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total of 225 percent of the insurance amount. Since the total is not to exceed 200 percent of the insurance amount, there must be a reduction of 25/225 or 1/9 in each of the four annuities.

56. Q. When the pilot is survived by a widow of over 60 or other survivors entitled to immediate annuities when do such annuities start?

A. Any such annuity would begin with the first of the month in which the pilot died.

57. Q. Under what circumstances do survivor annuities stop other than with the death of the recipient or attainment of age 21 by the children?

A. Annuities stop with the end of the month in which (a) a widow remarries; (b) a child under 21 gets married; (c) a widow under 60, ceases permanently to have in her care a child of the deceased pilot who is eligible for a child's annuity; or (d) a parent in receipt of a parent's annuity remarries.

58. Q. Are survivor annuities ever reduced for any reason?

A. Yes. An amount equal to one month's annuity will not be paid with respect to any month in which (a) a child or a male parent is employed by an air line company, or (b) a widow ceases temporarily to have in her care a child of the deceased pilot who is eligible for a child's annuity.

59. Q. Who pays for the annuities?

A. The payments are made out of an Air Line Pilots' Retirement Trust Fund in the United States Treasury.

60. Q. How does the money get into the Air Line Pilots' Retirement Trust Fund?