The Crew Report Blog

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Here is information to assist the (former TWA) AA flight Attendants who were recently furloughed again.

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, SO DO IT NOW! DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND READ EVERYTHING. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS RIGHT HERE IN THESE LINKS.

PBGC Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp (USA)
https://egov3.pbgc.gov/mypba/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fmypba%2fprivate%2fcustomer%2fhome.aspx

Links to HCTC Health Care Tax Credit
http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=109960,00.html

IRS Partial Coverage of Cobra
http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=109956,00.html

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Quick method to send Congress your voice on APFA/voting rights

Flight attendant union to strip furloughed members of voting rights. E-mail your reps in Congress!

Find specific Congressional representative/type in zip code

http://www.capwiz.com/apfa/dbq/officials/

Dear Congressman or Senator:

In July of this year, your office and that of various other Congressmen such as congressman Filner had written the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) urging them to revisit the seniority integration of the former TWA flight attendants.

As a result of these members having contact with your office and exercising their Freedom of Speech, amid APFA's fears these workers would vote against a tentative agreement, APFA has now moved to strip these members of their voting rights.

Disguised as a dues assessment, APFA has proffered a Constitutional referendum that will impact (only) the ex-TWA attendants, thus extinguishing their right to vote as most of these members have not worked in years and are economically disadvantaged.

Their right to Freedom of Speech and contact with their legislators has now placed these workers in jeopardy of now losing their right to vote after having lost their seniority and jobs.We call upon your office to urge the Department of Labor to seek injunctive relief until a thorough investigation into improper discipline and retaliation can be completed.

Sincerely,

Trans World Airlines Cookbooks...reprints have arrived!

My colleague from TWA, Marge Siegal, has published a collection of recipes from the kitchens and chefs from Trans World Airlines; the very famous recipes served to all who flew on TWA, including many celebrities. Additionally, many former TWA flight attendants have included their favorites in this collection.

The proceeds from this exceptionally well done recipe book go towards the care of Marge’s sister, ill from CIP, Chronic Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction.

Learn more about this condition:
http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Doi=171499

This is a win-win purchase as you receive a collector’s item and superb cookbook, rich in TWA cuisine and you contribute to the care of Marge’s sister. Order one today! I have ordered one and will being placing additional orders for gifts. You will NOT be disappointed, as the quality of this publication is First Class from Morris Press Cookbooks!

ORDER INFORMATION
Marge Siegal
833 Gladstone Court
Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061
United States of America
E-mail: mailto:margesiegal@gmail.com
Home Phone: (847) 816-0677

Cookbook price is $20 which includes shipping.
If you order more than one book, the subsequent books cost only $18. So, 1 book = $20, 2books = $38, 3 books = $56, etc...as long as they are shipped to the same address.

If you have any questions, feel free to email Marge at: margesiegal@gmail.com.

Welcome To The Crew Report Blog!

The things that drive me BONKERS on commercial aircraft like NO passenger etiquette...no manners!

MANNERS must have disappeared when people purchase an airline ticket. Please read on...

Always amazes me how people managed to pack a bag, get it in the trunk of the car, out from there and through the airport garage, into the terminal, through security and down the concourse. As soon as it is at their assigned seat it becomes unmanageable

Please brush you teeth or use chewing gum. Some of you have breath that would choke a donkey

Please keep your dirty, smelly feet off the bulkheads. Talk about NO CLASS! Especially, in FIRST CLASS

Try evacuating an aircraft in thongs, flipflops or beach footwear. Evacuating an aircraft with shards of sharp metal and fire, while wearing flip-flop and sandals...good luck

Wear strong shoes, even tennis shoes. They might save your life someday

Wear your shoes on takeoff and landing. Most evacuations occur 3 minutes after takeoff and 8 minutes before landing...those are the stats, folks! Get cumfy AFTER takeoff

HOW do you want your coffee? When you ask 500-600 people a day its get old...decide HOW you like your coffee before we get to your row, PLEASE

Screaming into your cell phone. The entire plane can hear you! Cell microphones can pick up whispers. Be considerate to others around you.

