AIR FORCE EXTRAVAGANCE.
S^rv-:V : ''-"*% "V -i..; 1. V' STRICTURES OF COMMITTEE. Australian and N. Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 4.5 p.m.) . : LONDON, •; July ' 24. The Select Committee on the Air Estimates expresses the; opinion that, while •the flying branch is well managed,, there is a great tendency to extravagance and lack of . proper financial - control or efficient organisation of the; Ministry itself. - As an instance, ' the - Committee points on . that group . captains and - chaplains, after 18 years' service, ore permitted to have two batmen each. • No information is forthcoming on this point beyond the explanation that as officers advance in rank there is a certain dignity to be kept up. An air marshal has three batmen. The committee also ■ comments on . : the entertainment allowances , : granted.;: 'to officers.;■;■■■ . The air report mentions that, whemis it takes 30 j men! to launch - a French ji*roplane, 80 ' are required; for » a British ma chine. . Britain ' employs thres men for every one in the French Air Force, which costs only a fraction of . what -the British does. ' ' / ' ' : '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18461, 26 July 1923, Page 7
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172AIR FORCE EXTRAVAGANCE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18461, 26 July 1923, Page 7
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