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Old Feb 22, 2018, 10:55 am
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davidsc111
 
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Originally Posted by FleyeSkyHigh
Additional bad news is that with the old paper certs you would often get more than a year (sometimes up to 18+ months) of certificate validity whereas now it is much closer to just a single year.
True, I always had one in my drawer for last minute flights but I rarely requested these preemptively (before I had a flight booked with available C inventory). Now there is no risk of booking a last minute flight and not having time to get one so unless you use one and then cx the flight (certainly possible) there should be less breakage on our end. Once the OLCI block is solved and finding C inventory isn't like hunting for a unicorn I'll be happy.
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