§ Sir R. Youngasked the First Lord of the Admiralty why the same class of skilled men employed by the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm do not receive the same rate of pay; why throughout all non-commissioned ranks men of the Fleet Air Arm receive about Is. 6d. per day less pay; and why, as leading air-fitter (L) is equal in skill and rank to a corporal wireless and electrical mechanic, he does not get the same rate of pay?
Mr. AlexanderThe qualifications required of naval air personnel and their rates of pay are fixed with reference to naval standards which are governed by naval conditions of service. Conditions of service in the Royal Air Force differ from those in the Royal Navy, and no accurate comparison can be made between the two Services.