FLIGHT OPS FLYER FEBRUARY 5, 1999 **************** **************** 1998 Flight Operations Annual Award Winners Announced ----------------------------------------------------- Senior Vice President-Flight Operations Captain Hart Langer this week announced the names of 49 Flight Operations employees who have been selected as 1998 Flight Operations Annual Award winners. Each of these winners was nominated by their peers and selected by a cross-functional employee team. Nominations will also be forwarded to the Corporate Selection team for consideration at that level. "Congratulations to all of our 1998 award winners," said Captain Langer. "Each of you made outstanding contributions to the success of our Division in 1998. Thanks also to all the employees who participated in the process this year, either by nominating a fellow employee for an award, or by serving as a member of one of the selection teams." Winners will be honored at the Annual Awards Banquet, to be held March 16 at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Flight Operations Division Annual Award --------------------------------------- SFOFO Captain Bob Smith Airmanship ---------- IADFO Paul Bopp, First Officer LAXFO Don Borje, First Officer LAXFO Captain Jim Copsey IADFO Captain Brian McGarry IADFO Carolyn Merrick, First Officer Customer Satisfaction --------------------- ORDFO Captain Bill Kuser LAXFO Dave Merriman, First Officer DENTK Captain Des Payne, B737-300/500 Fleet Captain OPBCM Ron Errico, Crew Scheduler Community Service/United We Care -------------------------------- CHIDD Lee Meriwether, Flight Dispatcher ORDFO Captain Ron Ussery DENTK Terry Vakoff, Emergency Procedures Instructor Domicile Captain of the Year ---------------------------- IADFO Captain Pat Austin SFOFO Captain John Baum LAXFO Captain Sandy Bredin SEAFO Captain Stan Burson ORDFO Captain Bruce Carey MIAFO Captain Dave Dryer HNLFO Captain William Gendreau JFKFO Captain Joseph McDonald ANCFO Captain Warren Parthen DENFO Captain John Szakach Leadership Excellence --------------------- DENTK Dennis Gehl, Staff Engineer-Flight Sim. Development DENFO Captain Donna Goodwin MIAFO Captain Brad Thomann, Flight Manager Most Valuable Player -------------------- DENTK Chet Collett, Coord.-Airplane Operations Performance CHIDD John Dexter, Flight Dispatcher DENTK Captain Bruce Ermel, Flight Operations Supervisor ANCFO Captain Steve Jones, Flight Manager OPBCM Rick McNabb, Crew Scheduler DENTK Mike Rice, Staff Engineer-Flight Simulators WHQCM Barbara Rymarz, Staff Analyst-Flt. Crew Productivity SFOFO Captain Phil Simon DENTK Cook Villarreal, Fleet Technical Specialist Operations Support ------------------ HNLFO Kaelyn Camarao, Drug Test Program Representative DENFO George Cox, First Officer DENTK Mary Lou Dillner, Administrative Assistant SFOFO Alma Fletcher, Flight Operations Services Rep. SFOFO Mary Holman, Flight Operations Services Rep. DENTK Dave Kolakowski, Manager-Flight Operations Training DENTK Bill Lang, Staff Engineer-Flight Sim. Development JFKFO Barbara Maffeo, Administrative Assistant CHIDD Steve Mineck, Flight Dispatcher CHIDD Wayne Munthe, Manager-Flight Dispatch Operations DENTK John Shackford, Program Support Coordinator LAXFO Captain Jim Smith Safety First ----------- LAXFO Captain Bill Brashear Vision ------ DENTK Captain Mike Cuddy, Standards Captain Welcome Aboard -------------- Twenty-three new-hire pilots began training at the Flight Center this week. The total number of new hires for 1999 is 91. Their assignments are: 10 B727 S/O 5 to ORD, 5 to DEN 10 B300 F/O 8 to ORD, 2 to SFO 3 B737 F/O 3 to ORD Safety Issues ------------- There were no flight safety inquiries this week. ************************************************************ Flight Operations Communications, WHQVF 847/700-7288 "Flight Ops Flyer" also is available in the United Airlines section of CompuServe under "Pilot Information." ************************************************************