Title
Rules for PAF Reserve Officer Appointments
Law
Executive Order No. 341
Decision Date
Jun 17, 1959
Carlos P. Garcia's Executive Order No. 341 establishes rules for appointing reserve officer pilots and non-pilot reserve officers into the Regular Force of the Philippine Air Force, ensuring fair and equitable promotions based on active commissioned service and technical qualifications.

Law Summary

Placement and Seniority in the Philippine Air Force Promotion List

  • Total active commissioned service in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) determines seniority among appointed officers and regular officers.
  • Seniority rules consider both AFP and PAF service, with specific conditions:
    • Differences in active service time in AFP vs. PAF.
    • Reckoning PAF service from assignment date.
    • Excluding service before Aviation Cadet appointment and guerrilla unit service.
  • Reserve officers entering the Regular Force must have at least one more year of active AFP service than comparable Philippine Military Academy graduates.

Specific Rules for Pilot Officers

  • Maintain seniority order among pilot officers graduating together from PAF or USAF Flying Schools as per their class standing.
  • Group insertion just below the least senior regular officer of the same class, with conditions about deferred promotions and continuity of service.
  • No appointment above regular pilot officers with longer active commissioned service.

Specific Rules for Non-Pilot Officers

  • Cannot be appointed or placed in promotion list above non-pilot regular officers who have longer active commissioned service.

Grade Appointment

  • Reserve officers appointed to the Regular Force shall hold a grade equal to that of the regular officer immediately above them in the promotion list.

Minimum Non-Pilot Appointment Quota

  • At least 25% of appointments under the governing law and this order shall be of non-pilot reserve officers.

Effectivity and Duration

  • The Executive Order becomes effective immediately upon signing.
  • Appointment and commission rules remain in operation until the expiration of the two-year period provided under the governing Republic Act.

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