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MAN-MADE INFERNO TESTS SUITS

Credit Union Rooted in Idea of Mutual Benefit
By Stephen Gray, UAL

From the experience I have had with fellow pilots and from observations that I have made while associating with them, it has occurred to me that they are, as a group, conservative, level-headed men with an above average ability to get the most for their money. With this in mind it was only natural that they would sooner or later establish a Credit Union. 

Why? Simply because a Credit Union is designed to work for the mutual benefit of all its members, regardless of whether it is used for saving or borrowing. It is a safe, dependable and profit-able organization used by nearly three million people in this country, even though the Credit Union movement here is only a little over twenty-five years old. 

-- INS Photos 

Crash rescue techniques, particularly those involving fire, have not begun to reach a state of perfection, but when they have, many needlessly lost lives will be saved. Our airports are greatly deficient in this respect, but seem to be doing little about it. The Air Force faces much the same problem, but is studying ways of whipping it. Here is an Air Force experiment in progress at the Aero-Medical laboratory of the Air Material Command, Wright Patterson Air Base.  Fireman (above), protected by six different types of protective suits, walked into a blaze (below) fed by oil, gas, and jet fuel to simulate condition of a crashed and burning plane. Results of the test: one, wearing a newly-designed foil suit, was able to stay in for 38 seconds, the record: other times ranged down to six seconds. 

ALPA FCU FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL REPORT
MAY 31, 1949
BALANCE SHEET
Assets
No.     Amount
LOANS: 
Current and less than 2 months 
delinquent .................185  $57,961.86
Delinquent 2 months to 6 months.................. 3  815.45
Accounts Receivable ...........   99.58
Cash ................. 23,851.94
Petty Cash ................... 10.00
Change Funds ................ 50.00
U. S. Bonds .................  5,050.00
Interest Purchased on Bonds.....  45.67
Prepaid Loan Insurance........  2.40
Total...................    $87,886.90

Liabilities
Accounts Payable ................  $   .50
Shares ........................  85,759.72
Reserve for Bad Loans........   326.96
Undivided Profits ..............  25.30
Profit .......................... 1,774.42
     Total ..................  $87,886.90

STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSE
Income
Interest on Loans ....................$2,280.46

Expenses
Stationery and Supplies............... 107.91
Educational Expense ................. 31.95
Borrowers´ Insurance ................. 162.60
Miscellaneous General ................ 3.58
ALPA Reimbursement ................ 200.00
     Total .......................... $  506.04
Net  Profit ..........................$1,774.42

Statistical Information
Number of Members May 31, 1949..   908
Number of Potential Members......  8,111
Loans Made Since Organization
  (number)........................  256
Loans Made Since Organization
  (amount) .........................$101,537.53

TPA Gets Charter, Pilots Join ALPA Same Week
Trans-Pacific Airline of Honolulu, chartered June 1 as a scheduled air line, applied the same week for ALPA representation and has been designated Local Council No. 80. The inter-island carrier recently celebrated its third anniversary and its licensing marks the first competition to Hawaiian Airlines in the islands´ 20-year aviation history. The company owns four DC-3´s which will soon be augmented by more ships now on order. When the CAB issued the scheduling certificate to TPA, it did so pointing out that the time had come to end Hawaiian air monopoly, and that there was plenty of room for two lines to operate profitably. 
MEC Is Elected-- The pilots of TPA have elected G. P. Cullen as chairman of their Local Executive Council, H. L. Warren, vice-chairman, and K. D. H. Choy, senior copilot representative. TPA joins ALPA as the 32nd air line on its roster. 
Meanwhile, another newcomer in ALPA´s ranks, All American Airways announced the selection of A. L. Tucker as chairman of Local Executive Council No. 94. The 57 pilots of the Pennsylvania line also elected R. N. Elder, vice-chairman; C. M. Schorr and D. N. Kimmel, executive councilmen; D. G. Reubert, senior copilot representative; and E. F. Akin and R. I. Bazely, copilot representatives. 
All American pilots were taken into the ALPA organization on June 7. million people in this country, even though the Credit Union movement here is only a little over twenty-five years old. 
A Job Well Done-- We all like to have the feeling of a job well done when we step off the airplane at the end of a trip and head for home to enjoy our time off, and so it is with handling your savings. To have at least part of your savings in the Credit Union and to use the Credit Union as a means of saving money, means that you can enjoy your time off from a point of view of knowing that you have done a good job in handling your finances. 
Don´t put off investigating the advantages of using your Credit Union any longer. The sooner you act the more you benefit. 
Any questions or suggestions may be handled by your Council Credit Union Representative. 

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