Your Name :   Rick Zurmuhlen Todays Date? :   12-14-2008 E-mail Address :   zurmuhlenjr@aol.com City :   Walpole State :   NH Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes Comments :   Just wanted to say after all these years (@29 years) I still miss the Western magic. I wish I never got laid off back around 1981 (December) I regret not going back when I had the chance just prior to the Delta merger. Your Name :   Gary Graham Todays Date? :   12/13.2008 E-mail Address :   crazywaiterguy@yahoo.com City :   Lone Pine State :   California Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   No Comments :   Great Site!!! Your Name :   ALICE DRENNON Todays Date? :   12/8/08 E-mail Address :   ALGAL1952@YAHOO.COM City :   ANTIOCH State :   CA Country :   U.S. Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   YES Comments :   HIRE DATE: 5/6/74 LEFT: 5/1992 Your Name :   robert cecchi Todays Date? :   12/03/08 E-mail Address :   thosetwo@comcast.net City :   des moines State :   wa Country :   usa Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   no Comments :   The Ohnnnnnny way to fly! Your Name :   Jeffrey Todays Date? :   12/1/2008 E-mail Address :   jkjb767@comcast.net City :   San Lorenzo State :   CA Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes Comments :   I survived 29 years 5 months. I am Delta retired effective 11/1/2008 Your Name :   Robert H. Cubillos Todays Date? :   11/29/08 E-mail Address :   robertoc@sbcglobal.net City :   Gardena State :   Ca. Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   yes Comments :   My best years were spent at WAL. We were a great bunch of people. I wish the guest list could be published in alphabetical order Your Name :   janis damante Todays Date? :   nov 28 2008 E-mail Address :   jdpisces2@aol.com City :   powder springs State :   ga Country :   30127 Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   sforr, sfott, searr Comments :   thanks for all that you do Your Name :   ROLYN AND JOYCE KLAASSEN Todays Date? :   11-27-2008 E-mail Address :   RKLAAS3301@AOL.COM City :   PEACHTREE CITY State :   GA Country :   USE Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   YES BOTH Comments :   DENVER 1966-1987 SEATTLE 1987-1994 ATLANTA 1994-2005 STARBUCKS-AT THE AVENUE PEACHTREE CITY Your Name :   Redith Porter Ross Todays Date? :   11/20/08 E-mail Address :   redith@kirklandlaw.com City :   Kirkland State :   WA Country :    Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes Comments :   Flight Attendant from 1968 to 1980. It would be fun to get together with other flight attendants working at that time. Your Name :   Fred J. Sims Todays Date? :   11-16-2008 E-mail Address :   fredjerrysims@comcast.net City :   Peachtree City State :   GA 30269 Country :   U.S.A. Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes; Mechanic 1959-1994 Comments :   Ive found my little bit of paradise right here in the hills of Georgia. Lets hear from you. Your Name :   Howard Ellis Todays Date? :   10/29/08 E-mail Address :   l_h_ellis@yahoo.com City :   San Diego State :   CA Country :    Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes Comments :   Passenger Service 1964-87 SFO PSP SAN HNL Your Name :   Jerry Bennett Todays Date? :   10/28/2008 E-mail Address :   jbbennett@fedex.com City :   Memphis State :   tn, 38002 Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   1969 to 1980 Comments :   Looking to see who is still around. I need to come to one of the breakfasts. It would be nice if you could put some names on newer pictures. The only ones I could put names to were Sonny Carlo and Ron Crosby. Your Name :   Dennis Bradford Todays Date? :   10/26/08 E-mail Address :   brad1454@bajabb.com City :   St. George State :   Utah Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes Comments :   All the memories come flowing back when veiwing the pictures and folks that worked for the best Air Line that was ever in existance. Glen drop me a line. Your Name :   michael j. wieskamp Todays Date? :   10/25/08 E-mail Address :   wclstg@aol.com City :   calistoga State :   ca Country :   usa Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   yes Comments :   began my career with western in 1972 retired from delta in 2000 Your Name :   Robert L. Sullivan Todays Date? :   10 / 22 \08 E-mail Address :   mehs2004@msn.com City :   98604 State :   Washington Country :    Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes 1968/87&DAL 2001 Comments :   Duty stations Sfo-Lax-Pdx.