Howard returns to work for a passenger airline, but in his scene in the Hartley apartment, he is still wearing the uniform of the freight airline that had employed him last.
Bob says he was dating Emily at the same time as he was dating Gloria. Emily said that her father didn't like Bob at first because he was upset that she was leaving Seattle to get married. If Emily lived in Seattle until she got married, how did she meet Bob? Gloria ran an antique shop in Cleveland with Bob's sister Ellen. Since Bob was dating them at the same time, this seems to indicate that he flew back and forth across the country to see these women.
Howard is ordered to report for navigation duty, but doesn't change into his uniform before he leaves home.