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certificate of public convenience and necessity and an air carrier operating certificate both issued pursuant to the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938. These Certificates authorized it to engage in air transportation with respect to persons, property and mail between various points, including Los Angeles, California, and New York, New York, via Winslow, Arizona; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Kansas City, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company is also authorized to operate over an alternate route when weather conditions prevent safe operation over the regular route.
Flight Personnel
On the flight in question the crew consisted of Captain, P. T. W. Scott, First Officer O. J. DioGuardi, and Air Hostess Mary T. Eshbach.
Captain Scott aged 36, had accumulated a total of 9,711 hours of which approximately 2,338 hours were in Douglas DC-3 type airplanes. His last physical examination required by the Civil Air Regulations was taken on January 8, 1941, and showed him to be in satisfactory physical condition. Captain Scott, in accordance with company policy, had been given refresher flight checks from time to time which included the operation of DC-3 airplanes and procedures over the Kansas City-St. Louis-Indianapolis-Pittsburgh-New York route. The results of these tests as shown by company records indicated that he was a well qualified and proficient pilot. The records also showed that Captain Scott been employed by TWA and its predecessors since December 1, 1932, and with the exception of occasional co-pilot trips over
