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748 RIGHT International, 9 November 1967 AIR TRANSPORT . . . Three of the newly appointed members of the Edwards Com- mittee. From left to right, Mr A. W. Fisher, Mr P. She/bourne and Dr M. G. Kendall. See story on this page EDWARDS COMMITTEE STARTS WORK With the appointments, announced at the end of last week of the remaining members of the Edwards Committee of inquiry into the civil air transport industry, and of the assessor and the secretary, work can now be started. The members, in addition to Sir Ronald Edwards, chairman, and Sir Hugh Tett, deputy chairman, already announced (see Flight for September 14, page 426, and September 28, page 521), are Mr A. W. Fisher (a trades union official), Dr M. G. Kendall (a statistician and business consultant), Mr P. Shelbourne (a banker) and Capt F. A. Taylor, MVO, DFC (a former airline captain). The assessor is Mr S. F. Wheatcroft (an airline economics consultant) and the secretary is Mr A. G. Manzie. The name of the final member. Sir Reginald Wilson, a State Corporation chairman, was announced just before we closed for press. Last wek we made enquiries about ithe programme and whether the initial report will be ready (as hoped for by the President of the Board of Trade when the inquiry was announced) by next spring. The first, procedural, meeting was held last Monday, November 6. and the committee will start to take evidence almost immediately; a press notice inviting evi- dence is being issued. The meetings will be held in the Council Room of the Electricity Council Building. 30 Millbank, London SW1 (VIC 2333), where the secretary and his staff will work. The date on which the first report will be made cannot yet be estimated, but the chairman has "taken note of" the BoT's hoped-for, and now optimistic, spring 1968 deadline. For the record, the terms of reference of the committee are: "To inquire into the economic and financial situation and pros- pects of the British civil air transport industry and into the methods of regulating competition and of licensing currently employed: and to propose, with due attention to other forms of transport in this country, what changes may be desirable to enable the industry to make its full contribution to the develop- ment of the economy and to the service and safety of the travelling public." Brief biographical details of the new members and the assessor follow: — Mr Fisher (age 44) is General Secretary (Designate) of the National Union of Public Employees. Dr Kendall (60) is chairman of CEIR Ltd, business consul- tants, and was professor of statistics in the University of London from 1949 to 1961 before his appointment as managing director of CEIR in 1962. He was president of the Royal Statis- tical Society in 1960 and has written or assisted in writing many books on statistical theory and methods. Mr Shelbourne (43) has been a partner in the firm of N. M. Rothschild and Sons, merchant bankers, since 1962. After taking a law degree at Oxford University in 1948 and doing research at Harvard Law School in 1949, he was from 1950 to 1962 a barrister specialising in taxation. Capt Taylor (52)—who is also one of the independent advisers to the group reviewing British air safety—joined British South American Airways after war-time Pathfinder duties in the RAF. and joined BOAC after the merger of the two airlines. He flew Argonauts, Britannias and 707s until his retirement last year. Sir Reginald (62) is deputy chairman and managing director of the Transport Holding • Co, the State-owned organisation which looks after British Road Services and other nationalised transport organisations, and which has recently taken a 50 per cent interest in Skyways Coach Air. He is a chartered accoun- tant and was president of the Institute of Transport in 1957-58. Mr Wheatcroft (46). who is air transport consultant and economic adviser to BE A, has, since 1954. practised as a con- sultant and has made studies for various other airlines and manufacturers. He has also undertaken commissions for several governments, including that of Canada in 1958 and again 1965. His books include Air Transport Policy (1964). DC-10 DESIGN GO-AHEAD FURTHER design and development work on the DC-10 medium-haul tri-jet—in the same category as the Lockheed L-1011—was last week authorised by the board of directors of the McDonnell Douglas Corporation. No further design details were announced otheT than that it would be a 300-seater powered by three new-generation turbofans in the 33.0001b- thrust class. Previously released information on Douglas medium-haul jet thinking has shown a special consideration for all-cargo versions with the flight deck above the main cabin floor level — a la Boeing 747. BEA's chairman and top management were briefed last week by senior Douglas execu- tives. The first Dorner Do 27 Skyservant to be supplied to Butler Aviation, the New York distributors, is reported to have been "well received." The original order from Butler for 12 of these twin-engined STOL transports (with options on SO more) has since been increased provisionally to 27, delivery of. which will have been completed during 1968
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