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no FLIGHT JULY 28TH, 1949 Civil Aviation News the greatest lesson we have all learned has been the abilityto co-operate under all conditions of flying, maintenance and living and working together, and you have played your partin full. Good luck in the future." CHARTER COMPANIES WAGES IN the House of Commons on July 19th, the Minister ofLabour was asked if he was aware that some charter com- panies who were receiving contracts from Government depart-ments were violating the provisions of the Civil Aviation Act by paying wages below those of the British Airways Corpora-tions. Mr. Ness Edwirds replied that he was communicating with the Minister of Civil Aviation on the subject. When itwas pointed out to him that some Government departments were conniving with the companies in the violation, he saidhe could not accept that conclusion. The position would be investigated, he said, and if the companies were in factviolating the terms and conditions of employment, some action would be taken. It was suggested by Brig. Peto that becausethe British Airways Corporations and other nationalized in- dustries were running at a loss, it was not necessary to ensurethat all private enterprise companies should also run at a loss. M.P.s VISIT B.O.A.C. A PARTY of 20 members of both Houses of Parliamentmade a tour of B.O.A.C. bases in the United Kingdom from July 21st to 23rd. Accompanied by Sir Miles Thomas,Mr. Whitney Straight and Sir Victor Tait, they were shown the Brabazon I at Filton and the Princess flying boats atCowes, Isle of Wight. Transport was by air in one of the Corporation's new Argonaut class and from London Airportthe first flight was made to Llandow airfield. South Wales, in order to visit the Corporation's Engine Repair and OverhaulDepot at Treforest. The second flight was to Filton where, after an inspection of the Western Division's MaintenanceBase, the party stayed the night. The following day an in- spection was made of the No. 2 Line Landplane Base atHum, where the Development Flight is also established. On the final day visits were made to No. 4 Line Headquartersat Hythe and to Berth 50. Marine Terminal, at Southampton. On the Saturday afternoon a Solent took the party fromSouthampton to the Saunders-Roe factory at Cowes. IRISH PILOTS' STRIKE ^ * ON Thursday, July 21st, all Aer Lingus pilots refused tofly the company's aircraft. The one-day withdrawal of services was made as a protest against what was describedas the failure of Aer Lingus to provide a satisfactory contract including a superannuation scheme. The strike was organizedby the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association which was founded three years ago and is said to be representative of all theairline pilots of the country. A draft contract including a superannuation scheme was submitted to Aer Lingus inNovember, 1946, by I.A.L.P.A., and the company has given repeated assurances that the scheme was receiving attention. AIR MINISTRY. Air Navigation Acts. 1911 to 1919 Narw Is hereby licensed as Piloi 'of aircraft carrying passenger-:* or Koyds far hire or reward] of she flH3^'**J&J»A'*\ "irGXfcUL OjJgOsC* —~- -~^"^~*~~ class of aircrafr fur a penefci of ^ fc^SC twjmhs from tUyof fl 9t,*i 191*1 n ihf5>Kwl«jftf>**3ay of &t«vW>% 19 **! ,ri li«i»ii wb)«j «s the Orders made by die Sf -<f»iv of Siaic unifer th* Air N&vig&uon A^« 1911 w lit? Hlge-fl«y< <"' WA I.A.L.P.A. refrained from pressing further claims until adecision was made by the British Industrial Court in a similar dispute between B.A.L.P.A. and the British Airways Cor-porations in November, 1947, but a copy of the Court's award was subsequently sent to the company. No furtherproposals were forthcoming, and in January, 1948, at a meet- ing between the Council of I.A.L.P.A. and the management ofAer Lingus, the general manager stated that he could not say for certain that there would be a pension scheme at all. Sincethe declaration was thought to be a reversal of the company's policy, I.A.L.P.A. resorted to public arbitration. The Courtadmitted the pilots' right to a superannuation scheme but accepted the company's financial • position as a reason fornot granting it. While the financial position of Aer Lingus was the cause of some anxiety to I.A.L.P.A., the Association wasunable to accept that as a reason for withdrawing what was considered to be the pilots' just due. The Minister forIndustry and Commerce declined to receive a deputation and the Association resorted to its latest action as the only alter-native. One of the resolutions unanimously agreed by the International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations, ofwhich I.A.L.P.A. is a member, was that those member asso- ciations which did not already have a superannuation schemeshould not sign any contract which did not include such a scheme. Aer Lingus pilots resumed normal operations onJuly 22nd. A.R.B. PUBLICATIONS A REVISED edition of the Air Registration Board Handbook•^* No. i, "Notes on the Regulations Governing the Air- worthiness of Civil Aircraft," has been issued (price 2s 6d).This publication gives a general idea of registration regulations in the U.K. and most aspects of a Certificate of Airworthi-ness. One short but useful chapter is devoted to the essential documents relating fo a U.K.-registered aircraft and anotherto the certification of aircraft by licensed engineers. The Board has also issued Notice No. 32, which refers to radiostations in relation to the issue and renewal of Certificates of Airworthiness. Since the grant and renewal of approvalfor a radio station in an aircraft is so closely related to the issue or renewal of the Certificate of Airworthiness of theaircraft in which the radio station is installed, the two are regarded as inseparable. Radio stations should consequentlybe tested at the same time as the aircraft concerned is flight- tested and the Minister of Civil Aviation has given authorityfor aircraft to fly within the vicinity of radio testing stations suitable for carrying out such tests even though that stationentails the aircraft flying beyond the ten nautical miles specified in Regulation 12 of the Airworthiness (General)Regulations, 1949. AN ANNIVERSARY A CCOMPANIED by some of the original team who flew for•^ Handley Page Transport, Ltd., including Capt. R. H. Mclntosh, Capt. G. P. Olley, Capt. W. L. Hope and Mr. JohnWalker, Lord Douglas flew to Brussels on July 20th. The trip was made in celebration of a flight by Handley PageTransport, Ltd., on which the pilot was Lt. Col. W. Sholto Douglas, and which left Cricklewood 30 years earlier forBrussels with fare-paying passengers. The aircraft on that occasion was a Handley-Page0/400 with a cruising speed of 80 m.p.h. The celebration party was received in Brussels bythe Belgian Minister of Communications, the Director of the Belgian Aeronautical Adminis-tration and M. Perrier, president of Sabena, accompanied by H. E. St. George Rendel,British Ambassador, G/C. Grandy, British Air Attache, and a number of others connectedwith the early days of aviation. Regular ser- vices to Brussels started in September, 1919. CROP INSPECTION IT is customary for cereal seedsmen to selectfarms for the cultivation of their seed for resale, and it one of the conditions that itmust at all times be open for inspection. One of the most important times occurs just beforeharvesting and in normal years the period No. 4 LICENCE ; The licence issued to Lieut.-Col. W. Sholto Douglas for carrying fare-paying passen- gers in the Handley Page 0/400. Reference is made on this page to the celebration flight last week by Lord Douglas, (chairman of B.E.A.) and other pioneer pilots. c 12 O.A. FUTJO 8.
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