ROYAL BURT 1952 - 1985 STATION AGENT, SENIOR STATION AGENT, STATION MANAGER, DIRECTOR-GROUND SERVICES FMN HSI BFF DEN TUS I wonder if you or someone knows of Royal Burt? He would be in the DEN area I am sure. He was senior agent in FMN when I started. He and his wife were among the finest people I have known. I learned a lot from Royal. If you ask him how to do something on a flight, he would always tell you. Then when the flight left he would come to you and say, "Go to the manual and look it up and tell me what you find." You would always remember it from then on. He was strong as an ox. A tall, stout built individual. I have personally seen him load or unload an HR from a DC-3. Anyone who has loaded an HR knows it was not an easy job. He would do it by himself. We had fun times. It was one of his great joys to grab me and stuff me in a trash can. My 5'7" 130 lbs. was certainly no match. Everyone got a great laugh out of it. We had parties at each others homes and seemed to be one big family. -Don Kime (4/20/02) Posted at FL Club: RJ Burt? Does anybody know his whereabouts now? How long was he the DEN station manager? -Jake Lamkins (4/25/02) RJ Burt retired Station Mgr TUS and moved to Green Valley Az. This was a year or 2 before end of Frontier. Jim Mustain followed RJ at TUS station till the end. then went to LAX with Reno Air I believe. -Ron Herring TUS (4/25/02) ROYAL JOSEPH BURT SALT LAKE CITY UT 78 -USSearch.com (4/25/02) RJ & wife lived just down the street from us....in Arvada...we used to go there and swim in their pool....well...our girls & I did...lol..Les wasn't allowed to learn how to swim...as a kid.... And, when Les was in management....RJ brought him home after a nite of boozing...and they had picked up KFC....or another fried chicken thingy...and they both slobbered it down in our living room in Aurora. Good old FAL.....lol -Mary Pat Simpson (4/25/02) I spoke to R.J. about a month ago. He lives in Altamont, Utah and is doing well. Grouchy as ever. His wife, Billy, passed away about a year and a half ago and he is lonely. -Sandy Glau (4/26/02) We knew Royal and Billie went to AZ....and Les knew he had property in Utah...but we were BOTH so shocked to hear of Billie's passing.... -Mary Pat Simpson (4/26/02) I worked for FL from March 14, 1960, until August 24, 1986, which just happened to be my 49th birthday.. I started in BFF, which was a transfer station for CV-340s and DC-3s. Five flights in at the same time in the morning, and then the same thing that evening. We all worked split shifts, and because of the crazy hours, the greatest majority of our social life was with our fellow employees and their families. I think that this had a lot to do with the tremendous feeling of “family” among the “old Frontier” employees. The manager was Royal Burt, who could out-work and out-cuss the rest of us combined. The senior agent was Gary Bollschweiler (Obie), who was a great teacher and leader. -Jim Wilds (4/25/05) Don Anderton just called to tell me about Royal Burt's obituary. He died March 22nd. You can find his obit in the Unitah Basin Standard on line. Don said he would mail you a copy also. -Paul Farris (4/4/09) OBITUARY R. BURT 1923-2009 Royal J. Burt, age 85, formerly of Altamont, passed away March 22, 2009, at his home in Salt Lake City. Royal was born April 17, 1923, to Royal J. Burt, Sr., and Sylvia Driggs Burt. Royal joined the Army in 1942, where he served in the 57th Air Service Group as an airplane mechanic. He was awarded the Asiatic Pacific Theater Service Ribbon, the Good Conduct and Victory Medals. He was honorably discharged in 1946, and shortly thereafter met and married the love of his life, Wilda (Billie) Bell. Royal retired from Frontier Airlines in 1977, Farmington, N.M., and later settled in Altamont to be near Billie’s relatives. Royal was especially fond of his niece, Stacy Gilbert, her husband Brent, and their two sons, Steven (13) and Casey (8), whom he referred to as his, “Little Buddies.” He spoke often of their accomplishments in school and sports, and was looking forward to seeing them receive their Black Belt in Karate. Royal moved to Salt Lake City in 2005, where he was looked after and loved by his nephew, Jeff Wade, his niece-in-law Andrea, and their two daughters, McCall (18) and Gentry (15), whom he adored and loved to spoil every chance he got. Royal was known to be ‘quite the character,’ but greatly enriched the lives of those around him. He will be missed and remembered always. Survived by sister, Barbara