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1938
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AUGUST II, 1938. FLIGHT. T1X SERVICE AVIATION (CONTINUED While undergoing instruction and while holding appointments for lull flying duties (as distinct from aeronautical engineering duties) officers of the rank of Lieutenant (E) and Lieutenant-Commander (E) will receive an allowance of 6s. a day. Officers holding Fleet Air Arm Technical appointments in the rank of Lieutenant (E), Lieutenant-Commander (E) or Commander (E) will receive an allow ance of 3s. 6d. a day: ; (/I) Officers (A) officers will be selected for technical duty after completing one commission for general flying duties in the Fleet Air Arm and will carry out a course of technical training lasting about two years. Thereafter they will be employed on technical duties in the Fleet Air Arm. Officers so selected will be retained for service for at least 15 years from date of entry, and, in general, until they qualify for retired pay. They will be eligible for promotion to Commander (A) and Captain (A). (A) officers selected for specialisation in aeronautical engineering will be eligible for an allowance .of Gs. a day during their course of technical instruction. After qualifying they will receive pay on the scale laid down for Engineer Officers, and will be eligible for an allowance of 3s. 6d. a day when holding appointments for aero nautical engineering duties, while of the ranks of Lieutenant (A), Lieutenant-Commander (A) or Commander (A). With a view to the immediate provision of technical officers for the Fleet Air Arm, a number of more senior Engineer officers have been selected to undergo a course of training in aeronautical engi neering duties, but will not receive flying instruction. These officers will be eligible for the allowance of 3s. 6d. a day (referred to above) when appointed for aeronautical engineering duties after qualifying. F.A.A. Courses of Instruction THE sequence of flying training courses has been brought into line with the standard K.A.F. system, whereby pupil pilots spend one term at a Royal Air Force Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, followed by two terms at a Royal Air Force Service Flying Training School. Elementary and Reserve Flying Training Schools The classes at No. 23 Elementary and Reserve F.T.S., Rochester, will consist of all the ratings in each course and a number of officers. These officers and ratings will be borne on the books .of H.M.S. Pembroke for pay and discipline, and arrangements for their accommodation and. for transport to and from the school will be made by the Commodore, R.N. Barracks, Chatham. They are to wear uniform while under instruction. The classes at No. 0 Elementary and Reserve F.T.S., Sywell, Northants, and No. 10 Elementary and Reserve F.T.S., Yatesbury, Wilts, will consist of officers only. They will be borne on the books of H.M.S. Pembroke for pay and discipline. Accommodation will be provided at these schools. Plain clothes will be worn during the course. Royal Air Force Service Flying Training Schools Officers and ratings under instruction at No. 1 Flying Training School, Royal Air Force, will be subject to Royal Air Force disci pline and are to conform to Royal Air Force routine and customs They will continue to be borne for pay on the books of H.M.S. Pembroke while at the R.A.F. Service Flying Training School. They will be provided with service accommodation at the School. Better Pay for Officers T HE Air Ministry announces that an Order is being issued outlining the changes in certain rates of pay and conditions of service for officers of the Royal Air Force. The chief alterations are: — Scale of Pay.—The scale of pay of officers-of the General Duties Branch will be amended as follows: —• New scale. Old scale Squadron Leader On promotion to the rank After 2 years in the rank After 4 years in the rank After 5 years in the rank After 6 years in the rank After 8 years in the rank Wing Commander On promotion to the rank ... After i year in the rank After 2 years in the rank After 3 years in the rank After 4 years in the rank After 5 years in the rank After 6 years in the rank After 7 years in the rank After 8 years in the rank After 9 years in the rank After 10 years in the rank Air Commodore ... Entertainment Allowance.