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tr inpose responsibility tor medical

certification and surveillance of flight

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c» Delta 88.0 was contaminated by '

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a

,,. and enviromental factors ."and'reach a

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mentation" of the crew complement

policy. The Board ordered the Presi- -

dent to "cause the Association _to pro- ,

vide full support to such determinations" and to conclude agreements

that give full effect to such determinations.

Finally, the Board saidthe President and the Execunve Committee

should study and evo;t~ate "crew co- .

ordination and operating techniques

on all airline iet aircraft.

Other actions taken by the Executive Board include the following:

P Supported the Ahworthiness and

Performance Committee in it; concern

over the use of reduced-thrust takeoff

procedures.

P Referred a proposal that ALPA

initiate an aggressive policy with

FAA to establish positive contrcl,

climb and descent corridors, "a high-

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. ~-.._. _ , ._ @.- ,.. .._',,.., J, .'~_t

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'ing the number of dismissed controllers E

to 30. Thirty-eight of the 80 have won

their jobs back tl'92ta_ugh appeals procetdures and the cour?s.

C ALPA opposes DOT action in AALWAL merger case see page 5!.

O "Cooper" is no Robin Hood see page

7!. » _ _ _A

C NTSB and FAA officialssay that a tj

National Airlines 747, which ra'h'f-J: _l I 1

afoul of turbulence, did so as the "3"

crew picked its way through thunderstorm cells using airborne radar. 0

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ly complicated s.-.rbiect, to the

tional ATC Committee, the rrati-l1i"~

committee involved wirh this pro

> Noted that "it is in the bestr.

terest of" ALP!-. ">5 present 5 uni,

position to the 5-overnmentfb_nd_-i ;._§I?j=

try on those su'.:§r.:': areas AA

Fact the entire merrtcershipfgarhdi__ solved "that before any

representing body of the i592~:P:;t_:,E»

takes action on ssrhfects under

view of an ALFA national ca'r.irrxi and not covered by ALPA pclicy

proposed action be brought to

tention of the responsible notion .

committees For their review and

lysis to ensure a coordinated posti

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tively pursue! _ALPA policy, ad r

in H62, _ "to work to bringliiit T

national iglnt_duty'time ~ __ lirpiisifi :0; , T. . . line with domestic FAR lirriits.-lip.

§ Directed the Association 1_._ $1.. tute a procedure of witholaing cl _ ._ _;92¢,t

from flight pay loss checks. . ~i§?-fit

P Noted that th-.1 use ct "Air llihj

Pilots" in the name at any organ?

tipn, other than ;'-92LFA.=on.=t.-_

and misleading to rhelmemlihershrp

the public, the governmeinl4_

inaustry and mightbe harmful

public image of the Assoei1'rion

resolved "that olimembers so irfiit

retrain trom any activities whichligi ;

crate theimpressif.-n that they gnthe tf

organization ,- association or i

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-ROBI dooers NOr-1000'

Despite some attempts to Prove

otherwi:-T through opportunism and

commercialism,the personwholabels

himselfas "D. B. Cooperis--if he is

still alivr.»--nomodern-dayRobinHood.

He is o thief and a criminal of the

highestorder. He demonstratedmore

thanpassingknowledgeoftheair environment,especiallyparachuting.lt

ispossiblethat"D. B. Cooper's" path

may havecrossedthatof airline personnel--and airline pilots--at some

time under another name. He is repo'rted tohavea bitterhatred against

the airlines--he mayhave workedfor

one. V

For these reasons PILOT BULLETIN

isprintingthespecificationsof the

criminal that extorted $209, 000 from

Northwest Airlines on Nov. 24, l97l .

Twoartistdrawings of "Cooper" are

included in the hopesthey may prod

the memories of ALPA memberswho

mayhaveseenor known himin the

past. ' '

The Federal Bureau of investigation describes the man as follows:

Race: White

Age: Mid40s

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Height: 5 feetl0 inchesto 6 feet.

Weight: l7Oto 180pounds '

Build: Averageto well built

Complexion:Olive,_Lati_n__gp_-;_

pearance,mediumsmoattt

Hair: Dark btownor black, normalstyle,partedonleft, combed

back,sideburns,lowearlevel .

Eyes: Possiblybrawn;duringlatterpartofflightputondirkwrap-.

aroundsunglasses with dark rims

Voice: Law,spokeintelligently,

noparticular accent

aletgh lter tip

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white shirt, narrow

dresssuit, black

dark topcoat, brownst

paperbag4 ll'1Cl"lE; by '12

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if you haveany

might lead to the identity

dividual,pleasecontact

FBI office.

H-1by.

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ALPA PRESSES

. MID-AIR

Pointingto a "needlessslaughter"

resultingfrom70midaircollisionsof

U. S. airliners in the past 25 years,

ALPAurgedcongressionalaction to

make collision-avoidance equipment a

mandatoryrequirementforall aircraft

operatingingovernment-controlled airspace. L

ln testimonybefore the Senate

Subcommittee on Aviation on Dec. 'l ,

the Associationemphasizedthe in- '-

creasinghazardsof midairaccidents.

Astudymadeby the Department of

Transportation,ALPAsaid,proiected

thatby i980therewouldbeapproximately'lO mid-aircollisionsoccurringeachyear. ln l97l , therewere

four such tragedies.  _

Al".PArecommendedtwogovemment adtions that should be tal<en im

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FOR. ACTIONON

C0i.l.lSl0NS ' 

operatedwithin controlled airspace.

