Word: pilots
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Third-Man Theme. The TWA agreement assured the engineers that they would get top priority for assignment as the controversial third man in the cockpit while the fourth man is being eliminated; it would oblige TWA to give pilot training to any flight engineers who seek it, including those temporarily laid off. The agreement promised the engineers' union, fearful that it will be swallowed up by the Air Line Pilots Association, that it "will not suffer an increased risk of loss of its representational rights" by adopting the agreement. But it also aimed at an ultimate merger by setting...
Joseph A. Walker, test pilot, X-15 rocket plane D.Ae.Sc...
Association. A Kennedy-appointed fact-finding commission last October suggested in effect that the jobs of third pilot and flight engineer be combined. The President requested that the issue be submitted to binding arbitration, and the airlines agreed. But the flight engineers, fearful lest they be swallowed up by the bigger (14,000 member) and better organized Pilots Association, refused...
Less than 24 hours earlier, the chartered jet was roaring down the Orly runway on takeoff. Unaccountably, it failed to lift. The pilot jammed down on the brakes, threw the powerful engines into reverse thrust. But the speed and momentum were too great. The plane rocketed ahead, plowed through a fence, grazed a house, and smashed to pieces in a fiery cloud, killing eight French crew members and 122 passengers. Miraculously, two stewardesses were thrown clear...
...most part, they appear to be a huge success. Under the direction of Constance E. Smith, the Institute's pilot group of 22 scholars, their specialties ranging from international law to creative writing, spent what most of them apparently feel was a happy and profitable year at the College. Fifteen will return next year, along with 17 newcomers. The Institute, one of the first organizations in the country to offer support for part-time scholarship, has received glowing notices in the press and attracted a bunch of talented, interesting, and highly articulate women to Radcliffe. President Bunting will have...