HC Deb 27 January 1954 vol 522 cc236-7W
Mr. de Freitas

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation to make a statement on the deputation he received from the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators concerning the recognition and status of the Merchant Air Service.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

I received on 7th January a deputation led by Sir Guy Garrod, Chairman of the Air League of the British Empire, and including representatives of the Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators and the British Airline Pilots Association. They presented a number of suggestions for securing recognition and status of civil air crews reflecting the standing of the Merchant Air Service.

I undertook to explore a number of suggestions which would recognise the great and increasing national importance of the Merchant Air Service in peace and in war.