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June 10, 2011

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 06.10.11

The Blue Angels return to the airshow circuit.
The first Dreamliner pilots are trained and ready.
And ALPA pressures United/Continental to negotiate.

ANN Daily Touch-And-Go: 06.10.11

The Blue Angels return to the airshow circuit.
The first Dreamliner pilots are trained and ready.
And ALPA pressures United/Continental to negotiate.

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Aero-Analysis: FAA's New LODA Policy

Training in Experimentals Returns, But Challenges Remain

The FAA has issued a long awaited and desperately needed document with instructions to its Field Service District Offices (FSDO) on the issuance of Letters of Deviation Authority (LODA) allowing compensated flight instruction in experimental aircraft. For some aircraft classes, such aircraft are the only reasonably available trainers in the US, and an FAA block on new LODA three years ago, and the end of training in E-LSAs last year, has all but wiped out access to primary training for some pilots at the low-cost end of the general aviation spectrum.