Evening star., 1939-10-08

| Of flight training. Many Of the students,
however, are expected to qualify for cer-
tihcates OF competency in less than so
hours. the average having been esti-
mated at about 42H hours. A minimum
Of IS hours Of flying time has been de-
cided upon. Total Federal payments
to the operators for flying instruction
Is estimated at about 5000, 900.
Each of the operators will take out
liability and property damage insurance,
the premium for the regular policy av-
eraging $12.75 per student, or a total
OF $140,250. In States requiring work.
mems compensation insurance, operators
will cover their flying instructors. at
an average premium of IS cents per hour
Of dual-flight instruction and flight check
! time.
The minimum of dual-flight instruction
time is eight hours per student and Of
check time, nine hours, or total of II
hours of dual and check time per stu
dent-a total of 1877 900 to 200, 600 hours
for all students. About half of the
States have compulsory workmens COM
pensation insurance laws, and it is esti-
mated that the premiums will cost the
| operators about $4,000.
Fixed base operators, therefore, will pay
out approximately $215,250 for insurance
premiums, reducing their total estimated
income to $2,864 $50. according to c. A. A.
officials. For this they will give an
estimated total of 467 500 hours OF flight
| training, dual, check and solo. They
| will, therefore, receive about $3.50 per
hour, or $613 after they have deducted
insurance costs.
Students to Be Insured.
| The students themselves will be in
sured against death or injury. Their
premiums will be paid out Of Laboratory"
fees to be collected by the colleges. The
| c. A. A. has fixed a maximum Of $40
for these laboratory fees, but many Of
the colleges are not asking much more
| than half this amount. In paying his
course fee the student gets back the
standard fee of s6 which he pays for
his Federal medical examination. His
insurance policy provides for maximum
payment of $1,000 in case of death or
dismemberment and $500 for hospitali-
cation. The premium for such a policy
averages $14.
All student applicants are being given
preliminary medical examinations by
college examiners before taking the Fed
eral examinations and few are being
rejected by the Government doctors.
The c. A. A. is paying the colleges $40
per student to assist in conducting the
ground school courses and other ex-
penses, or total of $4,000. This makes
total of approximately $3,300,0O0 in
Federal payments to colleges and fixed
base operators, leaving 100000 OF a
100000 Federal fight training appro-
priation for supervision, examinations,
inspection work, research and other pur-
poses.
The country has been divided for this
| purpose into seven program zones, cor
responding to the existing c. A. A. ad-
ministrative zones. From two to four
zone to be constantly present for con-
sultation with the colleges and opera
tors.
Questions Prepared.
The c. A. A. has prepared list of
questions for the examination of STU
dents in the ground-school courses, but
the colleges are at liberty to prepare
their own examinations during the term.
The c. A. A. tests will be used in each
case for the final examinations.
Each college has appointed a faculty
director of vocational flight training, who
may or may not actually teach ground
school subjects. In majority Of cases
deans are being chosen to take direct
charge of the ground-school courses and
in great many cases these are deans Of
the engineering schools. as is the case
at George Washington University.
The law requires that non-college stu
dents be included in the flight program.
In most cases this will be handled
through a college extension course
method of procedure, details for which
have not yet been completed. Approx
mately S per cent, or $50 of the trainees,
will not be college students.
Many of the schools also have been
selected with the understanding that
they will provide flight training for
co-eds, and it is estimated that approx
mately 10 per cent of the total trainees,
or about 1,100, will be girls. The admis-
sion of women is regarded by the c. A.
A. as experimental. In Europe woman
pilots are being employed for nom
military flying jobs, including cargo
flying. In this country, however, there
is no intention of training girls for
any Federal wartime jobs and their in
clusion is regarded as emphasizing the
civilian nature of the training program.
It is stated on the application blank
signed by each applicant that the civilian
pilot training program entails no mill
tary obligation"
Ground Courses Underway.
The G. A. A. has accepted applications
from universities, colleges, chronological
Institutes, four-year teachers colleges
and junior colleges. It is entering into
contracts with each institution selected
for participation. The contract calls for
ground training of fixed number Of
students and for flight training at an
airport within 10 miles or 80 minutes
legal driving time OF the institution, un-
less reliable common carrier transporta-
ton is available for longer distances or
the institution agrees to provide special
transportation for the entire course. The
G. A. A. also enters into contract with