AL KRAUTER 1962 - 1986 STATION AGENT, TICKET COUNTER AGENT ISN CPR BIL PDX LAS Hi Jake: Just realized that I did not send you the due for 2002. My check is in the mail. Keep up the good work. Without you the old FL would be not forgetten but misplaced. I have just read both the Airliners and Airway magazines. Both are very good. I do like the Airliners better. Hope you have a wonderful 2002. -Al Krauter (1/10/02) Good Morning to you. I started in ISN in 62-64. CPR 64-69. BIL 69-83. PDX 83-85. LAS 85-86 to the end. I was a Station agent until 75. I then became a TCA. I have been with AA since FL. I was originally hired by AirCal. They were bought out by AA in 87. I have never liked AA, but at least I have a job. I am thinking of retiring in Feb. I will be 62 then. I still have not drawn my FL retirement. I think its about time. I could go on with this but don't know if your interested. I still use my FL employee number at AA for password info only when signing in on the computer at work. I think about how good FL everyday and it still breaks my heart that such a great airlines is gone. I flew the new F9 to DIA over Christmas. What a let down. Their service compared to the old FL. No comparison. I did manage to get a free pass on them. I still have connections. Anyway keep up the good work and if you are interested. I have lots of memorbilia. Some day I will put it up for sale. -Al Krauter (1/13/02) Al Krauter (wife: Betty) 11914 NW 9th Ave. Vancouver, WA 98685 E-Mail: Aakrauter@aol.com Hi everybody! As I will not be able to attend the reunion this year, here is a little history of life after FL. I started work for AirCal in Nov. of '86 and in Feb. of '87 they were bought out by AA. I was at AA for 16 years. I retired from AA on June 1, 2003 and have recently started a new career. I am now employed by the new Frontier here in PDX. How long I will work remains to be seen. The new job should be very interesting. As for my family - Betty is still working at her same job that she has held for the past 20 years (Vancouver School District). Daughter Lisa is in Denver and likes it very much. Son Eric is in the Air Force and is making a career out of it. He has only 10 more years to go and just returned from Qatar after being stationed in Baghdad. That's about it for my history. -2003 BIL Reunion booklet (5/13/05) Subject: Names of BIL Reunion 2006 group photo In case you don't know who some of the people are in the group photo I sent earlier, they are: Front row: Bob Voight, Ernie Harms, Irwin Humphrey, Lyle McGarvin, Lou Pecora, Hardy Hanson, Jim Purdy, Darrel Fenter and Jim Schwartz Back row left to right: Roger Greenlee, Al Krauter, Al Kwasney, Loren Holmgren, Ron Huet, Darlene Spieler, Doug Englehart, Ollie Brunz, Dee Martenson, Vern Russell, Bob Hooper, Jerry Schimetz, Darrel Robson, Larry Sanger, George Smith and Bill Beukenhorst. -Dee Martenson (8/11/06) All is well here in Vancouver, Wa. Its raining again today. It's a daily occurrence. I plan to retire permanetly in either Jun or Jul. I'll have 45 years in this business. F9 has been good to me. -Al Krauter (3/14/08) A A KRAUTER TCA seniority date of 9/12/62, emp# 05035, on the 1/1/86 FL/ALEA seniority list. -Jake Lamkins (3/14/08) After staring at the four walls due to the virus I tried to call Al. I asked for Al, Betty wanted to know who was calling and I advised my name which she immediately recognized the FL connection. We chatted a bit before advising me that Al passed away on 3-12-20. She asked if I could advise Jake, so here is her contact info for more details: -Ivan Newell (3/25/20) Alfred A. Krauter, 80, Vancouver, died March 12, 2020. All County Cremation and Burial Services, 360-718-7948. -https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/mar/18/death-notices-2259/ (3/25/20) A A KRAUTER Emp# 05035 Station agent seniority date of 9/12/62 Per the Jan 1974 FL/ALEA Seniority List. A A KRAUTER Emp# 05035 Ticket counter agent seniority date and DOH of 9/12/62 DOB 2/29/40 ORG# 3435-LAS Per the Oct 1986 FL/ALEA Seniority List. -Jake Lamkins (3/25/20) FLacebook Post More FLights Wests reported. Still need obituaries for them. DEN pilot Dick Nicewander BIL LAS ticket counter agent Al Krauter BZN station agent Roger Jensen DEN station agent Ralph Canseco Post any obits you see for them. -Jake (3/25/20) When did Al Krauter pass? He was very much alive the first part of the month. Just celebrated a birthday on February 29. Never mind, I just found his obit. Just turned 80. -Darrell Robson (3/25/20) FLacebook - FL Club FLight West: Al Krauter ISN CPR BIL PDX LAS station/ticket counter agent Al Krauter's memorial webpage is posted at http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Al_Krauter.html Post your remembrances of him. -Jake Lamkins (3/26/20)