§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many trips scheduled by British airline operators have been notified to his Department by the British Airline Pilots Association as being planned outside the guideline limits laid down in C.A.P. 295; in how many cases his Department has instructed such schedules to be brought within the guideline limits and in how many cases permission has been given to operators to schedule trips beyond the guideline limits laid down for the furtherance of safety in C.A.P. 295.
§ Mr. NobleThe answer to the first part of the Question is 52 including trips notified as a result of B.A.L.P.A. representations to the airline operator; the answer to the second part is that changes were required in seven cases. As regards the third part, the schedules were carefully examined in conjunction with aeromedical specialists and, except for the seven required to be changed were found not to extend beyond the reasonable flexibility provided for in C.A.P. 295 and C.A. Form 1238.