Air cargo movements (ground handling)

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by  Conroy, Edward C

AIR CARGO MOVEMENTS
(GROUND HANDLING)
A Thesis
Presented to
the Faculty of the College of Commerce
and Business Administration
The University of Southern California
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Master of Business Administration
by
Major Raymond C* Conroy
United States Army
June 1950
UMl Number: EP43238
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Graduate Study and Research in partial fu lfill­
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE PROBLEM AND DEFINITION OF TERMS USED . • • ♦ . 1
The problem* • 1
Statement of the problem........... • • • • • 1
Importance of the study......................... 1
Definition of terms used................. . , • 2
Air Express, 2
Ramp service man . . , ......... 2
Co-ordinated operation 2
Air Express Agreement, 3
Out-of-pocket cost......... 3
Route stamping , , , , • • • » 3
Lot labels........... 3
Railhead • ............ « , , . , , • * • • • 3
Dispatch area, 3
Marrying up, ...................
Ready line ..........
Hardstand, ........................
Air head b
Traffic control point, ............... b
II. UNITED AIR LINES FREIGHT OPERATION............. 5
General, 5
Pickup and delivery by truck • • . • • , , » • 5
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CHAPTER PACE
Inbound freight received from aircraft • • • * 9
Receipt of outbound air freight* . . . . . . . 10
Processing of air freight within the terminal. 11
Destination areas. ......... . . . . 12
Movement of freight to the aircraft. • • • • . 12
Inbound freight received from the aircraft • . lb
Co-ordination of shipments l*f
Controlling documents. • • • • • • • • • • • • 15
Summary. • • • • • • • • • • . • • • » • • • • 16
III.S LICK AIRWAYS FREIGHT OPERATION. . . . . . . . . . 18
General. . . • . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 18
Pickup and delivery by truck . . . • • • • • • 18
Trucks receiving freight from inbound aircraft 20
Processing of air freight within the terminal. 21
Movement of freight to the aircraft. . . . . . 25
Co-ordination of shipments • • • • • • • « . . 25
Controlling documents. • • • • • • • • • • • • 26
Summary. • • • • • • • • • • • • • . . • • • • 27
IV. AIR EXPRESS OPERATION. ............... . 28
General. . . . .......... • • • • • • • • • • 28
Air Express Agreement. . . • • • • • • • • • • 29
Airlines participating in the Agreement in
Los Angeles. 30
Scope of service 30
CHAPTER PAGE
Method employed in handling of Air Express • . 31
Recording and expediting shipments to the
airlines . ........................ • • • 35
Routing of Air Express . • • • • • • • • . • • 39
Route stamping
Diversions in routing. . ............. . . . . k-1
Control procedures ......... b2
Controlling documents. • • • • • . . • • • • • **3
Advantages of Air Express. • • • • • • • • • • ^6
Disadvantages of Air Express ........... •
Summary. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • * . . . • ^+9
V. BERLIN AIRLIFT OPERATION .................. 50
General. . • • • • • • • . * • • • 50
Source of the cargoes. • • • • . • • • • * » . 50
Mission of the Transportation Corps. • • • • • 51
Railhead • 51
Acceptance and dispatch of cargo at the
Dispatch Area. . . • • • • • * . • • • • • • 56
Dispatcher 57
Different methods of dispatching . * • • • • • 57
Loading the aircraft . • • • • • • • . . * • • 60
Templehof Air Head operation ............ 62
Disposition of cargo at Templehof. • • • • • • 63
Receipt for inbound cargoes 65
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CHAPTER PAGE
Handling of outbound cargo by air from
Templehof • • • * • • • • • • • • • • • • • 65
Control of the movement of military supplies* 66
Procedures for the control of German civil
supplies 67
Principal controlling agencies for the move­
ment of supplies on the ground. • • • • • • 67
Documents used in the control of the movement
of the cargo....... .. 68
Summary . • • • • • • • • • • ............. * 71
VI* CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS............. * * 73
Conclusions • • • • • • • • • • * • • • • • * * 73
United Air Lines.... 7**•
Slick Airways * • • • • * • 75
Air Express • • • • • • • • * • • • « • • • • 76
Berlin Airlift...... ..................... 79
Basic rules • • • • • • * • • • • • • * * • • 80
Recommendations • • • • • • * • • • • • • * • * 81
No* 1 * ................................. 82
No. 2 * . . * . . . * . . . * . 83
No. 3 .............. 88
BIBLIOGRAPHY................... ..................... 98
APPENDIX . ....... 102
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CHAPTER PAGE
Slick Airways, Inc*
Uniform Non-Negotiable Airbill • • • • • • • • • • • 102
Lot Label* * . ......................................103
Drayman's Manifest * • • • • • • • • • * * • • • • • 10*f
Weight & Balance Manifest* • • • • • * • * • * • • • 105
Flight Manifest* * • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 106
United Air Lines
Uniform Non-Negotiable Airbill • • * • • • • • • • • 107
Register of Airfreight Shipments • • • • • • • • • • 108
Freight Check Sheet* • • • * • • • * • • • • • * • * 109
Airbill Envelope . . . . * ..................... . 110
Lot Label * . * * Ill
Air Express
Uniform Express Receipt* * • • • • • • • • • • • • • 112
Interchange Receipt..............* ................. 113
Register of Shipments* • • • • • * • • • • * • • • * ll*f
Dispatch Record* • • • • ........ • • • • • • • • * 115
Out-of-Pocket Cost Report and Comparative Statement
of Air Express Business* • • * * • * • • • • • • • 116
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE PAGE
1. 20th Century Trucking Terminal ........... * 8
2. United Air Lines Freight Terminal.............. 13
3. Conveyor System. 23
*t. Air Express Terminal • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 33
5. Flow of Air Express. • • • • 36
6. Berlin Airlift Operation • • • • . . . . • • • • • 52
7. Trailer Loading Form • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • 55
8. Wiesbaden Air Base • • • . . « » . • • • • • • • • 53
9* Rhine Main Air Base. ............... 6l
10. Tempelhof Air Base • • • • « . • • • . • • • • • • 6**
11. Dispatch Record. • • • • • • • • ............... 69
12. Flow Chart of Trailer Loading Form • • • • • • • # 70
13. Function of Air Cargo Movement Agency. • • • • . . 85
1**. Air Cargo Terminal- ................. 92
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CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM AND DEFINITION OF TERMS USED
Since the close of World War II the importance of
moving freight and express cargoes by commercial air trans­
portation has grown rapidly. Due to the increased demand for
movement, of freight by air many of the nation’s airlines have
developed individual systems of handling, air freight. The
Los Angeles area is a terminal and a shipping point for a
large portion of the nation’s cargo moving by air* This
study is made within this area and deals primarily with the
ground operation.
I. THE PROBLEM
Statement of the problem. It was the purpose of this
study (1) to investigate the techniques employed by United
Air Lines, Slick Airways, Air.Express, and the Berlin Airlift
in moving cargo to, from, and through the. air terminals, and
the methods used to control, co-ordinate, and document the
shipments; (2) to cite some of the advantages or disadvan­
tages of the various systems; (3) to recommend an efficient
system for the military to use in handling air freight on
the ground in peace and during a national emergency.
importance of the study. The full utilization of the
available commercial transportation. within the United States
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