Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter

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Your crew is: Chief Pilot    - Vesta Stevenson
Co-pilot       - Terry Baker 

"Between Yourselves - NetLetter" 
number 226     date Dec 26th 1997
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. Welcome to Bill Bartlett, living in Hackett's Cove, NS, about
45 mins from YHZ. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Kal Kalinowski, lives in Beaconsfield, QC and has an
email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Jack Maloney, retired General Manager in Calgary
email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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. NEWS FROM THE DISTRICTS.

Keith Hatfield sends us this information for the
Atlantic Canada Pionairs Autumn Newsletter -

The Christmas Party (which I got back just in time for): Held in
Halifax Dec 9th at the Armdale Yacht Club.
A head-count of 89 partook in a hip of beef buffet dinner and
shared a great evening that included dancing, prizes,
and festive cheer.


'The semiannual Pionairs Directors meeting with the Executive
Committee was held in Toronto on November 20th. The highlights
from the meeting are:
*Pionairs have built up an equity surplus of $46,713.
*Meetings are scheduled with our health care insurers to review
the plan experience to date, and to set future rates.
*The pension plan continues to experience excellent investment
returns with current equity at $4,460 billion. There was no
encouragement from the company that any kind of pension
enhancement would be considered."

The Atlantic Pionair district has been asked to host the 1998
Pionairs system golf tournament, and are looking for volunteers
to handle this undertaking
Cheers! Keith

~-=o0o=-~

.  Tom Anderson sends us a report on his recent cruise -
We had a great cruise on the Sky Princess, November 25 to
December 9, between Hong Kong and Singapore (14 days) with stops
in Canton, Manila, Kota Kinabalu, Saigon, Bangkok, Brunei and
Kuala Lumpur.
Thanks for posting our request for info on hotels in Hong Kong
and Singapore in "Between Yourselves".
We received recommendations from Tom Au Yeung and Mac Francis.
We subsequently stayed in the YMCA, "The Salisbury" in Hong Kong
which was quite nice and conveniently located.
In Singapore we stayed in the Hotel Asia on Scott's Road.
After spending a couple of days visiting the usual atrractions
in Hong Kong, Victoria Peak, Aberdeen, Stanley market, Jade
Market, Hong Kong Park, and wandering around Kowloon we boarded
the Sky Princess which was docked right near our hotel.
Nearly every second day we stopped in a different port of call.
We took shore excursions at each port. It was a study in contrasts
between the different countries. All were interesting and
different. Some of the ports were a fair distance from the major
cities (2-3 hrs) so we ended up with some long bus rides.
I took the excursion to Pacsanjan Falls in the Phillipines where
boatmen in dug out canoes literally carried two people in a dugout
up through the rapids to the falls and then we "shot" the rapids
on the way back.
In Borneo I rode "The Last Train to Borneo", sounds more exciting
than it was, but it was fun nevertheless.
Bev took a cooking class on local cuisine at the tour agent's
house. The local people were all friendly.
In Saigon we had lunch, on our own, in the Rex hotel next to
two other people from Montreal (they were not on the cruise),
it's a small world.
Most of the people on the cruise were American with some
Canadians and Swiss. There were quite a few interliners and some
AC people, Paul Cooper and Kathy Baltz.
The cruise line was superb, with excellent service and
entertainment.
Mac Francis is taking the same cruise in the opposite direction
right after us.
I would certainly recommend it for anyone looking for a
little adventure, but you know after spending over two weeks in
crowds and crowds of people it is nice to be back in Canada with
some "space", even if it is winter.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
Tom & Bev Anderson

~-=o0o=-~

. Air Canada is now operating the Airbus A319 and A320 jet liners,
side by side on a ramp, the two types look identical, except
the A319 is shorter in the fuselage. Apart from the A319 with
the old TCA colours, how does one tell the difference?
The A319 has one over wing exit, and the A320 has two over wing
exits - easy!

~-=o0o=-~

. INTERLINE STUFF.

Beijing 5 days/3 nights, departures on a Thursday US$799.00 pp dbl.
includes hotel accommodations and round trip space available
air on Northwest, transfers, 1/2 day tour of Tianammen Sq.
a full day tour of the Ming tombs and the Great Wall.

