REPRESENTATIVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THOSE TAKEN BY WILLIAM J. MILLER, FLIGHT ENGINEER, TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, DURING REGULAR SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS-Continued

STUDENT HOSTESS ON A "FAMILIARIZATION TRIP"

Mr. MILLER. This is a picture of a student hostess. They were on a familiarization trip. It was a scheduled flight between Denver and Los Angeles, and to prove that it is in flight, you have all the engine instruments showing cruise power. You have an altimeter. You have a clock. Of course, the clock, in itself, does not show it is in flight, pardon me. But you have the air speed indicator which is definitelyall the controls are set.

I wish to point out that all these pictures show, with the exception of the last one which is an exhibit, all of them are in flight, all of them are on scheduled flights.

Mr. BROOKS. With passengers aboard?

Mr. MILLER. With passengers aboard or chartered, scheduled flights or chartered flights or cargo flights; certainly a very widespread set of conditions here.

Mr. BROOKS. The altimeter indicates that it is at an altitude. Can you read it? I want to make it clear I am neither a pilot nor a flight engineer. I am just a passenger.

Mr. MILLER. Yes, I realize that, sir.

Mr. BROOKS. And I do not have a pass and do not want one.

ALTIMETER SHOWS PLANE AT 18,100 FEET

Mr. MILLER. Yes. The altimeter in this particular case reads 18,100 feet. The air speed is about 290, I believe. There is a red line at 300 there, a mark, and it is just below that.

I wanted to point out also, sir, you raised the question about simulators, and I know others have in the past.

Our simulators on TWA are not fully equipped in regard to these things: curtains, oxygen equipment, overhead and radio rack to the left, which most of these pictures show, part of a radio rack. All of that equipment is removed in the simulators. There are no curtains in simulators, and it is certainly easy to verify the facts.

Mr. BROOKS. How about this one? Just sit down. This is another one that indicates a female sitting in a pilot's lap with her feet dangling over toward where George would be operating, is that right? That is No. 41.

Take a look at it and give us an identification of what it is.

Mr. MILLER. Yes.

This is a hostess.

Mr. BROOKS. What altitude is that? Can you see the altimeter there?

Mr. MILLER. Yes.

The altitude is 18,900 feet. The engine instruments-all the pictures show engines at cruise power and the throttles, flight controls, all in a cruise condition.

You asked one other question which I intended to answer, but I think we went on to another question, about the relative time when these pictures were taken.

Mr. BROOKS. Yes.

Mr. MILLER. That one there with that number would indicate
Mr. BROOKS. No. 40?

This one is No. 41. When would that indicate it was taken?

Mr. MILLER. That would indicate 1959, sir.

Mr. BROOKS. Now, this one? And apparently these pictures have got the faces cut out so you cannot identify the individuals.

Did you do this?

Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir; because

Mr. BROOKS. Was your purpose to prevent any embarrassment to these individuals?

Mr. MILLER. It certainly was.

Mr. BROOKS. On the familiarization course?

Mr. MILLER. Certainly.

And these girls are under pressure, and they have to comply with repeated wishes or expressed wishes as if they were orders. Sometimes they feel it is easier to cooperate.

Mr. BROOKS. Now, what does this picture reflect?

Mr. MILLER. Which I am sure they reluctantly do in many cases.
Mr. BROOKS. Reluctantly do what?

Mr. MILLER. Sit on the captain's lap and even fly an airplane as some of these pictures show.

Mr. BROOKS. I want to repeat that if there are any outbursts or comments by the people here, we are going to unfortunately have to ask them to leave, without assistance. Go ahead.

CREW MUST OBEY CAPTAIN'S ORDERS

Mr. MILLER. We naturally have to respect that the captain is in command of the airplane, and each crewmember-and he is responsible for each crewmember and their conduct, and we, in turn, have to obey his orders or wishes.

I have heard many times a request, then almost a demand, that the girl get on his lap or sit down, and three or four, you know, pretty insistent requests of this nature, and the girls naturally are under his command, and this puts them in a very difficult position.

Mr. BROOKS. What is the altitude on this, roughly?

Mr. MILLER. It is just a little hard to distinguish this altimeter. Mr. BROOKS. What other evidence would you have that this is in the air?

Mr. MILLER. Sir?

Mr. BROOKS. What other evidence would show it is in the air?

Mr. MILLER. Let us see.

Four manifold pressure gages, four engine tachometers and throttles showing cruise position, cruise flight. The altimeter is somewhere between 18,000 and 19,000 feet, I believe.

Most of these pictures, the instruments

Mr. BROOKS. Show that they are in flight?

Mr. MILLER. Oh, all the pictures are taken in flight except the last one, sir. I would like to take that last one out of there.

Mr. BROOKS. When we get to it, I do not know which is "last." Mr. MILLER. It is easy to recognize.

Mr. Moss. What is the last?

Mr. MILLER. About 297, I believe, is the number on it. I took it for exhibit purposes only, to show.

PILOTS READING NEWSPAPER

Mr. BROOKS. Now, this one apparently shows two pilots in a cockpit looking at a magazine of some sort.

Mr. MILLER. I believe it is a newspaper, sir.

Mr. BROOKS. It is a newspaper?

