Plastic Pilot Certificates Mandatory in 2009

And a smuggler of drugs, a terrorist or just a "good old
boy" in Alaska doesn't need a pilots certificate just to fly
an airplane. But government agents act as though just
passing some law or rule solves the problem.



wrote in message
oups.com...
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| The Canadian government has just announced that pilot
and
| mechanic's licenses will be issued in a form similar to a
passport
| booklet, complete with picture and other security
features, and
| separate pages for various ratings or whatever. Everyone
should have
| one by mid-2008, IIRC. We've had the plastic AME license
for some time
| now. Pilot licenses are still paper.
| But that booklet isn't going to fit in my wallet.
More stuff to
| pack around separately :-(
|
| Dan
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