(Avionics) I am living north of PDX on a small acreage ,have two tractors to play with and enjoying retirement ,also still doing the car hobby. Changed my e-mail address so I am up dating it here. Your Name :   Robert McKenzie Todays Date? :   10/08/08 E-mail Address :   mckenzie.robert@comcast.net City :   Houston State :   Texas Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes Comments :   I was a baggage handler and a weight and balance person--you had to know how to calcuate the trim in 60 seconds when the computer went down--full time at LAX June 1977-June 1979 while attending UCLA. I was there for the WA CO DC-10 to DC-10 coin flip on t Your Name :   jerry delaplane Todays Date? :   10/2/o8 E-mail Address :   funboat2@aol.com City :   simi valley State :   c.a. Country :   us Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   no Comments :   my uncle was, and he passed away. Ed Delaplane great site. Your Name :   BOB MOORE Todays Date? :   9/30/08 E-mail Address :   moorebob@ymail.com City :   ORANGE State :   CA Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   yes Comments :   ITS GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU IN THE PICTURES. Your Name :   suzanne stone Todays Date? :   09/04/2008 E-mail Address :   stone.sd@comcast.net City :   peachtree city State :   GA Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   R Sydney Stone Comments :    Your Name :   Gene Brown Todays Date? :   08 30 2008 E-mail Address :   teeuptime@hotmail.com City :   Huntington Beach State :   Ca Country :    Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   1968-2000 Radio Shop Comments :   This is a fine way to keep in touch Your Name :   Patti ONeill Todays Date? :   8/27/08 E-mail Address :   pattioneill@gmail.com City :   San Jose State :   CA Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   no -- my father was Comments :   My father worked for Western 1957-1985. MSP 1957-1966, LAX 1966-1968, SFO 1968-1985. He passed away in 1998. Your Name :   jim wentworth Todays Date? :   8-26-08 E-mail Address :   jnwentworth@wentprop.com City :   phoenix State :   az Country :   usa Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   yes--LAX, LAS, SEA, PHX Comments :   Hired in 1963 in LAX. Original member of Boys Town by the Sea, Hermosa Beach, with Mike Bence, Topper VanEvery, Pete Flannery. What a party!! Your Name :   Steve Preston Todays Date? :   August 19, 2008 E-mail Address :   stevepreston@charter.net City :   Chino Hills State :   CA Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes Comments :   Was a flight attendant from 1978-1981..HNL & LAX. Great friends and great memories. Hello to everyone in the class of 78-8! Your Name :   Dolores (Dixon) Buchanan Todays Date? :   08/19/2008 E-mail Address :   db62648@aol.com City :   Santa Rosa State :   CA Country :    Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   yes Comments :   Based in Minneapolis and Los Angeles from 1970 - 1972...Those were the good old days! Your Name :   Fred J. Sims Todays Date? :   8-14-2008 E-mail Address :   fredjerrysims@comcast.net City :   Peachtree City State :   GA 30269 Country :   U.S.A. Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   8-24-59/3-31-87 Comments :   I continued to work for Delta in LAX until 9-1-94. Then moved to Georgia for retirement. Your Name :   Carol Faulkner Todays Date? :   8-12-08 E-mail Address :   carol.n.frank@cox.net City :   Chandler State :   AZ Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes, both of us! Comments :   Just checking in to see how all are doing? Drop a note whenever you can! Thx/Carol Frank n Carol Ann (Legge Wichterman) Faulkner *Carol...DOE 03-24-69/ Ret. 11-01-02/ MSP-PHX-SLC-PHX *Frank...DOE 07-21-58/ Ret. 04-01-01/ IDA-PIH-HNL-PHX WA/DL retirees Your Name :   Gil Oakes Todays Date? :   08/12/08 E-mail Address :   g.oakes@cox.net City :   Bonita State :   Calif. Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   YESSSSS Comments :   Former SFO mechanic. Then Union Rep for 18 years. Back to Airline, (now Delta) first in SFO then after a little hassle-HA! down to SAN where I was then living. Now on disability then retirement. THE onnnly way to fly!! Your Name :   Ross(roscoe) Todays Date? :   1 aug 2008 E-mail Address :   rossdiehl@hotmail.com City :   chino State :   California Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   yes,1964 to 1996 Comments :   Pilot, DC-6, L-188, B-720, B-707, B-737, B-727, L-1011 Your Name :   Jerry Jacobson Todays Date? :   7/30/08 E-mail Address :   seajake09@comcast.net City :   Fayetteville State :   Ga Country :   usa Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   yes 1965 to 1987 Comments :   I used to stack it tight with the toad!!!in Seattle.... Your Name :   Floyd Landon Todays Date? :   7/29/08 E-mail Address :   Turbojet4@comcast.net City :   Fruit Heights State :   UT Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   YES 1969-1984 Comments :    Your Name :   Douglas Benson Todays Date? :   10/25/2008 E-mail Address :   BensonDA@aol.com City :   Houston State :   TX Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   YES, you betcha! Comments :   I was an employee from 1984 through the Delta merger to 1987 in the Data Processing Department. I maintained software for Travel Pass II, Horizon Club, Pilot and FA management, Diversion, On Time Reporting. This was the best and most fun job I ever had an Your Name :   Cherie Bastian Todays Date? :   07/21/2008 E-mail Address :   oshenbeech@aol.com City :   Sacramento State :   California Country :   U.S.A. Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   No Comments :   My Dad worked for Western in SFO and LAX for 27 years. I just discovered this site and am very excited about it. My Dad passed away in 1999. Thanks so much! Your Name :   ROBERT P MOORE Todays Date? :   7/21/2008 E-mail Address :   moorebob@ymail.com City :   ORANGE State :   CA Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   YES Comments :   GOOD TO SEE THIS WEB-SITE. MISS WESTERN VERY MUCH. LIKE T O HEAR FROM OLD WESTERN GANG Your Name :   Oscar G. Perez Todays Date? :   07/19/08 E-mail Address :   osperez@embarqmail.com City :   Henderson State :   nv Country :   usa Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   YES SIR Comments :   Great job Glen!!! Retired 7/1/08 Lax 8/19/68 to 11/01/89 Smf 89 to 92 Las 92 to 08 Made a lot of friends WAL AND DAL Drop me an e-mail Your Name :   Richard Ferguson Todays Date? :   July 17, 2008 E-mail Address :   Richardferguson@dc.rr.com City :   Palm Springs State :   California Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   YES 1968-1970 SFO Comments :   love those electras and B-720s Your Name :   PETER REED Todays Date? :   Juy 9, 2008l E-mail Address :   flynsail@comcast.net City :   Redmond State :   WA Country :   US Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Pilot 1973- 2001 Comments :   What a fun web site, great to see all the photos and friends, Boy did we have a fun time Especially the Great Falls and Calgary layovers Your Name :   FLETCHER SCARBOROUGH Todays Date? :   June 26, 2008 E-mail Address :   Getfletch@comcast.net City :   atlanta State :   GA Country :   United States Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   United States Comments :   As a WAL FA from the 80s I have to tell you that these fotos brought tears to my eyes. Nothing has been as kewl as the WAL LAX days. I flew it all and loved every second of it. DAL has been great to us..........but you nevr forget your 1st love. Your Name :   Sandi Swan Todays Date? :   June 16, 2008 E-mail Address :   swan94583@yahoo.com