DON NAILE 1957 - 1986 STATION AGENT HRO SGF I am 72 now & surprised to see where some of the deaths are 65 - 62 - etc. Take it easy down in Arkansas. Seems like the old FAL is better than the new FAL. I sure remember loading the DC-3s with Mar-Bax shirts. -Don Naile, Springfield, MO, Agent HRO SGF (7/27/02) When I was City Manager in SGF, we had boarded passengers and all cargo when a passenger realized his luggage was incorrectly checked. He called this to the attention of the attention of the agent in the galley (Bill Mertens) and Bill had Ed Ciskowski and Don Naile check the rear compartment and correct the tag. Not realizing there were two agents in the aft compartment, both engines running, the captain advised the agent on the ear phones he had an aft cargo light. The agent laid down his phones and proceeded to shut the cargo door - not realizing two agents were inside. He returned to the front of the aircraft and dispatched the flight. That is when sheer panic began for Ed and Don. They began pounding on the bottom of the floor and one of the 3 flight attendanats heard the noise and reported it to the captain. He told her it was the tires hitting bumps in the ramp and not to worry. Normally we loaded the aircraft so ICT did not have to work the aft cargo. However, on this particular day Marshall Dake had lost his I. D. badge and believed it was in the aft cargo bin. He called ICT and asked them to check for it. Well.....imagine what happened when four feet came flying out of the aft compartment when the door was opened. Actually they were not missed until one of them called and asked one of the SGF agents to call his wife and let her know he would be late getting home. The rest I want to forget...letters to FAA, etc. -Sam Jones (3/16/04) Another has gone west. Don was one of the two that took a ride from SGF to ICT in the bin of the aircraft 737. I think there are many good stories of animals & etc. that flew from FYV to HRO, and return also. Don was good to work with and was always had a living story to tell. We will miss him. -Bill Mertens (5/13/09) Posted at the FL Club HRO SGF station agent Don Naile has died SGF station agent Bill Mertens wrote: Another has gone west. Don was one of the two that took a ride from SGF to ICT in the bin of the aircraft 737. I think there are many good stories of animals & etc. that flew from FYV to HRO, and return also. Don was good to work with and was always had a living story to tell. We will miss him. Don's obituary is at http://www.adamsfun eralhome. net/view. php?id=110 Post your remembrances. Don was quite a character, a nice guy and a good agent. -Jake Lamkins (5/13/09) 5-27-57 HRO Naile, Donald E. Passenger Service Agent -Jan 1, 1962, CN seniority list D E NAILE Station agent seniority date of 5/27/57, emp# 05971, on the 1/1/86 FL/ALEA seniority list. Don was hired at HRO when new service to STL went into effect the following month. One animal involving Don and FYV was the night some of us in FYV spotted a large possum outside the ops door. We trapped it with a wastebasket and pondered what to do. The HRO flight was due in an hour or so so we put it in a cardboard box and tagged it for HRO with a note "I'm your supper, Don!" Hours later we had not heard anything so we teletyped HRO about it and Don replied, "He's in the pot!" Don was a real nice easy going fellow liked by all. -Jake Lamkins (5/13/09) D E NAILE Emp# 05971, ORG 3343 - SGF DOB 7/21/30 DOH and station agent seniority date 5/27/57 per the Oct 1986 FL/ALEA Seniority List. -Jake Lamkins (2/21/16) FLacebook - FL Club FLight West: Don Naile HRO SGF station agent Don Naile's memorial webpage has been updated: http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Don_Naile.html -Jake Lamkins (2/21/16)