Mr. MILLER. Yes.

Mr. BROOKS. What is that actually? Is that correct? How would you describe it? Is that a plane in flight?

Mr. MILLER. This altimeter shows 18,100 feet. The rate of climb shows a downward trend of about 100 feet per minute. The air speed indicator is indicating about 260 or 270 miles per hour.

It would be knots in this case.

Mr. BROOKS. What are these two pictures here? Would you just describe what they are?

Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir.

This was a scheduled flight, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago. At Las Vegas, while I was checking my fuel servicing, I observed a party of about 15 or 20, I believe, boarded the airplane in western garb with revolvers on their sides. I believe they were duds, but the hostess was quite concerned because no one had assured her that the firearms were not real, and they had this mascot, this donkey, which was a full-grown donkey of about 3.5 or 4 feet tall, and they

insisted that he accompany them in the forward cabin, which is immediately behind the cockpit, and the hostess asked me what to do about it, and I said

Well, I am busy right now checking the spill servicing.

But the agent came out and between the two of them they protested to the captain, and he was already sitting in the left seat, and he sort of laughed it off, saying in effect: "They are harmless, they are just a bunch of good Joes going to Vegas for a convention."

DONKEY LOOSE ON PLANE IN FLIGHT

But there was a lot of heavy drinking observed, and the donkey was loose in the cabin three-fourths of the time, and I was concerned because this particular model airplane has an outward-opening door with a pressure button type; push the button and rotate the handle and the door will open outward, and in flight it naturally would tear off and go right into the No. 2 engine and propeller.

I explained this to the captain and told the hostess I was concerned

Mr. BROOKS. You could be seated.

Sit right here, though, so you can look at these pictures.

Mr. MILLER. So

Mr. BROOKS. Speak a little louder. Your counsel there is about 6 feet from you, and he says he cannot hear very well.

Now, how about this picture here? What is this picture, No. 158? What does that seem to represent?

Mr. MILLER. Could I make another comment on the donkey?
Mr. BROOKS. Sure, yes.

Mr. MILLER. He was after I protested and the hostess protested, before we started the engines and departed, they agreed to tie the donkey's head down and tie him away from the door over between

two seats.

But after we got in flight, I noticed the donkey was turned loose again for the rest of the flight, and they were breaking backs off the seats and throwing arm rests around, and the hostess came up to the cockpit in tears and did not feel that she could handle the situation.

The captain never did leave the cockpit. He sort of shrugged off this condition.

So on landing at Chicago, the aircraft-I think it was a rather short runway and full reverse was used, and I was anticipating trouble. So the donkey had its rear end up against the door that opens into the cockpit, and just as I expected, the door latch-they usually are not rigged too good and with a little pressure on them the door will pop open.

The door popped open, but I had my foot against the door, and I had swung around and was handling my landing duties, taking care of my landing duties, but with my spare foot, I got the foot over against the door and kept the door from popping all the way open and kept the donkey from landing in the cockpit and accelerating forward 5 or 6 feet or perhaps hitting the throttles or jamming the reverse levers.

Mr. BROOKS. You did not consider it just a prank, then. It was in your mind a safety hazard to have that donkey on the airplane?

"DISREGARD FOR ALL BASIC AIR SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS"

Mr. MILLER. Yes.

I think that it was a complete disregard for all basic air safety considerations, as any certificated airman should know.

Mr. BROOKS. Now, would you take a look at this picture and tell us what it seems to reflect?

Mr. MILLER. Yes

This is a girl friend of this captain's.

Mr. BROOKS. That is 158?

Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir.

A girl friend of the captain's, this is the Los Angeles to Chicago flight, and it is a midnight departure, and when we got ready to leave, I found out there were no passengers on the flight, no passengers, it was just what we call positioning of equipment.

It had a regular flight number on it, on the flight, but I was surprised about the no passengers, and, yet, at the last minute this girl was in the cabin, and after takeoff the captain spent quite a bit of time in the cabin with her, and later in cruise flight, I believe, she received a 38-minute flying lesson.

And we landed at Chicago, and he put her on another airplane for

transfer.

Mr. BROOKS. This picture, 159, is of the same sequence?

Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir.

A short time sequence there, and I believe the clocks will be easily readable there. This clock shows 10:25.

Mr. BROOKS. Here is a good picture, No. 137. It indicates she is getting some help either getting up or out of the lap. What is the procedure here?

Mr. MILLER. Yes, sir.

This particular flight was

Mr. BROOKS. That is picture 137.

Mr. MILLER. Yes; and it is a sequence-a while ago you showed me an original of the same girl.

Mr. BROOKS. 136?

Mr. MILLER. Yes; you showed me another picture a moment ago. Mr. BROOKS. Is that the same girl?

Mr. MILLER. Yes; the same girl, student hostess.

Mr. BROOKS. Yes, same dress.

Mr. MILLER. Yes.

STEWARDESS SAT ON PILOT'S LAP

This particular flight, as I mentioned a while ago, was from Denver to Los Angeles, and this is a check captain in the right-hand seat. He insisted that the student hostess on her familiarization trip come and sit on his lap, and he was giving the captain in the left seat his line checkout. The captain in the left seat was getting his final checkout.

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Mr. BROOKS. At the same time?