Bangkok 6 days/4 nights, departures daily at US$429.00 pp dbl.
includes hotel accommodations and round trip space
available on Northwest.

Sydney/Auckland combo. 9 days/6 nights from US$1149.00 pp dbl.
includes hotel accommodations, round trip space available
Air Zealand and air between Sydney and Auckland.

Call 1-800-422-3727 for more details.

~-=o0o=-~

. Smilies.
John Hayes found these on the internet -
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of
Saturn are composed entirely of lost baggage.

When asked why he was referred to as 'Ace',
Capt. Ray Lancaster, USAAF replied ' Because during
World War II, I was responsible for the destruction of
six aircarft, fortunately three were enemy'.

~-=o0o=-~

.  That's it for this time, please we need your input, send
comments and email addresses of any others who may be
interested to Vesta with a copy to Terry.


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.                 GREETINGS FROM                  .
.                Vancouver Island                 .
.              BEAUTIFUL B.C. CANADA              .
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Your crew is: Chief Pilot    - Vesta Stevenson
Co-pilot       - Terry Baker 

"Between Yourselves - NetLetter" 
number 226     date Dec 26th 1997
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. Welcome to Bill Bartlett, living in Hackett's Cove, NS, about
45 mins from YHZ. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Kal Kalinowski, lives in Beaconsfield, QC and has an
email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Jack Maloney, retired General Manager in Calgary
email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

~-=o0o=-~

. NEWS FROM THE DISTRICTS.

Keith Hatfield sends us this information for the
Atlantic Canada Pionairs Autumn Newsletter -

The Christmas Party (which I got back just in time for): Held in
Halifax Dec 9th at the Armdale Yacht Club.
A head-count of 89 partook in a hip of beef buffet dinner and
shared a great evening that included dancing, prizes,
and festive cheer.


'The semiannual Pionairs Directors meeting with the Executive
Committee was held in Toronto on November 20th. The highlights
from the meeting are:
*Pionairs have built up an equity surplus of $46,713.
*Meetings are scheduled with our health care insurers to review
the plan experience to date, and to set future rates.
*The pension plan continues to experience excellent investment
returns with current equity at $4,460 billion. There was no
encouragement from the company that any kind of pension
enhancement would be considered."

The Atlantic Pionair district has been asked to host the 1998
Pionairs system golf tournament, and are looking for volunteers
to handle this undertaking
Cheers! Keith

~-=o0o=-~

.  Tom Anderson sends us a report on his recent cruise -
We had a great cruise on the Sky Princess, November 25 to
December 9, between Hong Kong and Singapore (14 days) with stops
in Canton, Manila, Kota Kinabalu, Saigon, Bangkok, Brunei and
Kuala Lumpur.
Thanks for posting our request for info on hotels in Hong Kong
and Singapore in "Between Yourselves".
We received recommendations from Tom Au Yeung and Mac Francis.
We subsequently stayed in the YMCA, "The Salisbury" in Hong Kong
which was quite nice and conveniently located.
In Singapore we stayed in the Hotel Asia on Scott's Road.
After spending a couple of days visiting the usual atrractions
in Hong Kong, Victoria Peak, Aberdeen, Stanley market, Jade
Market, Hong Kong Park, and wandering around Kowloon we boarded
the Sky Princess which was docked right near our hotel.
Nearly every second day we stopped in a different port of call.
We took shore excursions at each port. It was a study in contrasts
between the different countries. All were interesting and
different. Some of the ports were a fair distance from the major
cities (2-3 hrs) so we ended up with some long bus rides.
I took the excursion to Pacsanjan Falls in the Phillipines where
boatmen in dug out canoes literally carried two people in a dugout
up through the rapids to the falls and then we "shot" the rapids
on the way back.
In Borneo I rode "The Last Train to Borneo", sounds more exciting
than it was, but it was fun nevertheless.
Bev took a cooking class on local cuisine at the tour agent's
house. The local people were all friendly.
In Saigon we had lunch, on our own, in the Rex hotel next to
two other people from Montreal (they were not on the cruise),
it's a small world.
Most of the people on the cruise were American with some
Canadians and Swiss. There were quite a few interliners and some
AC people, Paul Cooper and Kathy Baltz.
The cruise line was superb, with excellent service and
entertainment.
Mac Francis is taking the same cruise in the opposite direction
right after us.
I would certainly recommend it for anyone looking for a
little adventure, but you know after spending over two weeks in
crowds and crowds of people it is nice to be back in Canada with
some "space", even if it is winter.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
Tom & Bev Anderson

