Welcome to the Pass Bureau
Association (PBA) informational website!
The purpose of this Association is to provide an open forum for the membership to discuss and resolve mutual problems related to practices and procedures of each individual carrier and between carriers.
This communication tool is a supplement to written manuals and agreements. The information is supplied by the carriers and vendors participating. Users are encouraged to verify information directly with the suppliers.
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Our History
Back in
the mid 1960’s, most Pass Bureau
offices consisted of only one, sometimes two, employees. Every year, it seemed
as though the -workload in most of the Pass Bureaus
doubled. Staff members were on the phone daily to one another requesting
company business passes. The telephone voices soon became familiar.
Mrs.
Laura Williams, now retired, was in charge of Braniff’s Pass
Bureau and had the idea that these tasks could be somewhat
easier and certainly more pleasant, if all the voices could get together and
talk over mutual problems.
Thus, in 1967 a small group of 17 Pass Bureau staff members representing Alaska
Airlines, Allegheny, Braniff, Delta, Frontier, Hawaiian, Hughes Airwest, New
York Helicopter, Northwest, Ozark, Piedmont, Reeve Aleutian, Republic, Texas
International, Trans World Airlines, Western and Wien Air Alaska gathered in
Dallas for lunch one Saturday, the sole purpose being that of putting faces
with the voices they spoke to on a regular basis.
