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Aviation History
1961
1961 - 0464.PDF
AREA I AREA II AREA HI (for Areas ^ICELAND •HP 1 m 1 ^/ / 1 EZ. 3Z and"2I / 1 see caption) /^Ssl / / / /f^|MA0EIRA^ CANARY Is 3 »» /•§M!llF2 /: SCILLY^^ /' Is CHANNEL I ^ / " / 47°^ *4 ^".: SPAIN TAK6IE^^TmLTAt ' — /:••'•••k *.•:•:•:mf Wmt< mmNl TED 'N,U'W w I ^ .— Pill V(^ 17°N f F RA MOROCCO -ii .. I ||iPijjfr / lit ;/?*'. N C E J -- CORSICA^ "* SAI 1ORCA ( V —•—- -^^^••••' ^5Si&; •"•••' 5*1 s> ) ^ /^ rDENMARKL&^2 GERMANY \ po SO'lili OI'F - ''• JXEMBOURG &£""•*•• Witt -\JOSlp rz.s::.-;;i^./H \ ~^-—-\ ^> ^ S3 MALTA ^•r .<.;•;....•••• LAND ft ? 1I < USSR A \ RUMANIA ''--W /BULGARIA^. V .•• / /^^x*\ "1' ' V E\ 3ff' Y CYP f .^ If OS 472 FLIGHT, 13 /Jy»r// 1961 Air service licences cost money, and fees are related to the desirability of the area applied for. This map shows Areas I, II and III. Area IV covers the UK to anywhere else in the world. Area V covers services from a point outside the UK to another less than 1,500 n.m. away; Area VI is the same as V but for services between points more than 1,500 n.m. apart. For fees see Table 2. WORLD AIRLINES SURVEY . . . Britain's New Board . . . What sort of men constitute the Board? Are they experts in airtransport? What do they get paid? The members of the Board (see portraits) are of the sort de-scribed by Ministers as '"wise men." They are not professional air transport people—though one, Mr A. H. Wilson, has a usefulbackground of public service to the industry as a senior civil servant in the Ministry. Sir Friston How, another member, servedfor a period in the civil aviation branch of the Air Ministry 20 years ago. The members are drawn from various walks of life—the law,road transport, industry, universities. The chairman, appointed a few days go, is Professor Jack, an economist and industrial peace-maker who is another non-aviation "wise man." It is noteworthy that this new chairman is an economist and not a lawyer; this isperhaps a good omen, because the issues before the Board will invariably be economic rather than judicial, and will (or should) beargued out by economists and not by hired lawyers speaking from a brief supplied by the specialists. The salaries of the members of the Board are not yet published;they are fixed by the Minister. Is their decision final?No; any party to a particular case can appeal to the Minister against any decision of the Board, provided the appeal is lodgedwithin 21 days. The appeal (which might well involve the appel- lant in costs) is heard by an independent commissioner, and newevidence is admissible on certain conditions. But the Minister can reject the commissioner's report, and it may turn out that thispower means supreme power over licensing. The appeals-machinery is likely to prove an extremely important part of the whole licensing system. Can an independent, having been granted a licence, just not bother tooperate the service, thus keeping other dogs out of its manger? It can—but one of the other dogs would then bark for the dog-in- the-manger's licence to be revoked. Do charter operations come under the jurisdiction of the Board?Very much so—though it depends on what is meant by the word charter, and this is carefully defined in the Regulations.If somebody wants to charter an aircraft to carry freight or Table 2: Description of licence Class A Licence for:— Area I service Area II serviceArea III service Area IV service Area V service Area VI service Any other Licence:— (a) for a restricted num-ber of journeys .. (b) for an unrestrictednumber of journeys Licence Applicationfee £ 25 50100 200 100 200 25 25 s 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 d 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 Fees Fee for grant * £ 25 50200 400 200 400 s 0 00 0 0 0 nil 50 0 d 0 00 0 0 0 0 Annual £ 40 80160 400 160 400 10 60 s 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 Fee d 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 A Class C licence costs £2 to apply for, if the application is noipublished by the Board. * Or for variation, suspension or revocation
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