Fuel Problems of the Nation's Public Transportation System Resulting from the Current Energy Shortage: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session ... March 4, 5, and 7, 1974U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974 - 205 pages |
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Page 95 - ... the need of each such air carrier for compensation for the transportation of mail sufficient to insure the performance of such service, and, together with all other revenue of the air carrier, to enable such air carrier under honest, economical, and efficient management, to maintain and continue the development of air transportation to the extent and of the character and quality required for the commerce of the United States, the Postal Service, and the national defense.
Page 95 - Such standards respecting the character and quality of service to be rendered by air carriers as may be prescribed by or pursuant to law...
Page 95 - General or an air carrier, (1) to fix and determine from time to time, after notice and hearing, the fair and reasonable rates of compensation for the transportation of mail by aircraft...
Page 95 - ... or is made necessary by conditions of emergency arising from aircraft operation), by each holder of a certificate authorizing the transportation of mail by aircraft, and to make such rates effective from such date as it shall determine to be proper; (2) to prescribe the method or methods, by aircraft-mile, pound-mile, weight, space, or any combination thereof, or otherwise, for ascertaining such rates of compensation for each air carrier or class of air carriers; and (3) to publish the same;...
Page 85 - ... holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board.
Page 95 - In determining the rate in each case, the Board shall take into consideration, among other factors, the condition that such air carriers may hold and operate under certificates authorizing the carriage of mail only by providing necessary and adequate facilities and service for the transportation of mail...
Page 95 - Elements (b) In fixing and determining fair and reasonable rates of compensation under this section, the Authority, considering the conditions peculiar to transportation by aircraft and to the particular air carrier or class of air carriers, may fix different rates for different air carriers or classes of air carriers, and different classes of service.
Page 102 - Years later a court of appeals observed, "the recurring question which has plagued public regulation of industry [is] whether the regulatory agency is unduly oriented toward the interests of the industry it is designed to regulate, rather than the public interest it is designed to protect.
Page 16 - Chairman, if you have any questions I will be glad to try to answer them, or Mr.
Page 21 - I would like to express our appreciation for the opportunity to appear before you today to testify as to the effects that HR 4152 would have on our membership and firms in allied industries.