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To All Members    -20-   June 25, 1942

permanent for the duration of the war all the air line pilot certificates held by pilots in the Services, or in a civilian status, but operating to and in faraway places. I will explain these regulations briefly, paragraph by paragraph.

First, let's deal with Part 21,24. This is much the same as the present section.

Part 21.25. This applies only to air line pilots whose air line pilot certificate expired before December 7, 1941. What is meant by "demonstrating to the satisfaction of the Administrator that he is qualified, etc.," is confined to informing a OAA representative about what flying you have been doing since your air line transport pilot certificate lapsed. If this flying is on a comparable type of equipment, an air line transport pilot certificate will be issued without further ado.

Part 21.42 and 21.421. This means that anybody whose certificate did not lapse prior to December 7. 1941, has a permanent air line transport pilot certificate. You may be out of the country and in the Services for two months, two years, or longer. When you return, all you have to do is get a physical and on the physical form will be a space in which to fill in a record of your flying, all of which will be forwarded to Washington and which will serve the same purpose as the present renewal, only it really isn't a renewal; it's what might best be termed as getting back into the harness an passing the physical and if you haven't had an experience on the type of class of equipment that you intend to pilot, it will be necessary for you to comply with the flight requirements in parts 21.421 and 21.422 quoted above. Type and class as used in these regulations don't mean the manufacturers' types; it means the types as distinguished between land and water, single motor and bi-motor, etc. If while you are away on military service or on any other flying duty where you are unable to continually keep flying and take your physicals, you have merely to furnish proof to a proper Civil Aeronautics Board representative that you have been operating aircraft that is, in a broad sense, in the class and of the type that you seek to pilot under your permanent air line transport pilot certificate.

Much more could be said in the way of explanation but a careful reading of the quoted copy of these new regulations included above in this letter will reveal the details. If the actual regulations as written are considered with my remarks, I am quite certain the changes will be clear. If not, inquiries will be welcome.

Frankly, I think this is a great victory for the ALPA. We've done plenty of harping about the temporary nature of our certificates. Now all this has been done away with. We start the effort by asking for permanency or status quo for the certificates of air line pilots on active duty or others in civilian status employed outside the limits of the United States for the duration of the war, and at the finish, we not only get this but achieve permanency for all air line pilots so far as air line transport pilot certification is concerned. In other words, you now are in the same class as sea-going captains and other junior officers. YOU NOW HAVE YOUR PAPERS.
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