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September 01, 2011

ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 09.01.11

China drops the boom on a private airline.
UAVs will share manned airspace in Kansas.
And Europe adopts common standards for air traffic controllers.

New Zealand Pilots Dropping Paid Briefings

Aviation Groups Warn $100 Annual Cost May Impact Safety

In the US, the federal government subcontracted weather briefings to Lockheed Martin a few years ago, but kept them free to pilots. In New Zealand, the Civil Aviation Authority has pulled its funding for the briefings, and pilots now have to pay $100/year to get them. Since the change took place on August 1, the number of pilots subscribing to the service, called Metflight, has dropped from 5,000 to 277.