WHEREAS, it is necessary to have available planes at all times for the use of Cabinet Members on a schedule basis;

WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish a system of regular maintenance of such planes and to set up standards for the training and checkout of their pilots;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a committee to conduct an inventory of all planes and helicopters of the civil government offices, corporations and agencies and establish a pool to be maintained by the Philippine Air Force or Philippine Air Lines. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

A representative of the Bureau of Air Transportation	-	Chairman
A representative of the Commission on Audit	-	Member
A representative of the Office of Budget and Management	-	Member

The planes and helicopters shall be maintained and made available for the use of any member of the cabinet on a scheduled basis.

The Committee shall submit to the President of the Philippines a report of the number of planes and helicopters and organize a pool to be housed in the Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation Hangar. The Committee shall also establish a maintenance system, whether at the PAF or PAL or both in coordination with each other, and organize a technical group to supervise the training and checkout of pilots and the maintenance of the planes.

This Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.


By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant