Evening star., 1933-10-08

The new planes make possible longer
runs in the same length of tipe and
permitted operators to reduce the num-
ber Of pilots and the total amount of
paw On one Western run the use Of
h..,l-speed planes resulted in reduc-
ton In the number of pilots from 10
to 6. The six, with no increase in pay,
were flying as many miles as 10 had
flown and maintaining the same service.
The pilots have contended that the
increased skill necessary to handle the
faster planes entities them to greater
pay and have insisted on being paid on
a mileage rather than a time basis. To
spread employment and in the interest
Of safety they also have asked reduction
Of the maximum flying hours for pilots.
The operators having persistently re-
fused to treat with the pilots on this
basis. Matters reached q final climax
during the past week when preparations
were completed for general strike, to
begin on October S. At the eleventh
hour an agreement was brought about,
through the efforts Of the Labor Board,
representing an almost complete VIC
tory for the pilots.
Pay Board Named.
The agreement calls for the framing
Of an equitable pay schedule by q COM
mittee composed of one representative
of the pilots. one Of the operators and
one of the National Labor Board. This
committee has undertaken its task and
is to report to the three groups not
later than October IS. Hearings then
will be held on the committee schedule
and the final results embodied in q pay
schedule to be put into effect by the
Labor Board affecting all airline pilots.
The board also has recommended re-
instatement Of Wayne Williams, trans
continental and Western Air pilot, dis
charged, the pilots allege. for his &C
tivities in organizing the pilots. A basis
the seniority dispute affecting pilots
Of the Ludington Air Lines who were
taken over by Eastern Air Transport
when the two local systems were
merged last February. The former
Ludlngton men charged that they lost
their seniority rights as punishment
for organization activities.
The new pay scale for pilots is to be
MADE retroactive to october /, SupplArt-
ing the bitterly opposed scale of the
companies which became effective on
that date The operators scale, the
pilots contend, violated the fundamental
principles of the national recovery act
to increase purchasing power by rails
ing wages and to put more men back to
work by reducing hours.
Through the Aeronautical Chamber
OF Commerce the operators proposed a
pay scale for pilots which, the pilots
charge, was less than half the pre-
Valllng salary, coupled with maximum
hours which were 40 per cent greater
than the average for the month of
June, 1888, one of the busiest months
for pilots on record
Combining these provisions with
their proposed hourly or monthly sys-
TENS of pay" officers of the Air Lines
Pilots Association said in referring to
the operators plan, they could, in
view Of increases in airplane speeds of
so to go per cent, promised within the
year, one major airline already having
effected this change, actually eliminate
more than half of their present fight
personnel. The remaining half, pre-
sumably, would receive a so per cent
cut for assuming this added RESPONSE
bility"
Army School Year Begins.
The first Army Air Corps Reserve
conference Of the school year 1933-34
will be held at o'clock Tuesday eve
ming in the Air Corps projection room,
Munitions Building
The subject will be Conservation"
and the instructor will be Capt. H. w.
Holden, Air Corps. AS last year, the
officer In charge will be Capt. Theodore
j. Koenig, Air Corps. Subsequent Air
Corps conferences will be held on tha
second Tuesday night of each month.