Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-03-07 | Page 1 | Many Mail Pilots Broke because of Additional Personal Expense

MANY MAIL BROKE ROKE BECAUSE I II I OF ADDITIONAL NAL PERSONAL EXPENSE Besides facing acing dangers daners in flying fly ing the airmail army aviators operating op out of Salt Lake often are I forced to take oft oil broke because be cause of failure of expected expense ex cx- pease pense money to arrive Out of regular zal salaries many fliers I are re paying for virtually doubled living co costs Incurred because because be be- cause they maintain family homes In cities cities' from where they were transferred That hat many pilots and enlisted men are arc financially embarrassed was revealed by bv an officer who declared only the generosity of hotels and restaurants in allow tog Ins them credit enables some Iome to t I obtain rooms room rooms and and meals An appropriation for the air corps including per diem allow ances was voted by the thc house February 7 but the thc senate haS not yet passed it ft Living Livin in army style e especially espe espe- pe- pe daily if it married is costly to an officer especially first and second sec sec- pad ond lieutenants lt Jt lt was pointed out put First lieutenants are are paid ta month and lieutenants nants from to Out of ot this must come coine 40 a month for government gov ern merit insurance and provision for their families Pilots were informed when th they took over their new Job that 4 1 they would receive 5 a day for expenses it was reported When this did not riot materialize many exhaUsted exhausted ex ex- ha hausted sted bank accounts Some b borrowed An n ev even n greater hardship is worked on enlisted men who dra draw 21 a month he pointed out This is not enough to pay their hotel bills alone alone- he declared Word from New York told how one one pilot in Chicago was wa forced to walk seven miles from his hOtel hotel hotel ho hO- tel to the airport in order to t take takeoff takeoff ke off oft on his run because he ha had no money Twenty five officers and GO 60 enlisted enlisted en en- listed d men men of of the air corps arc I t stationed here t j jV V