§ 147. Mr. Remnantasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, in view of the difficulties which are being experienced by the British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways in the recruitment of air crews, whether he will take steps to introduce training schemes for air crews.
§ Mr. WatkinsonAs I informed my hon. Friend the Member for Brentford and Chiswick (Mr. Lucas) on 17th May, the responsibility for ensuring that a sufficient number of trained pilots is available to British civil aviation rests with the operators themselves. However, a Standing Inter-departmental Committee on Recruitment for Civil Aviation from the Services, on which the Corporations are represented, is at present assessing as190W quickly as possible the potential shortage. Until this has been done, it is not possible to see what, if any, special steps to aid recruitment ought to be taken.