"Theother action requiresthat ;

the FederalAviation Administration 1

tal<ea morerealistic andsophisticated

approachto inflight segregationof

military andgeneralaviation aircraft,

fromairline andother high performance

civil aircraft." '

ln addition to these recommenda- .' I

tions, ALPAaskedfor a live evaluatian of the several collision avoidancesystemsnowavailable. Recognizingthat installation of thesesystemswould

entail particular burdensfor light

planefowner,ALPAcalledfordevel- 1

opmentof a plantohelpthemfinance this hardware. at °-= 4

AlthoughALPAdoesnot endorse _ ~

anyparticularequipmentnqw.being~_ 1

offeredassolutionstothecollision

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' scheme to defraud. Jack Lewis and Donald Murphy

to copythree twentydollar bills with serial num.2rs

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hi-Jacker "D. B. Cooper"as ransomfor the r¢1eesc

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to an advertisementin the Seattle Timesnewspapersolic

a contact fromthe alleged aircraft hi-jacker "D. E. Cc;

called Karl PayneFlemingat'his home in LosAngelts,

California on or about Februaryl, 1972 andstates that

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with Karl Fleming at the Swept wing Inn in King County.

Washington on.or about February 16, 197? and demanded H

Karl Fleming produce forty-five thousand dollars in retu

for "D. B. Cooper's" story about the hi-jacking. It?

defendants agreed to accept thirty thousand dollc:..

fraudulently representing that the money would be2 ld ;

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defendants William John Lewis, also known as Leek

and Donald Sylvester Murphy prepared Donald Idiphy

as the alleged hi-jacket "D. B. Cooper" by reading

published information about the hi-jacking of Fll;

and the alleged hijacker "D. B. Cooper" and other

developing a.plausible theory of the hijacking wk

with a "confession" of the crime. Extraordinary s

the security of the alleged hijacker "D. B. Coop:

requiring that the cameraman and audition re.;-i-l

interview do so from an extreme dintanze whl ; n"

plugs, added credibi ix; to tne fraudulent ?-1em".

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Karl Fleming at the Swept Wing Inn in King County,

andusedthe fictitious nameSethThomas.

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l. The defendants William John Lewis, also ;nown

as Jack Lewis and DonaldSylyester Murphydevises pr; ee

and artifice to obtain moneyfrom Karl PayneTlemingby

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and having intended to devise the aforesaid sc;eme in,

artifice to defraud and to obtain moneyby means 0 fals

travel in interstate commerce from Los Angeles Couriy,

California to King County, Washington in executic:

aforesaid schemeand artifice to defraud said Kari Payne

Fleming of money in an amountexceedingfive thou and

dollars, L: cash. that is, fortLfive thousand dollar;

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the copy of three twenty dollar bills bearing soria; numbc.

L5H90H730A, L33529797A, and L2Ol689?7A acquired from Karl

Fleming who states that he copy of the three bill: U;eni:_

received- now in the custody of the F.B.I.! was del ere;

him by Jack Lewis in support of the claimthat ?lQm-15 wai

interviewing the real "D.B. Cooper, which copy is uT2Ch

hereto as exhibit "A". The original copy has been '.axines

§by the F.B.I. laboratory in Washington, D.C.and Q§Q7Tmi;.

to be fraudulent in that the serial numbers, which 3* mitt!

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tapes, made by Karl Fleming, of inzervia

and "Seth Thomas and have identifi~d ;

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further states.that Karl Fleming ha» bee

hc, Karl Flemingt placed an adv

in Seattle Timon newspaper, an pg otU..a

West Coast, requesting that the alleged a Jeri

was then a Contri uting 1

stationed in Los Angeles and the advertiscxtr

his home telephone number and indicated tat: N

represented a national news magazine.

received two telephone calls from a "Seth Th@

who in subseoucnt perscnal contacts identifiaj

as Jack Lewis, the caller stating that he kn;w

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| introduced him to 3.E. Cooter uh: room through L slif;ng patio-type c

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flew from Los Angeles County, California to

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satisfied he was trlking to the hi-jackes, Q 2

instalment in the same amount_upon completion

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thirty thousand dollars.

Onor aboutFebruary20, 1972Karl Fleming

traveled fromLosAngelesCounty,California to KingCounty,Washington with_thirtythousandCollsuz in cashconsisting of anunknownnumbercf bill: in

twenty,fifty, andonehundredollar denoninaziins. Hestayedat theEdgewater Inn, in Seattle,Washing: throughFebruary23, 1972and'interviewed 'D.E. Secpei

on February 22 and 23. '

Karl Flemingwasfurnishedthe xeroxd cc;goi

the threetwentydollar bills, allegedlypart of 1~

ransompaidto "D.B.Cooper Exhibit A} andon aboutFebruary21, 1972,paidthe thirty tnousar? dollars to JackLewiswhosigneda receipt EYE Q 1 B!. Karl FlcminrrelatedtL1t JunkLew-r L ~

} thename"SethTuonuprlt: to si_ in; xi:

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Lewis disclosure of his true name.

Karl Flemingalso paid three iundreoeo;li.; to

Jack Lewis onor aboutFebruary21, 1972Q2: :;;;nseo

1 Thecomplainantfurtherstatesthat heb¢llGVC;that

statementsmadeby Karl Fleming to SpecialAgents; the

F.B.I. are accuratein that checksof motel, airli:1

car, andtelephone toll recordscorroborateis storyand

photographs ofWilliamJohnLewis,alsoknowne:51.?Lewi.

andDonaldSylvesterMurphyhavebeenidentifiedbyKarl

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was plain: I have a bomb in this brief-:3}

case. I am hijacking this plane._.'..-;'_._-,;.;jj~;§,,;:; _

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instructions. Exactly! And _everytVhing>_it_-'_

will be_ ne and no one will be_' any-j

wiser. Just report this to your capt'a_in._'f;.-..

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