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fUCHT International, 20 August 1964 279 also took account of existing traffic trends and the forecast growth to underline their proposals. (c) Of the five airlines, KLM has the lowest weight LF (47.5 per cent); this is the reason why the percentages in column (iii) are higher than the corresponding ones in column (ii), except, of course, KLM's percentage, which drops from 23.4 to 20.1. If, however, KLM's LF would be more in the range of the other four airlines (53-57 per cent) the percentages in column (iii) would practically be similar to those in columns (ii). (d) Some airlines are aiming too high; this results in a total of 112.58 per cent for column (iv). TABLE A (LATEST PROPOSALS) Airline Air France KLM Sabena Lufthansa Alitalia Totals CTK (Scheduled) (i) 32.0 22.4 "I f-31.3 8.9 J 17.918.8 100.0 CTK (ii) 31.8 23.4-) ^32.6 9.2j17.5 18.1 100.0 Total LTK (iii) 32.4 20.1 "I ^29.8 9.7j 18.918.9 100.0 Share Pro- posed by (iv) 32.5 ^27.0 * J26.75 26.33 112.58 * Benelux share. (2) In order to establish whether an airline's share proposal is higher than its actual share (either CTK or total LTK) the following information is set out in Table B: (i) by how much the share proposal exceeds (+) or remains below (-) the actual CTK share (scheduled and non-scheduled); (ii) ditto for the total LTK share; (iii) average (i) and (ii). TABLE B EXCESS (+ OR -) Airline Air France KLM and Sabena Lufthansa Alitalia Totals (0 + 0.70-5.60 +9.25+8.23 + 12.58 (ii) +0.10-2.80 +7.85+7.43 + 12.58 (iii) +0.40 -4.20 +8.55 +7.83 + 12.58 (3) Table C contains the same information as Table A but excludes KLM, and column (iv) shows the agreed shares before KLM applied to join Air Union:— TABLE C (PREVIOUS PROPOSALS) Airline Air France Sabena Lufthansa Alitalia Totals CTK (Sche- duled) 41.3 11.5 24.2 23.0 100.0 CTK (sen. and non-sch.) 41.6 12.0 22.8 23.6 100.0 Total LTK 40.5 12.0 23.7 23.8 100.0 Agreed Shares 34.0 10.0 30.0 26.0 100.0 (4) Table D shows again the excess for the four airlines based on table C (+ or -):— TABLE D Airline Air France Sabena ... Lufthansa Alitalia Totals (i) -7.6 -2.0+ 7.2 +2.4 0.0 (ii) -6.5 , -2.0 + 6.3 +2.2 0.0 (iii) -7.0 -2.0+ 6.7 +2.3 0.0 (5) How did the Air Union airlines react to KLM's applica- tion? From the above details it is evident that: (a) Air France improved its bargaining position, from a share 7 per cent too "modest" to a realistic one being only J per cent above its actual performance; (b) Alitalia, whose original share exceeded its performance by 2 per cent, is now 8 per cent above that level; (c) Lufthansa was apparently not content with an excess of 6J per cent; it now stands at 8J Per cent; (d) Sabena's share was 2 per cent short of its Performance but its position worsened after it paired with KLM, as their combined share is now 4 per cent short. (6) Conclusion: KLM, being late in the market, claimed (with Sabena) a 27 per cent share of the cake. Their combined performance should entitle them to a 31 per cent share. The Belgian partner was even more modest and settled for a combined 20 per cent share. Air France, Lufthansa and Alitalia, who between them are responsible for approx 70 per cent of the total traffic, allowed the Benelux operators a share of only 18, 19 and 19 per cent respectively. This utterly unrealistic offer made by these three airlines is, in my opinion, the real reason why KLM rejected the Brussels proposals, thereby strengthened in its decision by the excessively high shares demanded by Lufthansa and Alitalia. A realistic basis would be: Air France 32J per cent, Benelux 31 per cent, Alitalia 18% per cent and Lufthansa 18 per cent. Cheam, Surrey R. c. DE BRUIN Rearward-facing Seats SIR,—Mr Upton, whose letter was published in your issue of August 6, is incorrect in supposing that it was left to an independent airline to experiment with rearward-facing seats. The three Argonauts of Aden Airways, which, of course, is a 100 per cent subsidiary of BOAC, were in service until the end of last year and were fitted with rearward-facing seats on the international routes between Aden, Cairo, Bahrein and Nairobi. The reason for this was the same as that which I presume applies in the case of British United Airways, that these aircraft were also used when on charter to the Air Ministry, and it was uneconomic to change the seats round dependent on who was flying in them. The only passenger reactions of which I am aware were that some passengers stated that it was the first aircraft they had travelled in which "flew backwards," and that passengers trying to get the quietest seats tended to walk forward and put themselves in the noisiest ones, being mislead by the direction in which the seats were facing. Khormaksar, Aden J. w. BOOTH, Chairman, Aden Airways SIR,—With reference to letters in Flight International of August 6 on the subject of aircraft seating: may I say that both the gentlemen concerned appear to be living in a fools' paradise ? Until such time as pilot fatigue is taken into account by operators (and here Independents, without exception, are by far the worst offenders) and public pressure is brought to bear on the Ministry of Aviation to do some drastic and realistic rethinking along medical lines with regard to pilots' working hours and limits, since the present ones as laid down in the latest amendment to the Air Navigation Act appear to be based on nothing but commercial considera- tions and certainly do not protect pilots from overwork and excessive fatigue—until such time as these matters are put right, and only then, will arguments as to whether aircraft seats should face backwards or forwards cease to sound like something out of the "Funnies." Forest Row, Sussex N. FARRAN FORTHCOMING EVENTS Aug 20-23 PFA: International rally, Rochester. Aug 23 Aosta Aero Club: International rally, Aosta. Aug 26 Kronfeld Club: "Light Helicopters," by R. B. Stratton. Aug 26-29 A GARD A vionics Panel: Ionospheric Research Com- mittee Symposium on "Spread-F and its Effects upon Radiowave Propagation and Communication," Copenhagen. Aug 27- FAI: World Aerobatic Championships, Bilbao, Sept 8 Spain. Aug 29-30 Cerrina Air School: 3rd international tour of Pied- mont, Turin/Orbessano-Bruino. Aug 30 Ravenna Aero Club: International rally, Ravenna.
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