How Free Are the Skyways?
By Blair Bolles,
Foriegn Policy Association
Contents
Why Is Freedom of the Air a Peacetime Problem?
- Does anybody own the air?
- What is our stake?
- The international air pioneers
- The plane as an instrument of aggression
- The economic fear
How Serious Are the Obstacles to Freedom?
- Freedom of transit
- Operational stops
- Stopping to do business
- Picking up business en route
- Prewar cooperation
- The prewar routes
- Air commerce during the war
- Wartime mileage increases
- ATC and NATS
- More routes planned
- More countries in the airways
- The Chicago aviation conference
- Familiar fears
- Conference disagreements
Will Postwar Flying Be Quick and Cheap?
- We are betting on these
- Britain’s contenders
- Are there too many planes on hand now?
- How many paying passengers?
- How much must they pay?
- How much freight?
- Are the prospects good or bad?
What Are the “Five Freedoms” of Air Transport?
- What do they mean?
- Results of the Chicago conference
- Issues that remain
- Aids to discussion
- Questions for discussion
