Viewing page 82 of 102

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

-61-

98. Q. Does this mean that we are in a war period now?

A. Yes, under the definition of the bill.

99. Q. Take a man who has never flown until now, but is serving in the Navy at present. He gets out in 1950 and then gets a job as copilot. Will he get credit for military service, even though he did not join the Navy until 1947?

A. Creditable military service would be good for any man who becomes a pilot and gets in 12 months of service as a pilot before 1952. In this case most of the service would count, but there was a period in 1947 when we were not in a "war service period".

100. Q. I served in the Army in World War I and again in 1929 and 1930. Would these periods be credited as service?

A. World War I is creditable. The 1929 and 1930 service would not be.

101. 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 cover 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.

102. Q. I have spent several weeks negotiating with my employer in 1948. I lost no full  months, but I did lose flying time. Will my annuity be reduced because of that loss of time?

A. It shouldn't hurt you. That's why the flight hour method was adopted. (See question 20).

103. Q. In 1941 I was unable to fly for three months, but I received my base pay. Would that period count in my service period?

A. Yes. You would receive credit for that period.

General

104. Q. Who would administer the air line pilots' retirement system?

A. The Railroad Retirement Board.

105. Q. Why should the Railroad Retirement Board administer the air line pilots' retirement system?

A. The Railroad Retirement Board has been engaged for about 14 years in the administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and has accumulated a great fund of experience with respect to the problems involved in operating retirement systems. The Railroad Retirement Act provides for retirement