Burt Nielsen (St. George, Utah), sister-in-law Grace Bell Larsen (Evanston, Wyo.); many nieces/nephews and great nieces/nephews. Preceded in death by parents; his wife and companion of 52 years, Billie; and sister, Anita Burt Smith (Nashville, Tenn.). The family would like to acknowledge and thank the staff of The Wentworth/Coventry of Cottonwood Heights, and his nurse, Allison Coonrod/Alpine Home Health for their kind care and respect shown to Royal. According to his wishes, he will be cremated and buried next to his wife in Altamont. There will be a family memorial at a later date. -Uintah Basin Standard on 3/26/09 (4/5/09) Could not find anything in the SLC newspapers. -Jake Lamkins (4/5-6/09) R J BURT Station agent seniority date of 1/6/52 on the 11/1/55 Station Seniority List. He was a FMN SSA on the 11/4/55 & 3/1/56 Personnel Rosters The 8/15/63 & 3/15/64 Personnel Rosters shows Burt as BFF station manager. He was DEN station manager on the 4/15/66 & 7/15/66 Personnel Rosters. The 1970 FL Phone Directory lists R.J. as Director-Ground Services at DENKZ. Burt was back as DEN station manager in the Nov 1977 & Nov 1978 FL Quick Reference Directories. He is listed at the TUS station manager in the Dec 1979, Dec 1980, Jan 1982 & Jan 1983 QRDs. The obituary is wrong listing a 1977 retirement from FL at FMN. -Jake Lamkins (4/5/09) That is very sad news to hear about Mr. Burt. Thanks for the info, Jake. -Mary Pat Simpson (4/5/09) So sorry to hear of his passing. I feel lucky to have worked under him at DEN. -Ron Abfalter (4/6/09) I worked for Royal Burt in DEN for several years. Didn't always agree with him but he was a good and fair manager. Lee Davis was the Ramp Manager at that time. My condolences to the family. -Jim Meade (4/6/09) I would like to add that I considered R J Burt to be one of the finest individuals that I ever met and had the pleasure of working with, and one of the most honest men that I have ever met. -Les Simpson (4/7/09) I remember RJ when he was the manager at Denver Station. Unfortunately some of it had to do with bending the contract rules. When we were negotiating the agreement with ALEA we had to listen to a number of grievances specifically aimed at him. In fact, it got to the point that we laughingly said we were negotiating two contracts... one for Denver Station, and one for the rest of the system. The DENOO contract booklet would have a front and back cover with blank pages in between. HA!!! On the wall behind his desk at the station was a poster showing a large hairy forearm and fist: ".....though I walk through the valley of death, I fear no evil for I am the meanest sonofabitch in the valley". RJ was a good friend whom I thought to be a real pussy-cat deep down. Of course I never had to work for him. -Bill Monday (4/8/09) In case you don't have info: Royal Burt - FL hire date 1/6/52. As I recall, he was a station agent, then a sr agent FMN; then HSI manager then BFF mgr; then DEN stn mgr, last TUS mgr. Attached page (obituary) given me by Billie Burt's niece - Mrs. Cleo Stevenson, wife of Stan Stevenson who is one of my friends who walks the lake here in "Ventana Lakes." -Cal Reese 4/11/09) (Don Anderton also sent an obituary which had a photo.) Posted at the FL Club: FL Club New memorial webpage ROYAL BURT 1952 - 1983? STATION AGENT, SENIOR STATION AGENT, STATION MANAGER, DIRECTOR-GROUND SERVICES FMN HSI BFF DEN TUS http://FAL-1. tripod.com/ Royal_Burt. html Does anyone know when RJ retired? His obit errs in saying 1977. Post your remembrances of RJ. -Jake Lamkins (4/18/09) He retired in 1985. -Gary Mackie (4/18/09) ROYAL BURT DEN director-ground services per the Jan and Jul 1970 FL Telephone Directories. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROYAL BURT Mgr. Transportation Service - Denver per the Nov 1977and Nov 1978 FL Quick Reference Directories. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R. J. BURT TUS station manager per the Dec 1979 Dec 1980, Jan 1982 and Jan 1983 FL Quick Reference Directoies. -Jake Lamkins (8/24/15) FLight West: Royal Burt TUS station manager Royal Burt's memorial webpage is updated: http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Royal_Burt.html Ten items added and webpage updated. He was also DEN station manager many years. -Jake Lamkins (8/25/15) Ollie Brunz worked in CYS as SSM, he was also a regional prior to and after merger. SSM BIL RJ Royal Burt was a SSM in BFF before going to Denver WK Mertens was SSM in CPR Art Keck was an agent in CYS -Roger Greenlee (11/3/19)