flight pay
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flight pay
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Commanders also have sought to reduce the number of missions, increase monthly flight pay, and hire civilian contractors to help share the workload.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2015
The legislators noted that parachute pay and glider pay were kept under a $1,200-a-year ceiling, and wanted flight pay similarly regulated.
From Time Magazine Archive
Top-brass airmen frankly regarded flight pay as "one of the best pieces of bait we have on the hook for young flyers."
From Time Magazine Archive
His agile, toe-perfect dance company spends so much time off the ground that it should get flight pay.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had been told this by Yossarian, who made it possible for Dan Daneeka to collect his flight pay each month without ever climbing back into the womb.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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