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Chimbu chuckles
And this from the same administration that got it's knickers in a twist over a 744 flying 3 engines across the pond?
Is it any wonder that aviation administrations the world over get so little respect from professionals?
Someone should point out to them that they cannot have their cake and eat it too.
Just for overview: how many long range-planes scheduled for delivery in, say, 2007 are destined to US flag carriers?
FAA does not control the civil aviation authorities of Europe, or United Arab Emirates et cetera.