News Roundup - Feb 1955
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Page 63 Curtis on Engineers. The suggestion that the Canadian Government should set up a committee to study ways and means of solving the shortage of engineers in Canada, was made by Air Marshal W.A. Curtis, vice-chairman of the board of A.V. Roe Canada Limited, when he addressed the Aviation Division of the SAE's Canadian Section in Toronto, January 19, 1955. Said A.M. Curtis: "One of the most serious problems facing this important(aircraft) industry is the shortage of engineers. Our build up to the present manufacturing and designing position was made possible to a great extent by inducing a goodly number of experienced men to emigrate to Canada from the U.K., plus a few from the U.S. This source is pretty well dried up now... US aircraft companies have in the last year been recruiting aeronautical engineers in Canada. Avro Aircraft Canada has been renting a considerable number fro the U.S., and, as you know, rentals of this description are a temporary measure. There is a crying demand throughout the aircraft industry for young men with scientific training"Category
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