Captain Al Haynes was born in Paris, Texas and raised in Dallas. He attended Texas A&M College before joining the Naval Aviation Cadet Training program in 1952. He was released from the service in 1956 after serving as a Marine Aviator. He joined United Airlines that year as a flight engineer and served in that capacity until his promotion to first officer in 1963. He flew the DC-6, DC-7, DC-8, Boeing 727, and DC-10. Al was promoted to captain in 1985 and flew the Boeing 727 and DC-10 up to his retirement in August 1991, accumulating over 27,000 hours of flight time.

Al has been a volunteer umpire for Little League Baseball for the past 36 years and a stadium announcer for high school football for the past 30 years.

The Story of Flight 232M

That 184 people survived the crash landing of United 232 can be attributed to five main factors: Luck, Communications, Preparation, Execution, and Cooperation. Luck involved the fact that the airplane remained flyable, location, weather, and time of day. Quick and total response by Air Traffic Control, cockpit and cabin crew training, proper inter-communications training among ground units, and proper use of available facilities contributed to the communications factor. A live drill leading to improvements and better planning for disasters coupled with thorough training of cockpit and cabin crews helped prepare everyone of this seemingly impossible task. Everyone responded as his or her training dictated and required a total team effort coupled with complete cooperation from every agency involved as well as the general public. These factors allowed what appeared to be a non-survivable accident to be one in which a large percentage of those aboard to survive.

IN LIEU OF A SPEAKER FEE A DONATION TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS REQUESTED

Al Haynes Scholarship Fund
Aims Community College Foundation
P.O. Box 69
Greely, CO 80632
TEL 970-330-8806 Ext. 583
Tax ID# 84-0802870
This is for aviation students at Aims

Rene LeBeau Scholarship Fund
Northern Illinois University Foundation
DeKalb, IL 60115-2882
TEL 815-753-0279
Tax ID# 36-6086819
This is for Art students in the name of the flight attendant crew member who did not survive.

Jerry Kennedy Scholarship Fund
Southern Illinois University Foundation
1205 West Chautauqua
Carbondale, IL 62901
TEL 618-453-4900
Tax ID# 37-602-4575
This is for aviation students in the name of a United pilot who was a passenger on the flight and did not survive.

The Flight Crew(United 232) Scholarship
Fund The Siouxland Community Foundation
505 Fifth Street, Suite 412
Sioux City, IA 51101
Tax ID 42-1323904
This is for medical students from the the Sioux City area.

Little League Baseball District 10 WA
2125 Forest Ridge Drive SE
Auburn, WA 98002
Tax ID # 91-2154946
Charlie Frampton, Administrator
EMAIL llcharlie@comcast.com
TEL 253-735-5762
To help put on Little League tournaments in the State of Washington.

Port Townsend Aero Museum
P.O. Box 101
Chimacum, WA 98325
Tax ID # 91-2122256
To inspire children, to teach them about aviation and to restore and preserve old aircraft.

Although addresses are included above, please make donations payable to the respective group and present them to Capt. Haynes or mail to him at his address below. This allows him to keep a record of the amounts given, so he may keep a proper balance. Al will forward all checks to the appropriate organization. An acknowledgement of the donation will be sent to the donor by the charity.

Alfred C. Haynes
4410 So. 182nd Street
SeaTac, WA 98188-4560
TEL 206-244-3033
FAX 206-243-7292