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13. Q. Suppose I work for an air line for a period of years, and then, when I am 40, I quit to take a job for an auto company. DO I lose my annuity from the Pilots' System?
A. No. You will be entitled to the annuity based on your years of service and pay when you finally retire from your job when you are 60 or over. The reason for requiring retirement form the subsequent non-air line job is to preserve equality between pilots who stay in the industry and those who quit before they retire.
14. Q. I quit my job as air line pilot to take a job which involves piloting the private plane of an industrial company. If my certificate as pilot is not renewed, say 10 years from now when I am 45, but I am not permanently and totally disabled, can I then get a pilot's annuity?
A. No. Except for the reduced annuity which you could get at 50, you would be entitled to an annuity before you are 60 only if you are permanently and totally disabled for any and all kinds of regular employment. In order to be entitled to an annuity by reason of a refusal to renew your airman's certificate, you must have 10 years of creditable service under the Air Line Pilots' Retirement System and, at the time of such refusal to renew have an employment relation to the air transport industry-that is you must have been out of your air line job for not longer than 18 months.