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1983
1983 - 0168.PDF
AIR TRANSPORT 767 pilot feud over? MONTREAL The wage dispute between Air Canada and its pilots selected to fly the new Boeing 767s looks likely to be settled soon. An official statement for the airline says: "Air Canada and the Canadian Air Line Pilots Association (CALPA) have reached a tentative agreement on the salary scale for pilots of the airline's Boeing 767. The agreement is still to be ratified by the CALPA membership and it is expected this process will take three weeks." Air Canada's 767 pilots have refused to fly the two aircraft since December, demanding a higher pay scale than they received for flying DC-8s. The pilots claim more pay is warranted be cause of increased prod uctivity brought about by the aircraft's technological advances. The 767 crew is two pilots only. The airline's two 767s, one in Toronto and one in Montreal, have now been grounded for over a month. They were due to enter commercial service between Toronto and Montreal on January 1. Above A wing for the first A300-600 is being fitted with moving parts at MBB 's Bremen plant. The main differences between the -B4 wing and that for the -600 is that, in the latter, the low speed ailerons are deleted and the double-slotted Fowler flaps are replaced by cambered tabless flaps. The first complete set of -600 wings will be flown to Toulouse in early February for final assembly. Below The first rear-fuselage sections for the -600 near completion at MBB Hamburg. The rear-end sections are the same as those for the A310, and most of the -600 wing modifications result from experience in A310 development Expensive mods for old Tu-154 To celebrate its 60th anniver sary the Tupolev Institute, the USSR's top aircraft de sign establishment, has come up with yet another variant of Aeroflot's workhorse, the Tu- 154. Called the Tu-154M, the new model should be quieter, more comfortable for pas sengers, more fuel-efficient, and will be equipped with up dated avionics. The 'M' vari ant, still at prototype stage and not to enter service for about 15 months, also incor porates more light composite materials in its airframe. The original 154s of 12 years ago cost 1-9 million roubles ($2-67 million), but modifications since then have cost captive East European clients $620,000; and the price of a B2 marque is now about $4J million. The 'M' will cost about $7 million. The 16-year-old Tu-134 programme continues also, though Soviet satellite States consider this an uneconomic type. It is a 75-seater twinjet with negligible cargo capacity. The latest variations to the 134 are improvements to the autopilot, the navigation sys tem, and to the wing profile. It seems likely that the practice of not allowing clients to pur chase 154s until they have bought some 134s is likely to continue. The Tupolev Institute built the world's first metal-bodied aircraft between 1922 and 1924, and was once a real in novator. As our Iron Curtain sources observe, the Institute "is now reduced to tinkering with old models by decades of starving Soviet civil aviation of major design talent in favour of the military". People... Pierre Marion has been ap pointed president of Aeroport de Paris. He replaces Raoul Moreau who is to retire. Ned P. DeWitt, president and chief operating officer of Western Airlines since July 1982, has announced he is to leave the airline for "personal reasons". Bryan Palmer has been ap pointed marketing director of Trans-Australia Airlines. He succeeds Ken Kennett who retired at the beginning of January. William J. Burhop has been promoted to senior vice- president government affairs for the US Air Transport Association. Larry P. Barnett becomes v-p govern ment affairs for the Board and 242 J. Roger Flemming is ap pointed v-p operations/ James T. Murphy is now, vice-president airports and materials. ' Henry P. Huff, former pres-* ident and chief executive offi-( cer for Transamerica Airlines, has been elected chairman* and CEO for the airline. Howard K. Howard sue-1 ceeds Huff as president.^ Former chairman Glenn A. Cramer is elected chairman* of the executive committee of Transamerica. William P. Jamieson has been named vice-president' marketing and sales for World Airways. Jamieson succeeds Randy Burton who has re signed. Denis Piosalan has been appointed manager of Mid Pacific Air's operations at Hilo Airport. FLIGHT International, 29 January 1983
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