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AFFILIATED WITH THE 
A.F. of L.

"SCHEDULE WITH SAFETY"

AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION
INTERNATIONAL
3145 WEST SIXTY-THIRD STREET
CHICAGO 29

TELEPHONE
GROVEHILL 6-2200

December 6, 1949

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Mr. Michael A. Gitt
188-40 B 71st Crescent
Flushing, New York

Dear Mike:

Last Saturday, I had a call from Chairman Clark and he tells me that there has been discussion between him and the company about ironing out the training letter difficulty. He says he made the suggestion that if everybody puts their letters in the wastebasket, would the company forget the whole happening. He said the company refused to give on this and said that if you would write them a letter and admit you were wrong, they would forget about it. I told Clark that I thought this was a ridiculous proposal and, obviously, came from young smarty pants, and if I were you, I would see him in the hot place before I'd admit anything.

I don't think we ought to get excited about this matter, because it seems as if things have slowed up so much in any event that it will be some time before there will be any grave problem about DC-4 flying and training.

What I am leading up to is that I think I can get your matter straightened out the first time I talk to the top gun, which I planned on doing long ago. The way things are stacking up now, I'll probably be in New York in the not too distant future. I, therefore, suggest that we just sort of ride the whirligig on this one for the time being and let's see if we can catch the brass ring when I come to town. If I were you, I'd concentrate on the CAA thing. If we don't take this thing into camp while we've got it up there, it's going to get away from us. Why don't you line up a conference and call up Cates and tell him to haul his person up there and let's get it straightened out.

Sincerely yours,
 
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION

David L. Behnoke
David L. Behnoke, President

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