Grabbing the back of your seat as they get up or down disturbing you while you're enjoying a snooze, reading or drinking hot coffee

Reclining the seat in front of you with force, without notice, or a cautionary look before hitting you in the forehead or crushing your lap top computer screen

Hogging the arm rests, and sometimes taking up a part of your seat as well

Playing their iPOD's so loud that although we can't hear the words or make out the song we begin to doubt the description

Leaving the lavatory and entire plane trashed. Do you do this at home?

Checking-in at the check-in desk, then again at the gate despite being told that if they have boarding passes they can get right onboard

Failing to understand that OCCUPIED means that there is somebody inside the restroom

Asking what drinks are on the drink cart or "what do you have" and NO, we do not have V-8 juice, Mountain Dew, Root Beer, Orange Soda...

Coming through security with metal in their pockets, around their necks, fingers, ankles, ears, noses or wherever. READ THE SIGNS ABOVE THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT

When deplaning, stopping on the jetway right outside the airplane door to wait for their mother or father or spouse or other companion, causing a bottle neck for others deplaning

Cutting toenails, flossing teeth while in their seats, rubbing bare feet all over the bulkhead or seat in front of them, picking noses, and leaving the seat around them trashed after the flight. Do they live like this at home?

Going to a counter when the counter is closed and a huge sign says "position closed" and asking if someone can answer a question

Not paying attention when they are being served by a flight attendant and staring into a void or listening to headsets rather than taking their beverage from said flight attendant. YOU WONDER WHY IT TAKES SO LONG FOR THE BEVERAGE CART TO GET TO YOUR SEAT

Asking a pilot who is driving the plane today

Dressing like a surfer or just putting on what is on the floor when you go to the airport to get on a plane...while riding in First Class...flipflops, shorts and a T-shirt

Farting and passing rank gas in your seat. Go use the lav for heavens sake!

The adventure continues...

In Memory of our colleagues who perished on TWA flight 800

TWA FLIGHT 800
In Memory Of The Crew Members Who Lost Their Lives
On TWA Flight 800 On July 17, 1996

Jacque Charbonnier, FSM,

Dan Callas,

Constance Charbonnier,

Janet Christopher,

Deb DiLuccio,

Ray Lang,

Maureen Lockhart,

Sandra Meade,

Grace Melotin,

Marit Rhoads,

Mike Schuldt,

Melinda Torche,

Jill Ziemkiewiicz,

Sandra Aikens-Bellamy,

Rosie Braman,

Warren Dodge,

Daryl Edwards,

Joanne Griffith,

Eric Harkness,

James Hull,

Lonnie Ingenhuett,

Arlene Johnsen,

Barbara Kwan,

Elaine Loffredo,

Eli Luevano,

Pamela McPherson,

Olivia Simmons,

Lani Warren,

Capt. Steven E. Snyder,

Capt. Ralph G. Kevorkian,

Flight Engineer Richard G. Campbell,

Flight Engineer Oliver Krick,

Capt. Gid Miller,

First Officer R.L. Verhaeghe,

Flight Engineer D.A. Eshleman

REMEMBER THESE AIRLINES?

AXICO Airlines (1946 - 1965, to Saturn Airways)
Access Air (1998 - 2001)
ADI Domestic Airlines
Aeroamerica (1974 - 1982)
Aero Coach (1983 - 1991)
Aero International Airlines
Aeromech Airlines (1951 - 1983, to Wright Airlines)
AeroSun International
AFS Airlines (Arcata Flying Service)
Air America (owned and operated by the CIA in SouthEast Asia)
Air America (1980s)
Air Astro
Air Atlanta (1981 - 88)
AirAtlantic Airlines
Air Bama
Air Berlin, Inc. (Air Berlin USA) (1978-1990 [reconstituted

as Air Berlin GmbH & Co. Luftverkehrs KG under German company law in 1990])
Airborne Express (1946 - 2003, to DHL)
Air California, later AirCal (1967 - 87, to American Airlines)
Air Carolina
Air Central (Michigan)
Air Central (Oklahoma) (to Trans-Central Airlines)
Air Chaparral (1980 - 82)
Air Chico
Air Colorado
Air Cortez
Air Florida (1972 - 84)
Air Gemini
Air General
Air Great Lakes
Air Hawaii (1960s) (1960s)
Air Hawaii (ceased operations in 1986)
Air Hyannis

