Without direct political affiliations. If all parties were to agree
that it would be best for the country to formulate a scheme giving aviation the fullest powers to develop, large advances might be made. Instead Labour, lacking aeronautical fore- and so believing that freighting and charter work would be insignificant, becomes alarmed when there are signs that 11 e independent operators may find a successful business m tf ese directions. Meanwhile the Conservatives will not permit ree competition but like to allow the independent operators ", Chance of continued existence. No party seems to worry Oloput what are the causes of developments or decline in civil aviation, yet on this point the Corporations and the independent f_)Perators would probably agree. Aviation in Great Britain bas been seriously hampered ever since the war by Govern- ieat interference. It would be aided if the Government were to relax its hold upon detailed work. The Conservative theory is therefore the one that people in aviation believe to be right, but they would like to see it acted upon more vigorously. No doubt the Corporations make their voice heard in the Govern- Probably they feel anxious about the threat of increas- ingly efficient competition. But the requirement is not to protect p,Ine Corporations but to rotect aviation itself. And that is best done by increasing thep freedom of all operators.
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