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Airlines warn changing daylight saving time would disrupt scheduling

Airlines are warning that changes to existing practices around Daylight Saving Time (DST) would have a major impact on the industry and that changes would need to be implemented over time to account for challenges it would create for scheduling.Airlines for America (A4A), a trade group that represents leading air carriers in the U.S., released a statement this week which warned that changes to DST "would have considerable implications for aviation, including passenger disruption, crew and aircraft positioning, and domestic and international connectivity issues.""Airlines operate expansive inte...