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36. Q. What is the difference in terms of benefits between the survivors of a pilot who dies "wholly insured" and survivors of a pilot who dies "temporarily insured"?
A. Before answering the question, it is necessary to specify the classes of survivor benefits. They are as follows:
(1) Annuities to widows who are 60 or when they attain age 60;
(2) Annuities to widows having care of eligible children of the deceased pilot - that is, children who are unmarried and under age 21'
(3) Annuities to eligible children of the deceased pilot;
(4) Annuities to dependent parents of the deceased pilots who are over 65 if male and 60 if female, provided no widow or eligible child under age 21 survived the pilot;
(5) If there is surviving at the death of the pilot no person entitled immediately to one of the above benefits, a lump sum payment is due.

If a pilot dies while wholly insured, all the above benefits are payable. If he dies while only temporarily insured, benefits listed under items (2), (3) and (5) only are payable. 

36. Q. Having determined that a pilot is "wholly insured" or "temporarily insured" at the time of his death and that there are survivors entitled to benefits, how do you go about calculating the amount of benefit to which a survivor or each of the survivors is entitled?
A. The first step is to calculate the "average monthly remuneration" of the pilot. The first part of this step, therefore, is to