AOPA have attended the DOTARS briefing with the airlines and peak industry body and will be formulating our response over the break.
There are a number of proactive alternatives being considered that can deliver a win win solution for us all.
I, personally, don't believe it will be necessary to man the barricades and roll out the tumbrils.
And whilst I am on the subject, when I were a lad, getting an pilot license issued was a similar process to getting a passport. That is positive identification, birth certificate, signed passport photo, the whole schlemeil.
The issue of a license then allowed you to operate as a crew member or exercise the privilege of your license internationally using the license without necessarily the benefit of a Passport .
Why should it now be any different?
In the meantime if you have any ideas we would be grateful to hear them.
Andrew Kerans is running with this for the moment
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