Air Idaho
Air Illinois
Air Iowa
Airlift International (1946 - 81)
Air Kentucky
Air LA
Air-Lift Commuter
Air Lincoln
Air Link Airlines
Air Link Airways
Air Metro
Air Miami (to North American Airlines)
Air Michigan
Air Mid-America
Air Midwest
Air Missouri
Air Molokai (1980s)
Air Molokai (1990s)
Air Molokai-Tropic Airlines
Air Nebraska
Air Nevada
Air New England (1975 - 81)
Air New Orleans (1981 - 88)
Air Niagara
Air North (Alaska)
Air North (1963 - 1983, to Brockway Air)
Air O'Hare
Air Olympia
Air Oregon
Air One (1990s)
AirPac
Air Pacific (USA)
Air Pennsylvania
Air Resorts Airline
Air Sierra
Air South (1968 - 1975, to Florida Airlines;
Air South (1981-1982)
Air South (1986-1987)
Air South (1994-1997)
Air Speed (1974)
Air Spirit
Air Sunshine (1970s)
Air Sunshine (1980s)
Air Texana
Air Texas
Air Trails
Air 21
Air US
Air Utah
AirVantage Airlines
Air Vegas (1971 - 2004)
Air Vermont
Air Virginia
Airways of New Mexico
Air West
Alaska Air Transport (1935 to 1939) to Alaska Coastal Airlines
Alaska Coastal Airlines (1939 - 1968) to Alaska Airlines
Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines
Albany Air
All American Aviation Company (became US Airways)
Allegheny Airlines (became US Airways)
America West Airlines (1981 - Merged with US Airways in 2007)
American Central Airlines
American Export Airlines (1937 - 1948) merged the transatlantic division of American Airlines to form American Overseas Airlines
American Flyers Airline
American International Airways
American Overseas Airlines (1945 - 1950) merged into Pan American World Airways
Arista International Airlines
Arizona Airways
Arizona Airways (1993-1996)
Aroostook Airways
Aspen Airways (1962 - 1990)
ATA Airlines (ceased operations 4 Apr 2008)
Atlantic Coast Airlines (1989 - 2004, to Independence Air)
Atlantic Gulf Airlines
Bar Harbor Airlines (1971 - 1992)
Big Sky Airlines (1978 - 2008)
Boeing Air Transport (1927 - 1930) to United Airlines
Bonanza Air Lines (1945 - 1968, to Hughes Airwest)
Braniff (1991 - 1992)
Braniff Inc. (1983 - 1990)
Braniff International Airways (1928 - 1982)
Britt Airways (1976 - 1987)
Brockway Air
Business Express Airlines to American Eagle
CalPac (California Pacific) (1993 - 1995 to Mesa Airlines)
Cal Sierra Airlines (1980)
Cape Smythe Air (1975 - 2005, to Frontier Flying Service)
Capitol Air Lines (1970s - 1980s)
Capital Airlines (1936 - 1961, to United Airlines)
Capitol Airways (1946 - 1982)
Cardinal Airlines
Caribbean Sun (2002 - 2007)
Carnival Air Lines
Cascade Airways (1969 - 1986)
Catalina Airlines (1940 - 1969)
CCAir
Centennial Airlines
Central Airlines (1944 - 1967)
Challenge Air Cargo (1978 - 2001)
Champion Air (1995 - 2008; ceased operations on May 31, 2008)
Chicago Air
Chicago and Southern Air Lines (1934 - 1953)
Chicago Express Airlines (1993 - 2005)
Coastal Airways (1929 -1930)
Cochise Airlines
Colgan Airways (1971 - 1986, to Presidential Airways, revived 1991, and currently operating as Continental Express, United Express, and US Airways Express: see http://www.colganair.com/)
Colonial Air Transport (1926 - 1930)
Command Airways
Conquest Sun Airlines (to AirTran Airways)
Crown Airways (1969 - 1992 to Mesa Airlines)
Curtiss Flying Service (1929 - 1932)
Delta Express (1996-2003: replaced by Song; folded back into Delta Air Lines)
Desert Sun Airlines (1995 - 1997 to Mesa Airlines)
Eastern Air Lines (1926 - 1991)
Eastwind Airlines
Ellis Airlines (1936 to 1962) to Alaska Coastal Airlines
Emerald Air (1978 - 1991)
Emery Worldwide Airlines (1977 - 2003)
