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- 3 - and was assigned to captain's duty on April 1, 1939. He held an airline transport pilot certificate and had a total of about 7,015 hours flying time, of which approximately 3,236 hours had been on Douglas equipment as captain. He was assigned to the Oakland-Salt Lake division on September 9, 1940. Since October 1, 1940, he had made 167 trips into Salt Lake City, 77 of which were at night. His total commercial flying time during night hours was approximately 2,826 hours. He had a total instrument time of approximately 308 hours. His rest period prior to departure from San Francisco on May 1 was approximately 38 hours. His last physical examination required by the Civil Air Regulations was taken on January 22, 1942, and showed him to be in satisfactory physical condition.

First Officer Miner, aged 36, held a commercial certificate with an instrument rating. From January 17, 1929, to July 2, 1941, he had been employed by United as a mechanic. On July 2, 1941, he became a first officer for United. Prior to that time he had a total of approximately 276 hours flying time. He had a total of about 858 hours as first officer, all of which had been on Douglas equipment. After completing his training period he was assigned to the Oakland-Salt Lake division on October 16, 1941. This was his first trip since returning to active duty after an annual leave of about 18 days. His last physical examination required by the Civil Air Regulations was taken on December 20, 1941, showed that he was in satisfactory physical condition.

It appears from the evidence that both Captain Brown and First Officer Miner were physically qualified, and held proper certificates of competency for the flight involved.