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		<title>2012 NBAA Schedulers &amp; Dispatchers Conference &#8211; After Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Anne Doty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, the 2012 NBAA Schedulers &#038; Dispatchers Conference is over; so, now let’s talk about it.  We’ll do a little Monday morning quarterbacking over some coffee.]]></description>
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		<title>Business Aviation: Another Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Findley</dc:creator>
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Recently I was talking with a friend about business flying.  He is not in business nor is he a pilot.  But he had trouble getting around the notion that business aircraft are all about excessive luxury for the super-wealthy.  I commented that there might be some merit to his claim if the majority of business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Congress Ever Fund the FAA for longer than 30 days at a time?</title>
		<link>http://www.planeconversations.com/2011/07/08/will-congress-ever-fund-the-faa-for-longer-than-30-days-at-a-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Howell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of us under the big umbrella of aviation (airlines and GA) don’t agree all of the time but for once we all agree to the necessity of funding the FAA and the development of airports and Next Gen air traffic control systems. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dangerous or Different?</title>
		<link>http://www.planeconversations.com/2011/04/27/dangerous-or-different/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If an event is outside the norm, does that automatically qualify it as dangerous?]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Close the BARR</title>
		<link>http://www.planeconversations.com/2011/03/11/dont-close-the-barr/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planeconversations.com/2011/03/11/dont-close-the-barr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davis</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.planeconversations.com/?p=5670</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At heart, what is at stake is aircraft owners' right to privacy in regard to their own private vehicles.]]></description>
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		<title>Conference on General Aviation Trends in China a Success</title>
		<link>http://www.planeconversations.com/2010/12/04/conference-on-general-aviation-trends-in-china-a-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planeconversations.com/2010/12/04/conference-on-general-aviation-trends-in-china-a-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 18:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Howell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.planeconversations.com/?p=5468</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The purpose of the conference was to get people together from China and the US who work in the government and private sectors of aviation together to dialogue and exchange knowledge on the developments and trends in General Aviation in China.]]></description>
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		<title>Change of Guard in DC Should be Good for Aviation in the US</title>
		<link>http://www.planeconversations.com/2010/11/12/change-of-guard-in-dc-should-be-good-for-aviation-in-the-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planeconversations.com/2010/11/12/change-of-guard-in-dc-should-be-good-for-aviation-in-the-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Howell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could it be that the recent US elections and the resulting significant changes in Congress could finally break through the deadlock over FAA reauthorization and NextGen implementation?]]></description>
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		<title>Politics, the November Elections in the US and Business Aviation</title>
		<link>http://www.planeconversations.com/2010/10/14/politics-the-november-elections-in-the-us-and-business-aviation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planeconversations.com/2010/10/14/politics-the-november-elections-in-the-us-and-business-aviation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Howell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.planeconversations.com/?p=5364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In less than three weeks those of us in the US will go to the voting polls to cast our votes in what we call the mid term elections. When you go to the polls to cast your vote, think about voting for the candidate who is most likely to support small business and free market capitalism. ]]></description>
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		<title>Flying in Australia &#8211; Getting Licensed</title>
		<link>http://www.planeconversations.com/2010/09/17/flying-in-australia-getting-licensed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planeconversations.com/2010/09/17/flying-in-australia-getting-licensed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Harmon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.planeconversations.com/?p=5201</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm here, I'm ready to get into the air.  All I need is a license to do it, but that is taking a little longer than I anticipated.]]></description>
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		<title>Is the US Export Import Bank giving foreign air carriers an unfair advantage?</title>
		<link>http://www.planeconversations.com/2010/09/14/is-the-us-export-import-bank-giving-foreign-air-carriers-an-unfair-advantage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.planeconversations.com/2010/09/14/is-the-us-export-import-bank-giving-foreign-air-carriers-an-unfair-advantage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Howell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an article in The Street online magazine titled “Why US Airlines pay more to finance jets” an interesting issue is raised about how the US Export Import Bank might be giving unfair advantage to the strongest of competitors to the US major air carriers.]]></description>
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