~-=o0o=-~

. Air Canada is now operating the Airbus A319 and A320 jet liners,
side by side on a ramp, the two types look identical, except
the A319 is shorter in the fuselage. Apart from the A319 with
the old TCA colours, how does one tell the difference?
The A319 has one over wing exit, and the A320 has two over wing
exits - easy!

~-=o0o=-~

. INTERLINE STUFF.

Beijing 5 days/3 nights, departures on a Thursday US$799.00 pp dbl.
includes hotel accommodations and round trip space available
air on Northwest, transfers, 1/2 day tour of Tianammen Sq.
a full day tour of the Ming tombs and the Great Wall.

Bangkok 6 days/4 nights, departures daily at US$429.00 pp dbl.
includes hotel accommodations and round trip space
available on Northwest.

Sydney/Auckland combo. 9 days/6 nights from US$1149.00 pp dbl.
includes hotel accommodations, round trip space available
Air Zealand and air between Sydney and Auckland.

Call 1-800-422-3727 for more details.

~-=o0o=-~

. Smilies.
John Hayes found these on the internet -
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of
Saturn are composed entirely of lost baggage.

When asked why he was referred to as 'Ace',
Capt. Ray Lancaster, USAAF replied ' Because during
World War II, I was responsible for the destruction of
six aircarft, fortunately three were enemy'.

~-=o0o=-~

.  That's it for this time, please we need your input, send
comments and email addresses of any others who may be
interested to Vesta with a copy to Terry.


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|  Between Yourselves     |______________ \______====== )-+
|       NetLetter         |                      ~~~|/~~  |
\------------------------/                         ()

~Between Yourselves-Netletter~
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.                 GREETINGS FROM                  .
.                Vancouver Island                 .
.              BEAUTIFUL B.C. CANADA              .
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. Picture sent in by Mark Caduc - which says it all!

Your crew is: Chief Pilot    - Vesta Stevenson
Co-pilot       - Terry Baker  tm

"Between Yourselves - NetLetter" 
number 225     date Dec 24th 1997

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. From: Olie & Mary Moore
The Pionairs National Executive wish all of you a very Merry
Christmas.
As we come close to the end of another year we are grateful for
all the new friendships we have made through Pionairs and we hope
you have a healthy and prosperous New Year.
We will look forward to meeting you at the Pionairs Annual General
Meeting May 17, 18, 19/98 in Toronto.
Olie - President, Fraser Muir - Past President,
Donna Coutts - 1st. Vice President,
Bill Ripley - 2nd. Vice President,
Roy McCormack - Treasurer, Mary Moore - Secretary
Leo Goulet - Pension/Retiree Benefits Rep.

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. Welcome to Joe and Lilo Timp retired Customer Services Supervisor
Toronto and living in Oakville, Ont.
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Herman Arndt living in Calgary, can be contacted on
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Joan Wong ex In-flight Services, living in Ottawa has
an email of: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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. NEWS FROM THE DISTRICTS.
From the Winter 1998 edition of 'Sentinel' Montreal District.
Director's Corner
Since the last edition, we have held our District Directors meeting
on November 19 and 20, 1997 at the Toronto Colony Hotel, the site of
the 1998 AGM.  Many issues were discussed with the National
committee and you will be made aware of the outcome when all the
information is compiled and sent out some time in the month of
February.
Our Christmas Dinner was held on December 3rd, 1997 at which time
we saw a few new faces. However we would like to see more new people
attend.  You never know, you might meet someone you worked with in
the past and you could reacquaint yourselves.
We have other activities planned for this year and, hopefully, it
may be of interest to you and we would be glad to see you.  We will
try to  keep you posted through our Sentinel or the company magazine
Horizons. Until next time, keep well! Herb Guilfoyle
(If the Montreal District lets us know, the NetLetter will pass
any news on - eds)

