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Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter Since 1995

Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter

Since 1995





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( For retirees of the new Air Canada family)



Number 644 Dec 15th, 2001,  We first Published in October 1995
Number 644 Dec 15th, 2001,  We first Published in October 1995



Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson   -      Co-pilot  - Terry Baker




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. Need to know.
*** Playing Santa? Don't fly with your gifts wrapped
If you're planning on taking Christmas gifts on
an airliner this season, you might want to forgo the
pretty paper. Carry-on baggage screeners, under pressure
to thoroughly inspect packages after the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks, will tear off wrapping paper without
remorse if they can't tell what is inside a gift box
when they X-ray it. That would mean more waiting at
security checkpoints for everyone. Airlines and
retailers recommend mailing wrapped gifts this year
or putting them in checked luggage, rather than
carrying them on the plane.


. Partner Travel on Star Alliance -
Following information from Employee Travel & Recognition -
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In reading yesterday's NetLetter (643) information concerning the STAR
Alliance Partner program I find one very
important point missing. There is a misconception that STAR carriers
will accept our T421 Personal Trip Pass Tickets and T423 Partner tickets
that needs to be clarified. The employee/retiree travels on STAR with
T171 tickets issued through
Employee Travel Services (formerly Employee Call Centre) at a low ZED
fare while his/her Partner travels accompanied
using high ZED fare.

CHART-ZED** FARES IN US$
MILEAGE        (ZL)          (ZH)
ZONE 1       1-450           13             25
ZONE 2    451-750          16             36
ZONE 3    751-1600         21            44
ZONE 4  1601-3200        32             68
ZONE 5  3201-4080        37             89
ZONE 6  4081-5000       41            105
ZONE 7  5001-6100       49            113
ZONE 8  6101-9000       57            126
FARES ARE CONVERTED TO LOCAL CURRENCY
SUBJECT TO TAXES AS APPLICABLE
Please pass this information along,
Thank you,    Employee Travel and Recognition
Unquote


From Employee communications -
Air Canada To Launch Daily Non-Stop Service To Madrid And Amsterdam. To
meet summer travel demand, we will begin offering our customers year round
daily non-stop service between Toronto-Madrid on April 7, 2002. We will
also resume daily summer service from Toronto to Amsterdam from June 1
until Oct. 25 2002.


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.  We recently welcomed -
Marnie Burke retired Air Canada Customer Sales & Service living in Toronto.
Marg Failing whose husband is an Air Canada captain living in Winnipeg.
Doug Lovat  retired Air Canada Director, Pensions & Employee Benefits
and am still living in Kirkland Quebec.
Jim & Lise Irwin/Laverdiere retired Air Canada PA Tel/Flight Attendant
living in Mississauga  ON . Jim managed to get 5 years in at
the old
TCA/Air Canada location 130 Bloor Street West between 1961/1965.
Lise just retired from active duty at the end of Janaury 2001
after 30
years less a week.
Marilyn J. Black retired Air Canada Employee Records Coordinator living
in YYZ.
Robert McCurdy retired Air Canada Customer sales and service agent living in
Middle Musquodoboit, Province: NS
Robert A. Poole retired from Air Canada customer services lives in
Surrey, BC
Ross Maude retired Air Canada Caribbean Marketing Analyst lives in
Calgary, AB


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. Industry news.
BWIA, West Indies Airways have reetired their fleet of four Tristar
L1011 aircraft and are reportedly interested in aquiring some of Air
Canada's excess aircraft.


In November there were 397 widebodies, 955 narrowbodies, 88 regional jets and
586 turboprops in storage by airlines and lessors.

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. From the RAPCAN eMailNews issued by Duane Frerichs -
"Phil Pawsey" <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Subject: Maxine Bredt


A write-up in last Mondays Montreal Gazette prompted me to put together the
following few lines.
Once upon a time when I was working in Moncton TCA Flight Dispatch, there
was a flight 20 that came into QM from Montreal at 0400 (usually the fog
preceded it by a short time coming up from the Petitcodiac River). As most
of you can recall, 0400 is not the most joyable time of the day and it
always helped when three new faces would enter our office, two pilots and a
stewardess.
There was one special stew that was always like a ray of sunshine whenever
she entered the office and her name was Maxine Llewellyn who later became
Mrs. Bill Bredt.
It was good to see a picture of Maxine in last Mondays Montreal Gazette
along with four other ex TCA stewardesses namely Lucille Grant, Dorothy
Gilmore-Labelle,Marjorie Crowley, and Margaret Townsend.
Lucille Grant was the first stewardess ever to fly with TCA. There was
quite a long write-up about these ladies and quotes from each of them.
Talked to Maxine today and she told me that the reporter said that she was
going to ask her questions about her nursing experiences during WW2 but
instead asked her about TCA which she was not ready for and it accounted
for the lack of many of the good things she would have liked to have said
about the company.
Maxine trained as a nurse in Victoria BC and upon joining the army worked
as a nursing sister in Perugia, Italy during the War and I think she may
have been the only ex stewardess who had overseas duty.
The reason that these ladies were together was a meeting of the Members of
the Canadian Wings Association.


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. Remember when?
First CPAir flight to Tel Aviv was made from Rome on Apr 2nd 1971 with
DC8 equipment CF-CPF fin 802 c/n 45927. This aircraft was sold to Worldways
YYZ in May 1973.
CPAir's DC8 CF-CPM was one of the first commercial jet from the western
world to fly into China on Aug 13th 1972 - the first of 4 charters.
July 5th 1974 saw CPAir's last DC3 CF-CRX being ferried from ASbbotsford
BC to Vancouver BC. The previous July this aircraft was used to fly a group
of Air Cadets on a tour out of Abbotsford, but had to return due to being
anable to retract the undercarriage. The aircraft was sold Oct 24th 1974
making CPAir a truly all-jet airline.

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. Star Alliance news.
Events for the Employee Group of STAR ALLIANCE are now on a web site.
www.startrips.tv


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. Terry's travel tips.
Visiting the U.K. next year?
Seniors can obtain an 'advantage50 coach card' from National Express
for gbp10.00 which will allow thiose holders to travel anywhere in the UK
for gbp10.00
This is available mid January.  Check web site www.nationalexpress.co.uk


While in LHR, try this offer sent to us by John & Teresa Glew in the UK -
The Post House Hotel at LHR has just been taken over by the Holiday Inn
group and is now known as the Holiday Inn M4 junction 4 Hotel. There are now
three Holiday Inn Hotels at LHR (very confusing). They offer a Travel
Industry rate of £ 35.00 per room including two excellent buffet breakfasts.
If there is only one person in the room the charge is only £ 17.50 including
breakfast. These rates are only available at the M4 hotel and are of course
subject to availability. There is transport to and from the airport, which
is only a 5 minute bus
ride, and costs £ 2.50 per person one-way. Not a bad deal for airport
accommodation eh !!  Telephone number: 0870 400 8595


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