Reading Room Document

Whether members of the Women's Air Forces Service Pilots (WASPS) are entitled to a veterans' preference

The document is a memorandum responding to a request for an opinion on whether members of the Women's Air Forces Service Pilots (WASPS) are entitled to a veterans' preference. The conclusion reached is that the WASPS are not entitled to a veterans' preference based on an examination of the legislative history of the WASPS' statute and the veterans' preference statute. The document also presents questions for review regarding the limitations of benefits available to the WASPS and the possibility of legislative modifications to allow them to qualify for a veterans' preference.

July 7, 1981