Empire Airlines (1976 - 1985, to Piedmont Airlines)
Eos Airlines (2004 - 2008; passenger operations ceased April 27, 2008; currently charter only)
Eureka Aero (c. 1976 - 1979)
Falcon Air Express (1995 - 2007)
Fine Air (1989 - 2004)
Florida Coastal Airlines (ceased operations 2006)
FloridaGulf Airlines (1991 - 1997, to Air Midwest)
Flying Tiger Line (1945 - 1988, to Federal Express)
Freelandia
Frontier Airlines (1950 - 1986)
Galaxy Airlines
Gem State Airlines (1979, to Golden Gate Airlines)
Gemini Airlines
Global International Airways (1981 - ?)
Golden Gate Airlines (1980-1981)
Golden Pacific Airlines (1969-1973)
Golden Pacific Airlines (1981 - 1988)
Golden West Airlines
Great Plains Airlines (2001 - 2004)
Great Western Aviation Company (to AirVantage Airlines)
Gulf Air Transport (1979 - 1990)
Hooters Air (2003 - 2006)
Hughes Airwest (1968 - 1980, to Republic Airlines)
Imperial Airlines (1964 - 1986)
Independence Air (2004 - 2006)
Independent Air (1966 - 1990)
Indigo Airlines
Intermountain Airlines
Irving Airways (1936) to Alaska Air Transport
Island Pacific Air (to Air Hawaii)
Jet 24 (1981 - 1986)
Jet Express
Key Airlines
Kitty Hawk Airways
Kitty Hawk International (to Kalitta Air)
Kiwi International Air Lines
L'Express Airlines (1989-1992)
Lake Central Airlines (1949 - 1968, to Allegheny Airlines)
Lakeland Airlines (1980 - 1984)
Las Vegas Airlines (1973 - 1987)
Legend Airlines (1996 - 2000)
Leisure Air (1992 - 1995)
Liberty Express Airlines ((1994 - 1997, to Air Midwest)
Lone Star Airlines
Mackey Airlines (1957 - 1981)
Maddux Airlines (1927 - 1929, to Transcontinental Air Transport)
Mahalo Air (1993 - 1997)
Mall Airways (1973 - 1989, to Business Express)
Marine Airways (1936 to 1939) to Alaska Coastal Airlines
MarkAir (1947 - 1995)
Marquette Airlines (to Trans World Airlines)
MAXjet (2005 - 2007)
Mayflower Airlines (1936 - 1945)
MetroJet
Mexus Airlines
MGM Grand Air
MidAtlantic Airways (2002 - 2006)
Mid-Continent Airlines (1928 - 1952, to Braniff)
Mid Pacific Air (1981 - 1988)
Mid-State Airlines (1964 - ?, to Sentry Airlines)
Midway Airlines (1979 - 1991 and 1993 - 2003)
Mississippi Valley Airlines (1969 - 1985)
Modern Air Transport (1946-1975)
Mohawk Airlines (1952 - 1988, to Allegheny Airlines)
Morris Air to Southwest Airlines
Mountain Air Express
Mountain West Airlines (1995 - 1997 to Mesa Airlines)
Muse Air to Southwest Airlines
National Airlines (1929 - 1980, to Pan American World Airways)
National Airlines (1983 - 1986)
National Airlines/Private Jet Expeditions (1994 - 1995)
National Airlines (1999 - 2002)
National Air Transport (1926 - 1930)
Nations Air Express (1994-1998)
Nationwide Airlines Southeast
New England & Western Air Transportation Co. (1930)
New York Air (1980 - 1986, to Continental Airlines)
New York Airways (1949 - 1979)
New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line (to Pan American World Airways)
North Central Airlines (1939 - 1979)
Northeast Airlines (1940 - 1972, to Delta Air Lines)
Northeastern International Airways (1980 - 1986)
Overseas National Airways (1950 - 1978)
Ozark Airlines (1943 - 1986, to Trans World Airlines)
Pacific Air Lines (1958 - 1968, to Hughes Airwest)
Pacific Air Transport (1926 - 1927)
Pacific Alaska Airways (1973 - 1986)
Pacific East Airlines (ceased operations 1984)
Pacific Express
Pacific Nevada Airlines
Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) (1945 - 1987, to USAir)
Pan American Airways (1996-1998)
Pan American Airways (1998-2004)
Pan American-Grace Airways (Panagra) (1928 - 1967, to Braniff International Airways)
