties of Nottingham, Derby and Leicester. It is due to come into active use today, April 1. Mr John G. Adams is to be nominated to the Civil Aeronautics Board for a six-year term to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr Chan Gurney who had served on the board since 1951. Mr Adams has been director, Bureau of Enforcement, of the CAB since 1961 and had served the organization in various capacities since 1958. UTA Takes Over Liberian National At the request of the Liberian Government UTA French Airlines has taken control of Liberian National Airways, which has been renamed Liberian National Airlines Inc. The new president is Mr Romeo A. Horton, who is Secretary of Commerce and Industry in Liberia. The general manager is Mr Louis Fitte of UTA, AIR NEW IE ALAND From today, April I, TEAL becomes Air New Zealand
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