§ Major Marloweasked the Minister of Aircraft Production what are the qualifications required of candidates for enrolment in Air Transport Auxiliary; whether any vacancies exist; and whether applications are still invited from suitable applicants?
§ Colonel LlewellinThe qualifications vary with the duties to be undertaken, a high standard of physical as well as of mental fitness being especially necessary in the case of pilots. There are a limited number of vacancies and applications from suitable candidates are invited.
§ Major Marloweasked the Minister of Aircraft Production how many applicants for enrolment in Air Transport Auxiliary who have passed their flight test have not been given employment as ferry pilots?
§ Colonel LlewellinOf 1,500 selected for interview, flight test and medical examination, approximately 400 have been rejected. Without a considerable amount of work it is impossible to say how many who passed their flight test were rejected on other grounds.