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pilot, however described, should not fly the line, I think that allusion necessitates this reference. There are many instances over the years in which the standards prescribed by the F.A.A. has been recognized by the government, by the carriers and by the pilot association in being minimum standards, which have been often in significant areas bargained beyond that, and we will, sometime before the end of this proceeding, give your concrete instances, in which we have exceeded minimum standards in the interest of safety and proper operation.

This practice of returning a so-called supervisory pilot to the line to deal with line pilots or checking or for instructing purposes, is one of long-standing. 

It was not generated as a practice to avoid any statutes or any anti-discriminatory regulations, and it is reflected in our contract which we