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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Flying_The_Line_1
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Table of Contents
Foreword by Robert J. Serling
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1: What's a Pilot Worth?
CHAPTER 2: Stepping on Toes
CHAPTER 3: Pilot Pushing
CHAPTER 4: The Airmail Pilots' Strike of 1919
CHAPTER 5: The Livermore Affair
CHAPTER 6: The Trouble with E. L. Cord
CHAPTER 7: The Perils of Washington
CHAPTER 8: Flying for a Rogue Airline
CHAPTER 9: The Rise and Fall of the TWA Pilots Association
CHAPTER 10: Dave Behncke - An American Success Story
CHAPTER 11: Wartime
CHAPTER 12: The TWA Strike of 1946
CHAPTER 13: The National Airlines Strike of 1948
CHAPTER 14: The Ordeal of E. P. McDonald
CHAPTER 15: The Fall of Dave Behncke
CHAPTER 16: The Sayen Style
CHAPTER 17: Safety and Crew Complement in the 1950s
CHAPTER 18: The Southern Airways Strike of 1960
CHAPTER 19: Internal Politicking, 1960-1962
CHAPTER 20: Charley Ruby's Hour
CHAPTER 21: Origins of the American Airlines Split
CHAPTER 22: American Airlines Goes It Alone
CHAPTER 23: Jets and Thin Ice
CHAPTER 24: Skyjacking
CHAPTER 25: The Rise of J. J. O'Donnell
Index
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International Standard Book Number: 0-9609708-1-9
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
It’s all in these pages, from the dramatic deposing of Behncke to the
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
“Marty” Martinez, ALPA’s manager of public relations, also displayed keen
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CHAPTER 1:
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What’s a Pilot Worth?
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What’s a Pilot Worth?
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What’s a Pilot Worth?
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CHAPTER 2:
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Stepping on Toes
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CHAPTER 3:
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Pilot Pushing
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CHAPTER 4:
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Airmail Strike of 1919
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Airmail Strike of 1919
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Airmail Strike of 1919
CHAPTER 5:
The Livermore Affair
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The Livermore Affair
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Trouble with E. L. Cord
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As the first to fly the
Taking aloſt a single-engine biplane like
Te glamorous reputations of early
In the early 1920s, Behncke
Behncke’s seemingly happy
Perils of Washington
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CHAPTER 8:
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Rogue Airline
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Rogue Airline
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TWA Pilots Association
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An American Success Story
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CHAPTER 11:
Wartime
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CHAPTER 12:
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TWA Strike of 1946
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ALPA’s founders, the
ALPA’s founders and key figures during its formative
At the 1939 Labor Day Parade
Te crash of the TWA DC-2 (above) piloted
National pilots, including future
In 1932, ALPA’s headquarters moved from a rented room in Chicago’s Troy Lane Hotel to a walk-
TWA Strike of 1946
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NAL Strike of 1948
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CHAPTER 14:
McDonald’s Ordeal
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CHAPTER 15:
Behncke’s Fall
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The Sayen Style
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CHAPTER 17:
Safety and Crew Complement
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ALPA’s second president,
Te Southern Airways strike of 1960–62
John Carroll of TWA (right) lost the ALPA presidency
In November 1956 the Board of Directors
When the Board of Directors
Te personal animosity between
On April 21, 1969, Charles A.
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CHAPTER 18:
SOU Strike of 1960
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CHAPTER 19:
International Politicking
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CHAPTER 20:
Charley Ruby’s Hour
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Origins of the AAL Split
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AAL Goes It Alone
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Entering the
A member of the AFL-CIO’s select Executive Council, President J.J. O’Donnell (below, with
On October 21, 1980, uniformed ALPA pilots from 23 airlines marched on the White House
In the 1960s, terrorists saw the
Today, as in the beginning of the Association, ALPA pilots continue to be vital and visible
ALPA’s Washington office (top) allows pilot spokespersons convenient access to Congress,
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CHAPTER 23:
Jets and Thin Ice
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CHAPTER 24:
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CHAPTER 25:
O’Donnell’s Rise
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INDEX
organizing on PAA, 111, 149
and crew complement issue, 181–82, 229,
early flying career, 96
Campbell, John (CAL), 282
Point Reyes (1939), 102
and FBI skyjacking intervention, 273–274
Harrington, Bob (AAL), 231
Klotz, Alexis (TWA), 54
Miller, Joe E. (Century), x
Operation USA (Unity for Safe Air Travel), 253,
Richter, Paul, 79, 83, 88, 89, 90, 91, 122
Smith, C. R., 4, 6, 9, 38, 43, 50, 111, 181, 184,
Grand Canyon crash (1956), 255
West Coast Airlines, 155