Flexibility for Airport Service A NY coach operator trying to run
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a regular service between Birmingham. Airport and the city was between the devil and the deep blue sea, Mr. D. Skelding suggested to the West Midland Traffic Commissioners at Birmingham on Friday.
If the operator delayed departure from the airport beyond the scheduled time to wait for a late plane, he would annoy those passengers waiting to go. If, however, he left on schedule and someone arrived by air five minutes later to find the coach gone, the passenger might complain.
Mr. Skelding was applying on behalf of Sealandair Coaching Ltd., of West Bromwich, for variations in the conditions of their licence (granted last October) to run a service between the city centre and the airport.
The most important variation was to allow a coach to wait at Elmdon up to 20 minutes beyond its advertised departure time if a plane was late. Despite an objection by Birmingham Licensed Taxi Owners' and Drivers' Association the application was granted.
Announcing the Commissioners' decision, the chairman, Mr. J. Else, said they were concerned primarily with the convenience and well-being of the public. The irr:tation at missing a bus had to be balanced against a possible 40-minute wait in the bus for earlier passengers.