Pionairs executive board semi-annual meeting November 20th, 1997
The meeting was held at the Toronto Colony Hotel with all board
members present.  A number of items were on the agenda, some of
which might be of interest: Leo Goulet advised that the pension plan
was in good shape.  The growth was a healthy 7%.  The total worth of
the fund as of June 1,1997 was 4.446 billion.  He also advised that
there would be a meeting held with Met Life in December to review
plan 2 as the expense vs. income were coming very close.
Air Canada will provide more information on this to all members of
the plan.
One of the other items was the AGM for 1998. The hotel advised that
room rates would be CA$109.00 single/double and that triple would be
CA$124.00 plus 5% and 7% tax.
Great plans are under way for the entertainment part of the program.
All tours will be offered when the National committee mails the
literature out to you, in February. It looks like there will be
something for all tastes.
Fraser Muir brought us up to date on the Archives Project.
He asked that each district appoint a co-ordinator and our
ever-dependable Pam Rosholt has offered to accept that job in our
District.

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. Don Demeza has returned from his cruise and sends us this -

Our Panama Canal cruise was everything that I'd hoped for.
I've been looking forward to it for a long time and the Princess
Cruise Line has put together an excellent package.
Sometimes we took the ship organized tours (Cabo San Lucas,
Acapulco, Cartagena) and at the other stops we made our own
arrangments. Cartagena, Costa Rica and Aruba are well worth another
visit and the day in the canal was great - I was out at dawn as we
approached Panama and (except for eating) stayed on deck until we'd
cleared land at Cristobal on the Atlantic side.
During the trip I read McCullough's book,"The Path Between the Seas".
It is very detailed and includes both the politics and construction
by the French (20 years) and the Americans (15 years).  36,000 lost
their lives and the politics are sometimes hilarious. Believe it or
not the Crown Princess almost ran aground in one of the narrow
channels approaching Gatun Lake.  I couldn't believe my eyes when I
saw the bow move left and head for shore just as we were passing a
dredge and two scows on our left.  From my position just below the
bridge the land actually disappeared under the overhanging bow.
The crew on the scows were casting off lines, I heard our stern
anchor go out and we stopped.  They couldn't turn right because the
stern was too close to the dredge. No harm done - they backed up and
the bow thrusters straightened us out. I couldn't find out what
happened - the ship was silent on the subject.
All the best for '98 and a Merry Christmas
Don
(The problem with the cruise ship could only have been a computer
error Don! - eds)

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. FOUND ON THE INTERNET

STAR ALLIANCE:
Star Alliance airlines have announced the signature of a cargo
partnership agreement mirroring the existing cooperation for
passenger services.  The alliance has not been named Star Alliance
Cargo, as one might have expected, suggesting that it is open to
airlines interested in joining only the freight alliance, such as
Korean Air.

ATLANTIC ALLIANCE:
Pilots from Atlantic Excellence Alliance airlines and Finnair have
announced the creation of the Global Pilot Alliance, the first such
grouping representing all pilots whose airlines have formed an
alliance. The aim of the Global Pilot Alliance is to present a more
unified pilot front to deal with safety and labour-management issues
that cut across international boundaries, in order to prevent member
airlines from diverting a larger than natural share of flights to
the airline with the least competitive pilot compensation.
The Global Pilot Alliance is representing 12,000 pilots.

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. INTERLINE STUFF.

A Regal Beijing Special, land only from CA$550 pp dbl, highlights:
Great Wall, Forbidden City, Tian An Men Square,
Temple of Heaven, Hard Rock Cafe. Departs Vancouver Mondays
during Jan, Feb and Mar 2 & 9th, for 8 days.
Historic China, visit China's most popular cities:
Shanghai, Suzhou, Qufu, Jinan, Mt. Tai, Beijing. Land only
CA$1499 pp dbl for 15 days departs YVR Feb 23/98.
Guided Tours to Egypt, or Israel or Turkey, 7, 8 or 9 day tours
depending on country selected. Includes accommodations,
many meals, cruise & domestic flights as required,
side tours, all transfers and services of a guide.
All from US$699 pp dbl.
Jewels of Morocco, land only, 9 days for CA$618 pp dbl.
Departs Mar 13/98 to visit Rabat, Meknes, Fez & Marrakesh.
Call 1-800-690-3223 for details and mention Pionairs.

