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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, John W. Bachmann, a
Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware
corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J.
Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any
and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS
WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of
shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's
collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf
and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and
supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes
as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of
the proposed offering by the Company of the securities registered
pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th
day of April, 2000.
/s/ John W. Bachmann
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John W. Bachmann
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Eugene P. Conese, a
Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware
corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J.
Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any
and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS
WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of
shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's
collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf
and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and
supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes
as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of
the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered
pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th
day of April, 2000.
/s/ Eugene P. Conese
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Eugene P. Conese
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Sherry L. Cooper, a
Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware
corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J.
Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any
and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS
WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of
shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's
collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf
and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and
supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes
as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of
the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered
pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 8th
day of May, 2000.
/s/ Sherry L. Cooper
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Sherry L. Cooper
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Gerald L. Gitner, a
Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware
corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J.
Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any
and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS
WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of
shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's
collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf
and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and
supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes
as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of
the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered
pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25th
day of April, 2000.
/s/ Gerald L. Gitner
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Gerald L. Gitner
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Edgar M. House, a Director
of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation,
do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J. Palumbo, and
Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-
in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any and all
capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS WORLD
AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of shares
of the Company's Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's
collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf
and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and
supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes
as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of
the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered
pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th
day of April, 2000.
/s/ Edgar M. House
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Edgar M. House
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Thomas H. Jacobsen, a
Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware
corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J.
Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any
and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS
WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of
shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's
collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf
and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and
supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes
as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of
the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered
pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 30th
day of April, 2000.
/s/ Thomas H. Jacobsen
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Thomas H. Jacobsen
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Myron Kaplan, a Director
of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation,
do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J. Palumbo, and
Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-
in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any and all
capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS WORLD
AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of shares
of the Company's Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's
collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf
and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and
supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes
as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of
the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered
pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th
day of April, 2000.
/s/ Myron Kaplan
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Myron Kaplan
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
-----------------
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, David M. Kennedy, Director
of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation,
do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J. Palumbo, and
Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-
in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any and all
capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS WORLD
AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of shares
of the Company's Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's
collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf
and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and
supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes
as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of
the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered
pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 30th
day of April, 2000.
/s/ David M. Kennedy
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David M. Kennedy
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Merrill A. McPeak, a
Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware
corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J.
Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any
and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS
WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of
shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's
collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf
and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and
supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes
as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of
the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered
pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 27th
day of April, 2000.
/s/ Merrill A. McPeak
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Merrill A. McPeak
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Thomas F. Meagher, a
Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware
corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J.
Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any
and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS
WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of
shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's
collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf
and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and
supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes
as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of
the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered
pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th
day of April, 2000.
/s/ Thomas F. Meagher
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Thomas F. Meagher
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
-----------------
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, William O'Driscoll, a
Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware
corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J.
Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any
and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS
WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of
shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's
collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf
and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and
supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes
as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of
the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered
pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th
day of April, 2000.
/s/ William O'Driscoll
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William O'Driscoll
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Robert A. Pastore, a
Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware
corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J.
Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any
and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS
WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of
shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's
collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf
and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and
supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes
as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of
the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered
pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th
day of April, 2000.
/s/ Robert A. Pastore
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Robert A. Pastore
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, G. Joseph Reddington, a
Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware
corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J.
Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any
and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS
WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of
shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's
collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf
and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and
supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes
as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of
the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered
pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 26th
day of April, 2000.
/s/ G. Joseph Reddington
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G. Joseph Reddington
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<PAGE>
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
-----------------
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Blanche M. Touhill, a
Director of TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware
corporation, do constitute and appoint William F. Compton, Michael J.
Palumbo, and Kathleen A. Soled, jointly and severally, my true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution for me in any
and all capacities, to sign, pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 for TRANS
WORLD AIRLINES, INC. in connection with the Company's registration of
shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's
collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and to file the same with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, together with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, and to sign on my behalf
and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any amendments and
supplements to said Registration Statement, incorporating such changes
as any of the said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, in the matter of
the proposed public offering by the Company of the securities registered
pursuant to said Registration Statement, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 30th
day of April, 2000.
/s/ Blanche M. Touhill
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Blanche M. Touhill
