JERRY BALTZ 1962 - 1986 STATION AGENT DAL STL The ESOP couldn't have come at a better time!! Continental is threatening to terminate me because I haven't attended re-current training on working the ramp. Can you believe it? Some young punk in the training dept that wasn't born yet while I was working ramp is now threatening to terminate me for "Being un-qualified to work for Continental Airlines"! Just today my assignment was acting Lead on two gates with a bunch of new-hires. We did everything perfect...no delays...no left off bags...no damaged aircraft!! I know it may sound strange, but I haven't flown for many years due to a "Panic Disorder" that I have been under treatment for, for years. I cannot be cooped up like that! Give me the Great Outdoors!! If God meant for me to fly, He would have given me wings!! The Company offered me an alternative to drive the 10 hours to Cleveland for the training. But I ruptured a disc at L4-L5 on Dec 22, 2000. I underwent 2 MRI's and an Epidural injection and months of therapy. I was only able to work for 4 months during 2001. May 23 until Sept 22. By then the pain had gotten so bad, I had to get back to the doctor. More therapy! He recommended against surgery and released me to unrestricted duty on Jan 7, 2002. He said I would have to live with the pain! I have tried to but it has gotten to the point that I can't take it any longer! My lower back, left hip and leg bother me so much I find it difficult to enjoy anything..like gardening..cutting the grass...even sitting in church on Sunday. I have to get up and go outside and walk around to releive the pain. I have a doc appointment (co doc) next Wed. I don't know what will come of that! But meanwhile, Jim Hargis (Lead), Denny Abraham (evening ops), and me, continue to hold down the fort here in STL...as long as they allow us to!! No Union...No Good!!! Take care! -Jerry Baltz (4/18/02) As for the STL reunion. It was held a couple of weeks before 911 last year 2001. It was decided to hold one every 5 years. Ceil Ponder and Kathy Benoist organized it. Those photos I posted at the club web site are ok except for the group photo which is really bad. I did all I could when I scanned it to get it presentable. Here's the names of the attendees. Gary and Pat Arnold, Jerry Baltz, Ruth Beck, Kathy and Tony Benoist, Glen and Kathy Davis, Sharon and Denny Diekmann, Steve Gartner, Jim and Ginny Hargis, Irvin Moody, Russ Nauert, John Perry, Ceil and Bob Ponder, Bob Neudeck and Jane Rodgers-Neudeck, Carol Ruffino, Roy and Betty Schreder, Carl Simpson, Don Sorenson, Chuck Tisckos, Sam Wariner and Bob Warren. I hope I haven't left out anybody. The greatest travel was Carol Ruffino from Florida, John Perry and Sam Wariner from DAL. -Chuck Tisckos (9/29/02 I just received a reply to an email I sent to Jerry Baltz. It was from his wife Del. She told me Jerry died March 25th. Do you have any info on his death? -Ray Hall (12/14/07) No, I hadn't heard. Thanks for passing it on. -Jake Lamkins (12/14/07) Email to STL contacts: Ray Hall just sent this email to me. Does any of the STL bunch have any info about Jerry Baltz dying? -Jake Lamkins (12/14/07) JERRY T BALTZ Born 04 Sep 1941 Died 25 Mar 2007 Age 65 At 63114 (Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO) SSN issued in Missouri -SSDI (12/14/07) Posted at the FL Club: Need info on Jerry Baltz Ray Hall emailed: "I just received a reply to an email I sent to Jerry Baltz. It was from his wife Del. She told me Jerry died March 25th." I haven't been able to find an obituary or anything at the SSDI. Does anyone have more info on Jerry? -Jake Lamkins (12/16/07) Missouri Case Law BALTZ v. FRONTIER AIRLINES, 842 S.W.2d 547 (Mo.App.E.D. 1992)No. 61520. December 8, 1992. [1] Appellant/Employee Jerry Baltz sustained hearing loss in his left ear while working at the airport for Respondent/Employer Frontier Airlines. An administrative law judge awarded employee Baltz permanent partial disability compensation for the hearing loss. The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission reversed that award. We affirm the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission. -http://www.loislaw.com/ogpc/login.htp (12/16/07) It's true. He flew west 3/25/07. Boy I feel bad because I did not know. Really liked Jerry. He was good to work with. He excelled at rating air way bills and was also really good with the customers. Besides that he was just good guy. He was a vanguard of sorts. He had the first personal computer I ever saw. It was a Sinclair, made by Timex. Then the Commodore 64 and on and on. He was big into astronomy and built a rotating observatory on top of his detached garage. Built his own telescope, too. Jerry has a brother, Father Dave Baltz, who is a Marynoll missionary and has been in Uganda all the way back to Idi Amin. Jerry was real proud of him and talked about him and his mission often. I got to meet Father Dave one time when he was back in the US visiting. Painful loss to Jerry's family and all who knew him. Chuck Tisckos - STLOOFL Found the obit at stltoday.com - tried to cut and paste but hotmail would not permit. -Chuck Tisckos (12/16/07) Thanks for the verification, Chuck. I tried unsuccessfully to read the obit. Is it possible you could transcribe it and forward to me. -Jake Lamkins (12/16/07) Hey Ray, Chuck Tisckos found Jerry's obit and I'm trying to get a copy. Too bad - I liked Jerry, worked with him in STL 1968-1970. When did you work with him? -Jake Lamkins (12/16/07) I worked with Jerry at Love Field (DAL) in middle 60's during the CN days. We worked a 6pm to 2am shift. Everybody else was off duty about 10pm and it was just the two of us for about 4 hrs. He was a real story teller and I never got tired of listening to him. We fished together quite a bit too when we were off duty. I really enjoyed spending time with him. I'm not sure if he went back to STL first or if I transferred to LAW first but we lost contact soon after that. Then I got an email from him after I signed on to your FAL website. We would email and chat online off/on. It wasn't unusual to not to hear from him for a month or two but I had wondered why I hadn't heard from him recently. I was totally surprised when I got the email from Del. I will miss him but I will never forget him. -Ray Hall (12/16/07) J T BALTZ Station agent seniority date of 8/13/62, emp# 00797, on the 1/1/86 FL/ALEA seniority list. -Jake Lamkins (12/16/07)