—In recognition of the fact that officers commanding stations are in many cases put to expense in the mat ter of entertainment, it has been decided to make appropriate grants (normally £2$ a year) to officers on whom such expenditure falls. Command Pay.—In conformity with the general principle that R-A.F. rates of pay are related to rank and not to the particular post held in the rank, the command pay at present paid to certain Wing Commanders and Air Commodores of the General Duties Branch will be abolished as a separate emolument. £ s 1 10 1 11 1 12 1 13 1 14 1 16 1 18 2 1 — -— 2 3 2 6 2 8 3 1 d. 10 8 6 — 4 2 2 — 8 — 2 — 8 — 2 — 8 0 £ 1 — — 1 — 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 s. TO — — 1 2 16 17 l8 •l8 K) 0 I 2 3 4 5 ifl d. 10 — — 6 — 2 2 0 10 10 8 8 6 6 4 4 4 AIR GUNNERS, with their Lewis guns, observer-type parachutes and R/T.-cum-oxygen masks, photographed at Upwood during the Air Exercises. Promotion to Flight Lieulen'int.—The promotion, subject to recom mendation, to the substantive rank of Flight Lieutenant of Flying Officers of the General Duties Branch alter two years' service in the rank, and the initial rate of pay of £1 is. yd. on such promotion, introduced as a temporary measure, will be made permanent. The increment of pay on the present scale for Flying Officers of two years' service will be abolished. Half-pay During Unemployment.—The system under which officers of all branches for whom no employment is available are placed on half-pay will be abolished Officers who, being fully employable are temporarily unemployed for Service reasons and are to be re-employed in due course, will be posted to a special list and will receive full pay and allowances as though on ordinary leave, except that officers of the rank of Air Vice-Marshal and above, when so posted, will receive full pay only (without allowances) after they have exhausted any leave to which they may be entitled. Officers lor whom no further employment will be available after the expiration of an appointment will be given warning to that effect and will be placed upon the retired list upon the termination of the appointment. The existing alternative of being placed on half-pay pending retirement will be abolished. Retiring Ages.—The normal maximum age of retirement in the ranks of Air Vice-Marshal and above will be 60 but the Air Council may at their discretion, retain an officer on the active list beyond that age if they judge it to be in the interests of the Service to do so. The ages of compulsory retirement in the ranks of Wing Commander and Squadron Leader will be 50 and 47 respectively. Retired Pay.—(a) For officers of the rank of Air Vice-Marshal and above, the scale of retired pay will be replaced by a flat rate for each rank as follows:—Air Chief Marshal, ^1,300 a year; Air Mar shal, ^i,i2« a year; Air Vice-Marshal, /050 a year. (b) The scale of retired pay applicable to Group Captains of the General Duties Branch will be amended as follows:—^550 after twenty years' service, increased by £20 for each additional year beyond twenty up to a maximum of /750. Retirement Gratuities.—The scale of gratuity laid down for officers of the General Duties, Equipment and Accountant branches who retire on or after August 1, 1938, will be extended to a maximum of £T,900 in place of the present maximum of ^1,500. Flying Accidents THE Air Ministry regrets to announce the following accidents: — F/O. John Adam, P/O. Albert George Gillespie, P/O. Edward Rayment White, A/C. Patrick Joseph McGovern and A/C. Charles Carter Noxon Suthers lost their lives in an accident which occurred at Great Barton, Suffolk, on August 7, to an aircraft of No. V7 (Bomber) Squadron, Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk. F/O. Adam was the pilot. Corpl. William Henry Wheeler lost his life in an accident which occurred at Blackmore, near High Ongar, on August 7, to an aircraft of No. 88 (Bomber) Squadron, Boscombe Down, Amesbury. Fit. Lt. David William Hyde Gardner was the pilot of the aircraft, and A/C. William Thomas Cable the other member of the crew. Fit. Lt. Gardner was slightly injured. Sgt. Richard Herbert Sweeting and A/C.i Walter Horace Crofts lost their lives in an accident which occurred at Zerka on August 5 to an aircraft of No. 14 (Bomber) Squadron, Amman, Trans-Jordan. Sirt. Sweeting was the pilot.
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