Mr. Wilkinson's paper (July 1963 Journal, pp. 421-6) will doubtless be universally applauded by airline management. One can only hope that it receives equal attention from those responsible for the education of Graduate Engineers.

His point about economic training is basic. It is extraordinary how, as professions evolve, certain fundamentals appear to be lost. From the earliest days of Engineering, an Engineer was denned at “a man who could do for a penny what any fool can do for twopence.” I think if the point were raised with most Engineers they would all admit that economy is at the very root of the profession. Nevertheless, how true Mr. Wilkinson is when he points how that Engineers receive little or no formal economic training in their basic education.