Word: hsa
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...like many other Harvard students, was upset to see the increase in fares for the HSA charter flights to Europe this summer. Therefore I set out to find out exactly what is involved in chartering a plane and how much it actually costs. My first conclusion was that it is not a simple matter, since the airlines are not anxious for charter business. Therefore, for making all the arrangements we should all be grateful to HSA for fighting the red tape. After all, the HSA charters are still cheaper than the commercial fares (yet their flight to Chicago this Christmas...
Trying to find out exactly what it costs to charter a plane is nearly impossible. After all the trouble that American Airlines had with the Christmas charter, they not only refused to tell me how much they had charged HSA but they also were reluctant to discuss the matter of chartering a plane to me or any other Harvard organization, saying that they deal exclusively with HSA at Harvard...
Dustin M. Burke '52, director of Student Employment and general manager of HSA, said yesterday that "it looks as if this is a business that requires more energy and time than a student can put into it." He said that the agency had suffered small losses almost continuously for two years...
When the entertainment agency was first established, many students protested that they would lose money, since HSA was charging a 10 per cent booking fee and the Employment Office had performed the service free of charge...
...time, a number of students complained that they had plenty of referrals from the Employment Office and that the new HSA agency would merely duplicate the service and add a booking fee. HSA insisted, however, that its endeavor would not have a negative effect, and there has been no indication that...