BILL PRATT
1953 - 1958
AIRCRAFT MECHANIC
ACF GSW

BROTHER OF ACF GSW AIRCRAFT MECHANIC HUB PRATT

When I went to work for Central, Hub Pratt
and his brother Bill both worked there. 
They were both mechanics
After the strike and the lockout, 
Bill went to work for American and turned down 
the offer to come back when the rest of  us did. 
Hub came back and stayed at DFW till 86 I think. 
They were a great pair.
-Bill Guthrie 
(5/10/14)

WILLIAM N PRATT
GSW mechanic
Died Jan 23, 1990, age 66, at N. Richland Hills, TX
DOB Oct 22, 1923
DOH Jul 7, 1953 CEN
per Ken Schultz' We Remember database dated 4/11/09.
-Jake Lamkins
(5/11/14)

FLacebook - FL Club
ACF GSW aircraft mechanic Bill Pratt's memorial webpage has been updated.
http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Bill_Pratt.html
Still need a photo and obituary for Bill.
-Jake Lamkins
(5/12/14)

 I was looking at 
 http://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/372/682
 trying to see if this was when the Pratt brothers were off work.
 Seems like you told me you were one of them too.
 Is this the lockout you mentioned about them?
 Do you recall the names of the six that were fired?
-Jake Lamkins
(5/12/14)
      
 As I remember the strike only lasted
 about 8 days. When the IAM called an end,we were all called
 in for interviews. Most people that previously held lower
 classifications( cleaner,stock clerk) were offered an
 opportunity to return to those positions. About half of us
 were terminated and reinstated after the court ruling.
 That took six and a half years
-Bill Guthrie
(5/12/14)

 I found a court decision that named
 R. K. Doud, S. V. Cornstubble, O. L. Broom, C. R.
 Casey, P. R. Davis and E. E. Fuqua, Appellants,
 Are these the six mechanics that were out for six years?
 How long were the Pratts, you and others out?
 Thanks,
-Jake Lamkins
(5/12/14)

 That's the six Jake. We were all out six years
-Bill Guthrie
(5/12/14)

 I'm still trying to get it straight.
 Besides the six named in the lawsuit,
 how many others were out six years
 such as you and the Pratt brothers?
 Did you all get back pay and seniority?
 Thanks for bearing with me,
-Jake Lamkins
(5/12/14)

I think there was about 80 or more. 
We all got our seniority back to hire in date. 
I think the 6 got a monetary settlement. 
Not sure how much. 
-Bill Guthrie
(5/12/14)