§ 8. Sir A. V. Harveyasked the President of the Board of Trade how many airline pilots have become redundant since 1st June, 1967.
§ Mr. J. P. W. MallalieuThis information is not available.
§ Sir A. V. HarveyWhy is it not available? The troubles now going on, the go-slow at B.E.A. and the more recent cut in the travel allowance will all have a very detrimental effect on this profession? How does he think he will get peace in the profession if he does not know what is going on?
§ Mr. MallalieuThe fact of the matter appears to be that if a pilot is declared redundant today he is re-employed tomorrow and does not sign on, so the figures do not appear.
§ Mr. FortescueDoes not the hon. Gentleman agree that in a very few years there will be a great shortage of pilots in Britain because of the retirement of very many ex-Service pilots who joined independent airlines and Corporation airlines immediately after the war?
§ Mr. MallalieuI do not think I can agree to that, because I understand that there are likely to be large-scale redundancies of R.A.F. pilots in the course of the next few years.