The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-27
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Long Awaited Statement of Policy Made -Hot
 Blast by Hedeotk
(By the Associated Press)

1 (By the Associated Press) | The Civil Aeronautics Board has cracked down on non scheduled air carriers. It authorized non-scheduled op- erations for two companies and de- nied similar permission to Il others (one of them of Seattle). 1 In a long-awaited statement of policy. the board said any non- ' scheduled operator between the states and Alaska will be forbidden to make more than eight flights in one direction within any four-week | period.
 Amos Heacock. President of the Independent Air Carriers Confer ence of America. issued hot blast against the CAB, at Seattle. He said the stand of the board may ground all scheduled flights be- | tween Seattle and Alaska. ' The board said it will deny tenn porary permits to applicants who have been violating the rules against frequent flights between cities.
 Flights Limited
 Those receiving permits are for bidden to make more than three flights in the same direction within four consecutive weeks between certain large cities specified by the board or more than eight flights in one direction within four weeks be- tween any other pairs of cities. The latter rule will apply to Alaska state flights.
 The board ordered the carriers to count contract flights as well as common carrier or general trans port operations in computing their allotted tota1s.
 Many of the large non-sked car- riers have been complying with the rules. the CAB said. but many others have been concentrating their operations among few large cities. The CAB said it had the ef- feet of being regular route service. Such operations must. to cer- tain degree. be competitive with, and divert traffic from. the certifi- cated (regularly scheduled carriers operating over the same routes" the board said.
 It noted. however. that the air. lines. apparently have not. and probably cannot, fully satisfy the uncertain and unpredictable de- mand for air transportation which is being met by some of the large irregular (non-sked) carriers"
 Special Operations
 The special operations consist of charter flights for groups. business and emergency flights. sometimes to points not on air routes.
 The decisions on permits were the first in preceding covering 96 ap- plications for formal permits. Until now. all such operations have been under extension of general grant which the board cancelled last June 20.
 The first permits went to John- son Flying Service, Missoula. Mont, and Capitol Airways, Inc, in Ten nessee. The II denials were based generally on finding that the appli- cants have not been operating under the authority they already had. and so no need for the proposed service was shown. Denials will be effec- tive in 30 days unless appealed.
 The only Pacific Northwest firm among those denied permits was Consolidated Air Lines. Seattle. It was one of nine denials based on lack of operations or failure to own or control aircraft.
 Heacocks Statement
 In his Seattle statenent, Heacock said:
 All independent air carriers that are making any money now are op- erating outside the law as inter- preted by the CAB. It is impossible for us to conduct our operations on the eight-trip four week sformula."
 Heacock said his firm, Air Trans port Associates. averages six Alaska flights a week. He said coach" fares by the regular schedule lines has driven out non-skeds which operate less frequently.
 'The CAB has violated it's oath of office by destroying. instead of de- veloping. civil aviations." Heacock declared.
 The boards aim is not regula- tions. but extermination of the air lines that led the industry to lower coach fares. to an air freight mar ket. to agricultural labor move- ments and other new fields.'
 He said the Independent Air Car riers Conference will now appeal to the courts of the nation and to public opinion to right this wrong."