Operating revenues and expenses, mileage, traffic, and miscellaneous statistics for all domestic air carriers for the fiscal years 1938 through 1942 1 Revenue passengers figures are inflated to an indeterminable extent by the multiple count of all interroute traffic arising from the fact that each route. $76, 686, 528. 18 4,399, 439. 17 974, 355.71 1,362, 139.31 83,422, 462. 37 23, 544, 704.77 passengers are separately counted on 1942-Continued Operating revenues and expenses, mileage, traffic, and miscellaneous statistics for all domestic air carriers for the fiscal years 1938 through 54 96.39 63.28 33, 417 103.45 64.36 37, 115 111.90 70.52 38, 492 104.53 75.46 42, 647 116. 10 77.99 44, 502 the fiscal reports, and monthly reports of the carriers on Form 2780. Source: Pay mail miles, mail pound-miles, and mail revenues from July 1, 1938, to Apr. 30, 1942, are from U. S. Post Office Department audited results. All other data are from Total operating expenses. International air carriers 1—Operating revenues and expenses, mileage and traffic statistics for the fiscal years 1938 through 1942 FISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30 Revenue passenger miles. Ratio of revenue passenger miles to available seat miles (percent). Average available seats per revenue mile (percent). Average revenue passengers per revenue aircraft mile (percent). Average passenger revenue per revenue passenger mile (cents). 5, 132, 087 1, 110, 334 1,026, 588 5, 467, 780 496, 275 6, 220, 623 1, 893, 505 950, 181 250, 128 8,878, 661 3,045, 872 188, 459 10, 244, 896 4, 799, 214 2, 325, 697 7, 269, 009 549, 086 7.818.095 6,914, 236 452, 469 7,366.705 8, 364, 256 725, 722 9,089, 978 12, 112, 992 1, 349, 042 13, 462, 034 17, 369, 807 2, 015, 094 19,384, 901 17.90 7.29 17.63 8.09. 9.03 1 American flag carriers conducting operations wholly outside of the continental limits of the United States. Does not include American Export, which commenced operation in 1942. 2 Included herein are provision for Federal income taxes, contingency reserves, and surplus adjustments. Source: Forms 2380 and Company Management Report. Authorized positions, Civil Aeronautics Board, Dec. 31, 1942 Employees of Civil Aeronautics Administration as of Jan. 1, 1943 AMENDMENTS TO CIVIL AERONAUTICS ACT OF 1938 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1943 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE, Washington, D. C. The committee met, pursuant to adjournment, at 10 a. m., Hon. Clarence F. Lea (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will please come to order. STATEMENT OF L. WELCH POGUE, CHAIRMAN, CIVIL Mr. POGUE. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee. The CHAIRMAN. Was there anything further you desire to say this morning before any questions the members of the committee might have? Mr. POGUE. I believe not, Mr. Chairman, although I might say that in answer to Congressman Boren's question, we have supplied for the record a chart concerning accidents, covering the period from 1930 to approximately the present time-October 1942-and that chart will show two things in graphic form. It will show that on the basis of passenger fatalities per 100,000,000 passenger-miles flown, the rate was about 55 in 1930. At the present time it is slightly over 5, near 6, per 100,000,000 passenger-miles flown. Mr. REECE. What was the high point? Mr. POGUE. The highest point is in 1930. It is about 56 killed per 100,000,000 miles. The other thing that chart will show is revenue miles flown per fatal accident. In 1930 they were only able to fly about 4,000,000 revenue miles per fatal accident and in October 1942, that had risen to about 29,000,000 miles of flying, revenue miles flying. Mr. HINSHAW. Mr. Chairman. The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Hinshaw. Mr. HINSHAW. Revenue passenger-miles? Mr. POGUE. That is revenue miles. The passenger-miles were the first figures I referred to, which will be shown in the graph-of course, the passenger-miles is based on the number of passenger fatalities per 100,000,000 passenger-miles flown, counting 1 passenger carried 1 mile as a passenger-mile. That was the first figure I gave. The other thing I might say is, in answer to Mr. Wolverton's question, we have prepared for the record, with the cooperation and assistance of the Administrator's Office, because he is involved in 57 |