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1947
1947 - 0608.PDF
358 F LIGHT APRIL 24TH, 1947 from its egg yet, and the egg may still be found to be addled. Similarly, there is hanging over all the fine sentiments expressed in different quarters the dread of the new regulations for private flying which the Whitney Straight Committee is now pondering for the benefit of the Minister of Civil Aviation. If they turn out to be on the lines already reported, all the cheap engines, low landing fees, and permits to fly will be of little avail. So the next thing awaited before one can see how the private flying picture is really forming is the recom- mendation of the Straight Committee to the Minister of Civil Aviation—and, of course, the action taken upon it by Lord Nathan. PennywiseH ITHERTO it has been common practice for air- line companies to include in the price of air tickets the necessary ground transport between main town office and the airport, and any meals served in the aircraft during the flight. Rumour has if that one or more of the British state-owhed corporations are contemplating the possibility of making an extra charge for ground transport and meals. In the parallel cases of surface transport, train and steamship, it has been the custom for meals to be charged extra on trains and short-distance sea voyages, while in the long-distance liners the meals are included in the price of the ticket. A reasonable case might be argued for either system, on purely academic grounds, but it is necessary to main- tain a sense of proportion. Air fares are so high, and duration of flights so relatively short in relation to sur- face transport, that in practice the saving to the corpora- CONTENTS Outlook • - Flying Display at Halton To Geneva by Viking - Thornton Engine Laboratory Here and There - Wheeled Instruction - American Newsletter - Rolls-Royce Eagle Eight-Blade Rotol Civil Aviation News - Service Aviation - Correspondence - 357 359 361 362 364 366 367 a 372 374 377 379 tions would be a mere drop in the ocean, and it is certain that it wottld be far outweighed by the dissatisfaction of passengers. It would be a pity if the goodwill built up by the British airlines where service and courtesy to passengers are concerned should be injured by a step which could not appreciably reduce the deficits of the corporations of which warning has already been given The corporations may have had Government intima- tion that they must reduce expenses wherever possible, but we would like to suggest that the Government itself can assist in that direction by hastening its relinquish- ment of priority seats on the air routes. A great deal of money has been wasted in the past by such seats being retained until the last moment, when their cancel- lation has left little or no possibility for the airline to sell the seats to ordinary passengers. _ „.//.£ phot0\ iui> AIR CHIEFS AT HALTON : General J. L. Piollet, French Chiet ol Air Staff, recently visited this countW at the invita-^tion of our own C.A.S., Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder, with whom he is seen above. TheyW accomp by the Secretary of State for Air, Mr. Noel-Baker (left), and the occasion was a flying demonstration by aircTaTTof theHome Commands While at Halton, the General also inspected the No. 1 School of Technical Training. The demonstration is described on the next page. y y Home Commands.
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