City :   San Ramon State :   CA Country :   usa Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   no; my father was Comments :   Anyone out there remember a pilot named Joe Swan? He retired in 73 out of SFO. Would love to hear from anyone. Your Name :   Pat Gilmore Todays Date? :   6/12/2008 E-mail Address :   cpatg47@aol.com City :   Bountiful State :   UT Country :   United States Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes...Pilot Comments :   Started flying out of LAX in 1978, transferred to SLC in 1985. Retired as a DAL captain in SLC in 2005. It was great to see Ellie Shigetas entry! She was my favorite pilot scheduler!!! Hi, Ellie! Your Name :   Jenna McClooney Todays Date? :   June 12, 2008 E-mail Address :   jennalee@hotmail.com City :   Hudson State :   Fl Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes Comments :   Hired in 1962 - Sheraton Palace Hotel, LAX - AccuRes Info Ctr, PHX - counter & agcy dsk. Retired ATL - Res Sales Training 2001. Live, scull and fish in gulf of Mexico. Currently on Board of Directors at www.egausa.org. Your Name :   Bruce McQueen Todays Date? :   06/12/2008 E-mail Address :   lbmcqueen@hotmail.com City :   Hudson State :   Fl Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   yes....ont/phx/geg Comments :   great site...thx for all the hard work Your Name :   Gil Doc Milgrom Todays Date? :   6/08/2008 E-mail Address :   gilmilgtom@aol.com City :   Boca Raton State :   FL Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes Comments :   Hired on as a 720 S/O at LAX in 66 and retired as a 7ER Capt. out of JFK in 98. Loved every minute and all the great people along the way Your Name :   Joe L Dullaart Todays Date? :   6-6-2008 E-mail Address :   JoeDullaart@peoplepc.com City :   Norco State :   Ca. Country :   U.S.A. Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes Comments :    Your Name :   Paul Gardner Todays Date? :   05 June 2008 E-mail Address :   Alohapaul6@aol.com City :   Mt Juliet State :   Tennessee Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes Comments :   Started LAX in 1969 Worked LAXramp/LL/CRC.....HNL cargo/Psgr Serv redcoat.....BNA Psgr serv redcoat/trainer retired in 2006. WOW LIFE is Wonderful....Aloha Your Name :   Brian Thornett Todays Date? :   6/2/2008 E-mail Address :   bvwt@aol.com City :   Milton State :   Georgia Country :    Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes Comments :   LAXGO - Revenue Accounting, CRC, DP (Accures) Your Name :   GENE BROWN Todays Date? :   05-31-08 E-mail Address :   teeuptime@hotmail.com City :   HUNTINGTON BEACH State :   CA Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   YES Comments :   2-20-68---5-1-00 I worked in radio shop LAX until merger and Delta radio shop until retirement. Your Name :   Rita Matthews Todays Date? :   5/30/08 E-mail Address :   SeniorRita@aol.com City :   Modesto State :   CA Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   No, husband Bob Comments :   I am surviving wife of Bob Matthews who was Manager, Simulator Training, for WAL and I would love to hear from some of his friends and co-workers at his beloved WAL! Bob headed west 11/15/07 and I miss him so much! Your Name :   Bob Dannels Todays Date? :   May 31,2008 E-mail Address :   Dannels7@aol.com City :   Salt Lake State :   Utah Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes Comments :   Great site good to see a lot of old friends. Your Name :   Mike Delaney Todays Date? :   May 29, 2008 E-mail Address :   mike@delaneyguitars.com City :   Atlanta State :   GA. Country :   U.S.A. Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes! Comments :   Just stumbled on to the site. Great memories....Thanks! Your Name :   Joanie Matheson Todays Date? :   5/25/2008 E-mail Address :   Runs_Ultras@yahoo.com City :   El Segundo State :   CA Country :   USA Previous Western Airlines Employee? :   Yes 1977-1987 Comments :   Worked in Data Processing supporting the Pilot Crew Scheduling System. Western was the best place I ever worked. Lots of fond memories.