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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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Veterans entering air-freight business face red tape from Civil Aeronautics Board, unable to get certification due to opposition from big airlines in hearings. CAB member Harold A. Jones eloquently supports airlines' view, prompting American Airlines counsel Dan Gribbon to accidentally imply bias. Despite Air Force need for air-cargo fleet, Northwest Airlines counsel Seth Richardson deems it inopportune.
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Veterans going into the air-freight business are still snarled in red tape, can't get Government certification from the Civil Aeronautics Board. In formal hearings, the Board has been lined up almost solidly behind the big airlines which are opposing the veterans.
One CAB member, Harold A. Jones, was so eloquent in expressing the big airlines' point of view that the grateful American Airlines counsel, Dan Gribbon, injudiciously let slip this remark in front of everyone:
"Mr. Jones, I don't think you could have put your company's policy into better words."
Jones coughed nervously, colored with embarrassment.
Note—The Air Force has announced the urgent need for building up an air-cargo fleet. Yet usually astute Seth Richardson, counsel for Northwest Airlines, testified:
"This whole setup is inopportune. There may be need for an air-freight industry five or ten years from now, but not now."
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Veterans seeking air-freight certification are opposed by big airlines in CAB hearings, with member Harold A. Jones supporting airlines' views, leading to Dan Gribbon's slip revealing bias; Air Force needs air-cargo but Seth Richardson opposes immediate development.