The best of Italy - Land only tour for 13 days departs Apr 25/98
cost CA$1154 pp dbl. Includes: Tour guide,
Accommodations, hotel taxes, tips, porterage,
service charges, 12 continental breakfasts,
8 dinners, private airconditioned coach,
canal transfer boat in Venice, transfer to
Capri.
Call 1-800-665-3100 for details and mention Pionairs.

~-=o0o=-~

. Smilie.
The rest from the Airline dictionary sent to us
by Lawson Tremellen

Air Traffic Control
A game played by airline pilots and air traffic controllers.
The game has no rules, and neither side knows how it is played,
but the goal is to prevent flights from arriving in time for
passengers to make connecting flights.
Ticket Agent
A superhuman with the patience of a saint, the herding ability
of an Australian sheepdog, the E.S.P. abilities of Uri Geller,
the compassion of a psychoanalysts, and and the tact of a diplomat.
They have mysterious abilities to control wind/rain/snow/fog and
all other weather phenomenon.
They are capable of answering three questions at one time, while
talking on the phone, and without stuttering or choking on their
tongue. Later in life they sit in parks carrying on mysterious
conversations with themselves.
Happy Holidays and cheers Lawson Tremellen

~-=o0o=-~

.  That's it for this time, please we need your input, send
comments and email addresses of any others who may be
interested to Vesta with a copy to Terry.


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.                 GREETINGS FROM                  .
.                Vancouver Island                 .
.              BEAUTIFUL B.C. CANADA              .
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Your crew is: Chief Pilot    - Vesta Stevenson
Co-pilot       - Terry Baker  tm

"Between Yourselves - NetLetter" 
number 224     date

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. We welcome Paula Pulling, who transfered to Halifax from Ottawa
and retired from Customer Service at Halifax airport,
as a Supervisor about four years ago.
Her e-mail address is: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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.  Gemma Young sends us the following message -
My warmest wishes to all retirees. I wish everyone of you
a safe holiday season and a New Year filled with happiness.

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. Ron Munson, our first Pionair on our mailing list from
London, England has sent us this bio -
Joined T.C.A. in 1961 in what was then called the Purchases and
Stores Dept. where I worked with someone called Terry Baker who
later packed his bags and transferred to YUL.
After 10 years came the big re-org.and for my sins I became
Personnel Manager  UK for the next 6 years  From here I then spent
a further 6 years as Commissary and Catering Manager in our own
Flight Kitchen situated on the LHR Apt. (sadly these premises have
just been sold and our catering requirments are now contracted out).
I then moved into our Regional Offices for 7 years as Manager,
Airport Operations and Support Services until I took early
retirement at the end of 1988.
It was during my last 7 years. and during my monthly visits to our
H.Q. meetings, that two characters named Ron Vigars and Don Nelson
(my counterparts from USA and Atlantic) taught me the trick of
putting salt in that liquid you Canucks call beer. It did nothing
to improve the taste but it did help to reduce the amount of fizz!!!
I live in Ashford, Middlesex, some 4 miles south of the LHR.
Regards,   Ron. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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. NEWS FROM THE DISTRICTS.
Jack Cooke sends us this update of the Toronto Pionairs.
Once again, the Airport Wyndham Bristol Place Hotel was
the venue for our festive get-together. Attendance was down
to 102 due to the postal strike and people were unable to
send in their money in advance. After mingling over
cocktails and catching up on local trivia, we sat down to a
delicious  luncheon of turkey roast with all the trimmings.
Our guest speaker was Ms. Josee Schwartz, Sales Manager
from Canadian Interline Travel. She distributed a flyer of
interline travel sales for AC Pionairs, outlined their plans to
host up to four group departures per year.
Our National President, Olie Moore advised that work on the free
and reduced manual was proceeding slowly (as it was all volunteer
work), but there would be something distributed with the mailing
for the AGM (due out in Feb or early Mar).
Roy McCormack outlined plans for music and entertainment at the AGM
functions, and urged local members, who might not check-in to the
hotel, to attend both the dinner dance and the windup banquet.
Bill Ripley said work was progressing on the pre- and post-AGM
tours and, as usual, bookings and payments should be made directly
to the tour operator.

