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Capt. Taimur Baig (sixth from
right) and other crew
members photographed with Boeing 707-321 (registration N723PA)
at Dusseldorf Airport after operating flight from New York with
142 passengers. This particular Boeing 707 was acquired by PIA
on lease from
Pan American
World Airways from 1960 to 1962 and it made PIA the first
airline from Asia to operate jets.
Other crew
members seen in this photo are Flight Steward Abdul Hayee (first
from left), Air Hostess Rosaline Couts (second from left),
Flight Steward Atta-ur-Rehman Butt (third from left), Air
Hostess Lily Sardar (fourth from left), Flight Engineer Naseem
(fifth from left), Air Hostess Naseema (ninth from left), Flight
Service Supervisor Arjumand Ahmad (eleventh from left), Purser
Razi (twelfth from left) and Back Purser Hayat Akber (thirteenth
from left).
Flight Steward Abdul Hayee who left
PIA while serving as General Manager Flight Service, was a very
prominent VVIP crew and he was awarded Sitara-i-Khidmat by the
President of Pakistan for his meritorious services as Cabin
Crew. Flight Steward Atta-Ur-Rehman Butt retired as Customer
Service Officer. Air Hostess Naseema died in PIA Boeing 720-040B
(AP-AMH) crash near Cairo Airport on May 20, 1965. Flight
Service Supervisor Arjumand Ahmad was the first Muslim Pakistani
Air Hostess to join PIA in 1956. Back Purser Hayat Akber (Lala)
served as Manager Flight Service at Karachi and Islamabad for
many years prior to retirement |
