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service is a month, whether before or after the Plan becomes effective, in which a pilot renders service to an employer or receives compensation for time lost or, between September 1, 1939 and December 31, 1946, was in active military or naval service of the United States. Twelve months of service constitutes a year of service.
88. Q. I was engaged as a pilot in 1939. In 1940, I took a three months leave of absence without pay. Does that three months count in my service period?
A. No. In order to be counted in the service period you must have actually rendered service to an employer or received compensation for time lost or have been in active military or naval service during World War 2 or the emergency period preceding it.
89. Q. Last year I served for two months on a negotiating committee of the Air Line Pilots Association in handling a wage agreement with my employer. Would that time be counted as service?
A. If the two months you spent negotiating an agreement covered two whole calendar months and you did not receive pay from the employer during that period, the two months would not be counted in the service period. Even though you did not receive pay from the employer, if the negotiations began on the 10th of April,say, and continued until the 10th of June and you actually rendered service in the first part of April and the latter part of June, you would lost only one month of service.
90. Q. I have spent several weeks negotiating with my employer in 1947. I lost no full months, but I did loose flying time. Will my annuity