Flying Pay for Philippine Navy Officers

Executive Order No. 453 covers officers of the Philippine Navy.
Flying pay applies to officers who are engaged in regular and frequent aerial flights.
Flying pay applies only when aerial flights are pursuant to orders by competent authority.
Flying pay applies only when the officer’s duties are inherent in the operation of the aircraft while in flight.

Executive Order No. 453 provides an entitlement to additional compensation commonly referred to as flying pay.
Flying pay is equivalent to one-half of their base pay.
Entitlement exists for qualifying naval officers engaged in regular and frequent aerial flights and performing duties inherent in aircraft operation while in flight.

Entitlement to flying pay is subject to rules and regulations.
The Secretary of National Defense must prescribe the governing rules and regulations.
The Secretary’s rules and regulations must receive approval of the Office of the President.
Flying pay entitlement is therefore implemented under those promulgated rules and regulations as a condition precedent to operational application.

The practical implementation of flying pay requires that the Secretary of National Defense issues the necessary rules and regulations.
Implementation requires Office of the President approval of those rules and regulations.
Officers’ entitlement depends on compliance with the eligibility standards in Executive Order No. 453 (regular and frequent aerial flights; orders by competent authority; inherent operating duties while in flight) and the applicable implementing rules.

The presidential directive in Executive Order No. 453 is executed through the President’s action dated December 04, 1961.
The directive creates an operative entitlement to flying pay for qualified Philippine Navy officers, subject to the implementing rules and regulations requiring Office of the President approval.
The President’s authority to prescribe the entitlement is grounded in Section 90 of the National Defense Act, as amended.