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u:VA?prcsDntation on “Huntington[dran In the Alhambra school sys-—- -----1- • .1 • • . . . . Wsksitc. . , » iWar Forcing Airlinestiought er uf to re-lt;’e de-je de-r thek will mated irdingTo Juggle SchedulesspeaiiAlhafBusirSalur land' ley E?WASHINGTON (UPI)—The war in Vietnam is forcing the nation's airlines to juggle their schedules and make changes in tJis cockpit.- ‘.United, the nation's largest airline, has canceled certain flights between Honolulu and San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles,July 1iposedisf^ri-i now tigeleslm. spear-pts to id the handleent to rcadia 588 W. 1 Wat-rlvises.4 Pan:American; has. drawn a red Hue through! two Boston to Paris 'flights,- aW canceled a Washington to Paris riuii Trans World scrubbed a Detroit to Lop don flight,. ;.a.n.dContinental has dropped’a,flightbetween’ Wichita Falls,'. Tex.; and Lawton, Okla.The war in siphoning off both pilots and pianos at a growing rate. New calls lor the use ofcommercial jets for military charters cuuld create- much bigger problems.1957, commercial jetliners operating under-military charters carried 454,000 of the; 599,000 Ibtis of ''cargo ' airlifted to Southeast Asia.Ltfss;6f PlanesCCTh Cour ship mee Chui Kuic sent will led ?id.1 will m FriAir Reservist' CallupPresident Johnson’s decision iu January to call up 14,787. air'reservists cost the major airlines about 350 flight crew members.Earlier this month, the President asked the airlines to help, airlift 10,500 troops to••But the'loss of the planes; is forcing some of the airlines to change schedules.United lost 78 flight crew-members in the reserve callupje x and 175 other crewmen were ^ely siphoned off for the airlift.In addition to washing out some passenger flights, United also had to cancel five cargo runs. : • •The stepup in the pace of the airlift also claimed seven planes from Pan American, bringing Its total under government charter to 18. Two-more were contributed by Trans World boosting • its commitment toArc;whocan’gUC:mporithevoca-a!l in-cons ofhe Stll: iceupa-routinethoseVietnam. To'handle the’crunch, nine, four more from Americannine major airlines taking partin the military airlift boosted their jetliner, contribution to 56.•Under the ’nplitary airlift command's charter system, the airlines are.paid for the use of their planes. In 1967 alone, thefor a total of six, and two moreIs., airlines, received $684 milliontaking i til thel 61 atfrom the government forcharier flights.Statistics show why themilitary needs the planes. Infrom Continental for a total of eight.Pan American aLso lost 66 pilots, about 2 per cent of ils total, 5n the reserve-callup.A spokesman said America! Airlines did rot exjXKrt to have to cancel any flights as a resul of the current situation. But he conceded there may be “schedule adjustments.Ttioi: meat' Bui car isti qus 193by
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Pasadena, California, US
Wed, Feb 28, 1968
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