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AIR CHAUFFEURS
£10 A WEEK.
. BUSINESS AND PLEASU RE
FLIGHTS. '. .
Aerial transport companies who a*£ m
organising mail and passenger ser-» ?
vices are receiving a large number ofi B
applications from R.A.F. pilots whrf «
want to fly commercial ana pleasure *
machines. There is much speculation
as to the salaries which will be paicT
,to such pilots.
s Companies who intena.. to run fitdr/
ijonaon-J^aris. passenger services are
generally agreed that a salary of about:
£500 a year will be a. fair remuneratiom.'
for expert pilots. The pilot who is?
lucky enough, to get such a post witf
probably fly the machine on the morn
ing service to Paris .and, after a fetr
hours' rest, pilot the same or another
machine back to London. On the nesif
day he ought to have a complete rest^.
taking up the service again on the fol
lowing mdrning, to avoid overwork. A v
tired iiian might imperil the lives pi
passengers. ' ' $
Other pilots will be needed for ex-»
press aerial mails. It is 'probable this*'
a high-powered craft -for this work,
carrying its pilot and a 3001b. bag of
mails, will .fly quite soon ut 175 niiletf
an hour. Such a machine will— aveat
if some form of air brake is used — '
alight only at a comparatively ' high
speed. Therefore, a pilot's error of
judgment, at the moment of contact'
with the- ground, might very easily
lead to a bad crash. The flyers of
these machines, being all pickea men*
may possibly receive more than £50tf
a year. -
Flying for City Firms.
- Another job for the air chauffeur *
wm pe xne nymg or macmnes wmen.
certain important commercial ; houses*
have already decided to buy for :jri-«
vate use. One cbmpanj', for example, ~
having offices in. London and Paris,
i^tc-nS;; to buy thrcs csrcplonci;. .Ojsp
\7&l Izzi 'a fact sincls-saitsi' fo? . Uu»
ctivyica c-i' i£ipoi'Ui£i decuaasnii'. .'X'in»
o~hsfs vrill ijs comi'crLajjIe ttyii-seatsrR'
for ths use of; directors and chisfs at
staff. After a board 'meeting in TPvriss
important documents will be . placed ^
immediately in the fast machine,' anl
will reach London, for' the perusal of
the staff there, within two hours. ?
Other woi-k for qualifiea pilots wil/
include tho takirig charge of . aircnitt
-vhich -wealthy men will buy, and use,
.?i-3 t'npv nnw T.f-'a mntor-rars ? T)f».«!^r,«
are in preparation for machines v.-idr
bociies as .luxuriously fitted'as; liorso
of Rolls-Royce luptor-emrjj. Ti;oy wilJ
seat four or five people, and ^ill have
v.'ind. and draught-proof *f ndows. of
unspiintcrablo ylass, providiinV an uu
interrupted .vieiv outwards am: down
wards; Engines will be sd silence:! a* i
to make no more noise than th» m
motor-car. ' W
Cost of AoriaT Limousines. ?
At first the price ior sucii critSt niaj! ' a
be comparatively high — as much, per«- ™
haps, us \£-o,000 or £6,000 .for a hixuri-! /'
ously appointed, twm-engined mx*
chine. '.When a1 man lias bonght . asi
aerial 31olIs-Royce he will not lie^ti-*
tace to employ the most skilled pilot
lio can obtain, aii,d pay him a laxg«
salary. Such. posts are even now be
ing eager iy, sought.
It is generally agreed that every af-f
fore.. must be made to take -is mrury
people as possible into ihe air. and to
acquaint them, with the. comfort and
saiety with which it is. now. .-possime \o
13 y. To Uiis entl it id prQpoagS to sta^
tion large aircraft in all paWs of Greatf
Britain, 'particularly near AveUpopu
lated : areas, and to take passengers
into the air' for short flights at tlie-
lowest fees practicable. It is certaie.
that, ..for soma.yeiirs to come, ?h«
post of air chauffeur vrill be not only
?pleasant and interesting- but also we!J
paid. \
'There are two Napoleons,' ? writes
Raymond Poitieare.' 'There Ik .tt*b
young general .Jand first magistrate at
the Republic — Vein lrero 'who achieved
greatness; andfthe riiicr, corrupted by
soon destroyed and- transformed by I
the necessities t of statecraft, and the I
use and abusQ of despotism, by tho I
?'.crisonoufs atmosphere of servility and I
flattery.'
It -was three: a.m. «»*«» ha sitppa«
Inaocrs, and bis wife -was not as*eeu '
''STou 'knout, -liir, itt&t iftrown is get- '
ting married, t W«IL there has ibefin a
?preseatation at ihe/-cMt- and the «s«R5
lark—' fcefe^gsr..' 'Yss, she *isaei
'not to mention -tlie swallow.'
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