asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation when he proposes to insist on the employment of flight operations officers in British Overseas Airways Corporation as recommended in Annex 1 and 6 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation.

Neither Annex recommends the employment of such officers by airline companies.

Is it not a fact that the Annexes provide for employment of these officers and that other national airlines have found that they greatly aid the safety of operations?

What these Annexes do is to lay down the qualifications for such people, if they are employed.