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. FOUND ON THE INTERNET.

CARRY-ON BAGS: UNITED'S RESTRICTIONS CAUSE LITTLE GRUMBLING
UAL's test restricting carry-on bags got off the ground Dec 8th
in Des Moines, Iowa, as the carrier limited low-fare customers to
only one bag in the cabin.  United chose Des Moines as its test
tube for the new policy because of its high percentage of business
passengers.

AVIATION PIONEER, BARNSTORMER DIES:
Walter Addems, whose pilot license -- number 101 -- was signed by
Orville Wright and who went on to become chief pilot for United
Airlines, died last month at age 98.  His passing leaves George
Grundy as the sole surviving member of the Early Birds, a
group of pilots who soloed before December 17, 1917.

BA TO REPLACE EUROPEAN FLEET
London based British Airways is talking to Airbus and Boeing about
buying more than 50 narrowbody aircraft for its European aircraft
but could eventually place a larger order for up to 160 jet
aircraft, including widebodies.
Aa British Airways spokesman said the airline was currently
concentrating on its European fleet with the aim of
standardizing it around a single family of aircraft in the 120-160
passengers range.

RUSSIAN SST.
In the late 1960s and Early 1970s, the Russians built an SST which
was actually test-flown before the Concorde, the Tupelov TU-144.
One of them was in service with Aeroflot until > it crashed at the
Paris Air Salon, and only one remains rusting away at an avaiation
museum lot outside Moscow.
The Tu-144 did see extremely limited service with Aeroflot, before
being eventually grounded. One is being used right now on a joint
research program with NASA.

TEN MOST TRAVELLED LEGS
In a talk delivered by an Airbus representative awhile back, the
speaker posed the question, "What do you think are the most
heavily travelled city pairs in the world?"
Obvious guesses are New York-London, New York-LA, etc.
Here are the top 20 routes in the world today based on the number
of seats flying between each airport pair every day.
Ranked by daily seats.
1. Kaohsiung-Taipei  2. Melbourne-Sydney  3. Haneda-Sapporo
4. Taipei-Hong Kong  5. Pusan-Seoul       6. Kahului-Honolulu
7. Cheju-Seoul       8. Haneda-Fukuoka    9. Sydney-Brisbane
10. Los Angeles-Los Vegas 11. Barcelona-Madrid
12. Honolulu-Los Angeles  13. O'Hare-Los Angeles
14. Los Angeles-San Francisco 15. Johannesburg-Cape Town
16. Los Angeles-Phoenix 17. Singapore-Jakarta
18. Rio de Janeiro-Sao Paulo 19. Singapore-Kulala Lumpur
20. Los Angeles-JFK

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. INTERLINE STUFF

Following message from Bill Norberg -
Just returned from YUL and was surprised to find that a $10.00
charge is being made to all departing passengers.
It is defined as a "Donation" towards development of the Dorval
Airport facilities rather than a tax. I don't know if this is
general knowledge but it was news to me.
I gather it has been challenged and people can appeal not to
pay it. The only snag is that by the time you find the person
capable of making such a decision your flight is long gone.
Regards Bill
(Bill must have missed our report in NetLetter nr 208 - eds)

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. Smilie
Found by Terry -

NAKED AGGRESSION? POCATELLO PECCADILLO PAUSES PLANES:
It's not even the dead of winter yet and some U.S. residents are
apparently already experiencing cabin fever.
Witness Ronald B. Glenn, 40, whose antics with a pickup truck on the
taxiways at Pocatello, Idaho airport delayed several flights
recently. Local police chased him down and charged him with
trespassing, resisting arrest and driving while intoxicated but,
curiously, not with indecent exposure;
Glenn was buck naked.

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.  That's it for this time, please we need your input, send
comments and email addresses of any others who may be
interested to Vesta with a copy to Terry.


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