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men who are able to remain as pilots for a longer period of years than average might reasonably be paid a somewhat larger annuity based on, let us say, the Railroad Retirement Act annuity scale, but with the $300 monthly pay maximum of that system. 

8. There will always be some pilots who, for various reasons will leave the industry of their own accord. Such men ought to be entitled to the annuity credits which they have earned, and should not be limited to a refund of their own payments. These annuity credits would be payable upon the retirement of a former pilot from whatever job he goes into after ceasing to be a pilot, but not before age 60, unless he is so disabled as to be unable to do any kind of work, in which event the income might start at that time. 

9. The provision of security for pilots alone is not sufficient. Unfortunately, the job of piloting is still hazardous; there will always be some who will be cut off in the prime of life or younger. Just as survivorship insurance has been added to the general social security and railroad retirement systems, there ought to be an adequate survivorship system formulated as an integral part of a pilots' retirement system. 

The Air Line Pilots Association proposes in the not too far distant future to take some concrete steps to secure the adoption of a system having the general characteristics which I have just described. We think it an essential part of the program for the improvement of the air transport industry and we hope that this Commission will join us in the recognition of the essential character of this step. 

THE AIR LINE PILOTS' MAXIMUM FLYING HOURS AND MINIMUM RATES OF COMPENSATION ARE PROTECTED BY FEDERAL LEGISLATION. The company-pilot relations are governed by Title II of the Railway Labor Act. Despite what paid propagandists and high-pressure lobbyists in Washington may say to the contrary, company-pilot relations on the air lines are excellent. To prove this point, there have been only 43 grievance cases submitted to the air line company adjustment boards since the late 30's. There have been only two air line strikes, both of which, the record will prove, were completely unavoidable and lawful. Yet, there are always the citizens of yesterday who clamor for amendments to existing laws. It's strange, indeed, how many people talk out of both sides of their mouths at the same time about democracy. Huey Long, speaking politically, used to say. "Every man a king." What he probably should have said to place the thinking of too many of our people is, "Every man a dictator." To take any of the rights away from the air line pilots and air line labor generally, for which they have fought through nearly two decades, and turn things back again to the dark ages of early air line company-air line pilot regulations would be a coup de grace to our presently healthy and normal air line transporta-