Pan American World Airways (1927 - 1991)
Paradise Island Airlines
People Express (1981 - 1987, to Continental Airlines)
Piedmont Airlines (1940 - 1989, to USAir)
Pilgrim Airlines
Pioneer Airlines
Planet Airways (????- June 8, 2005, speculation only at this point in time)
Potomac Air
Presidential Airways (1985 - 1989)
Private Jet Expeditions (1989 - 1995)
Pride Air (August 1985 - November 1985)
Pro Air (1997 - 2000)
Provincetown-Boston Airlines
Ransome Airlines (1967 - 1986)
Rahm Rescue (?-1971)
Red Carpet Airlines
Red Dodge Aviation
Reeve Aleutian Airways (1932 - 2001)
Regent Air
RegionsAir (1996 - 2007)
Reno Air (1990 - 99, to American Airlines)
Republic Airlines (1979 - 1986, to Northwest Airlines)
Rich International Airways (1971 - 1996)
Riddle Airlines (1945 - 1965, to Airlift International
Rio Airways (1970 - 1987)
Robertson Air Service
Rocky Mountain Airways (1964 - 1986)
Russia Jet Direct (2005)
Samoa Air (American Samoa, ceased operations in 2003)
Saturn Airways (1960 - 76, to Trans International Airlines)
Seaboard World Airlines (1946 - 80, to Flying Tiger Line)
Shuttle by United and United Shuttle (1994 - 2001)
Skybus Airlines (2007-2008, ceased operations 5 Apr 2008)
SkyTrain Airlines (to Air Great Lakes)
SkyValue (2006-2007)
Slick Airways (1946-1965)
Song (2003-April 30th, 2006 Merged back in with its parent company, Delta Air Lines)
South Pacific Island Airways (SPIA) (American Samoa, ceased operations in 1987)
Southeast Airlines (1992 - 2004)
Southern Air Transport
Southern Airways (1943 - 1979, to Republic Airlines)
Southern Jersey Airways
Southwest Airways (1946 - 58, renamed Pacific Air Lines)
Standard Airlines (1926 - 30) 1927 subsidiary of Aero Corp. of Ca., In 1930, bought by Western Air Express, thru merger with TAT became TWA, Transcontinental & Western Air, Trans World Airlines
StatesWest Airlines (1986-1993)
Stol Air Commuter
Sunbird Airlines (1979-1987 to CCAir)
SunCoast Airlines (?-1988)
Sun West Airlines
Sunworld International Airlines (? - 2004)
Sunworld International Airways (1983 - 1988)
Superior Airlines (1993 - 1995 to Mesa Airlines
Swift Aire Lines (1969 - 1981)
TAG Airlines
Tamir Transport (?-1971)
TAT - Maddux Air Lines (1928 - 30)
Tempelhof Airways (1981 - 1990)
Tennessee Airways
Texas Air
Texas Trans Air
Texas International Airlines (1944 - 1986, to Continental Airlines)
The Hawaii Express (1982 - 1983)
Tower Air (1983 - 2000)
Trans Air (1979 -1985)
Transamerica Airlines (1948 - 1986)
Trans-Central Airlines
Transcontinental Air Transport (1928 - 1930, TWA)
TransMeridian Airlines (1995 - 2005)
Transocean Airlines 1946-1962
Trans Ocean Airways (1979 - 1990)
Trans International Airlines (1947 - 1986)
TranStar Airlines (1981 - 1987)
Trans-Colorado Airlines
Trans-Texas Airways
Trans World Airlines (1930 - 2001, to American Airlines)
Trans World Express
Trump Shuttle (1989 - 1991, to US Airways)
UltrAir (1993)
Universal Airlines (US Cargo Operator 1966 - 1972, to Trans International Airlines)
ValuJet Airlines (1993 - 1997, to AirTran Airways)
Vanguard Airlines (1994 - 2002)
Varney Airlines to United Airlines
WestAir Commuter Airlines
West Coast Airlines (1940s - 1968, to Hughes Airwest)
Western (2007)
Western Airlines (1925 - 1987, to Delta Air Lines)
Western Pacific Airlines (ceased operations 1998)
Westward Airways (2002 - 2005)
Wien Air Alaska
Wilmington - Catalina Air Line
WinAir Airlines (1998 - 1999)
Wings Airways
Wright Airlines
Zantop Air Transport
Zantop Flying Service
Zantop International Airlines

