09/01/2026
✈️Wow does time fly!
September 1, 1981 (45) years ago today, l was upgraded to full time with Piedmont Airlines in Charlotte.
✈️l still feel that Piedmont Airlines was probably the best airline to ever fly.
✈️Tom Davis in his wisdom, started us all as part time employees in Charlotte (at the humble old terminal), each of us had to cross-train within all departments, get signed off by managers, take tests before we could even be considered for a full time position.
✈️He felt that if we all worked the other positions we would better understand how the operations worked, we could jump in at any point to assist with whatever needed to be done to get the airplane out on time, we would appreciate each other’s job better and as a bonus if fearful flyers looking out the window had any questions, we could answer.
✈️I will forever be grateful to the original Charlotte airport team at Piedmont Airlines for starting me on my travel journey which continues yet today.