The Crew Report Blog

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

1 comments:

Quick method to send Congress your voice on APFA/voting rights

Trans World Airlines Cookbooks...reprints have arrived!

Flight Delay Information - Air Traffic Control System Command Center (click on the link below)

Welcome To The Crew Report Blog!

The things that drive me BONKERS on commercial aircraft like NO passenger etiquette...no manners!

We want our money back!

Blog Archive

Blog Archive

TWA Flight 800, For Those Who Never Said Goodbye

Airline Commercials

Frontier Airlines Award Winning Commercials

TWA 747 commercial with Wilt Chamberlain

Vintage Pam Am videos

1964 TWA milk commercial

I Dream of Jeannie on TWA!

A Taste Of Europe Flying In The USA, TWA

Say YES, to Hughes Airwest

AA and TWA "Two Great Airlines, One Great Future"

TWA Boeing 727 Landing STL (view from cockpit)

Kids Fly Free

TWA The Most Comfortable Way To Fly

TWA L-1011 Commercial "Eat Steak" in coach 1977

TWA 747 Safety Video

AFA testifies regarding American and TWA seniority issue

Ozark Airlines Vintage Commercials (from 1966, 1973, 1978 and 1984)

Webcams

Webcams from all over the world!

Airline Links of Interest

Links to other TWA and Airline related sites

List of all low-cost Airlines

Want a piece of history?

Congressional Links

Contact info for Congress and media!

Trans World Airlines 1970"s logo!

You Know Where THIS Was! Now torn down for new terminal.

PHX Redux

Senator Claire MCCaskill and TWA

Terminal 5, JFK AIRPORT

Got an ID?

Lambert Field St. Louis

Super Skyliners

TWA PHX

Classy TWA

Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill

McCaskill testifies before Congress regarding TWA employees!

767

Retired Captain Randy Kramer

Remembering TWA Terminal 5 JFK

We Have Gone to AA

TWA Boeing 747

TWA L-10011

Graveyard

TWA Boeing 707-331-BA-BAH

1011 Up and Away

Out to pasture III

Out to pasture

Hanger 12 at JFK Airport

TWA Boeing 747-200

JFK Flight Wing One

Out To Pasture

TWA First Class Service

Spread Your Wings

Lambert 767

Out To Pasture

What a nose!

Terminal 5 JFK, Listed on the National Historic Registry!

Out to pasture II

TWA Santa Fe

TWA Ticket Booth 1950's

Out to pasture IV

Scrap Yard I

Scrap Yard II

Scrap Yard III

Scrap Yard IV

TWA Crew Bus Stop

Thanks For Flying TWA!

Into the Sunset, we honor our dear friends who lost their lives on TWA FLIGHT 800