Airlines are worried about the consequences of abolishing winter time.   
   According to industry associations IATA, Airlines4Europe and IATA, this   
   creates chaos in the schedules for passenger and cargo flights.   
       
   The discussion about summer and winter time is a hot topic at the annual   
   meeting, which will be held this week in Edinburgh. The ERA fears, just like   
   fellow organizations, that the abolition of winter time creates an   
   organizational nightmare.   
       
   Flight planning is currently tuned worldwide to different time zones. A system   
   of summer and winter time is not used all over the world, but that is being   
   worked around. The aviation sector fears that by changing the current system,   
   various connections between international and regional flights will be   
   jeopardized.   
       
   Should the abolition of the winter season become reality, then the aviation   
   organizations will require a minimum of eighteen months to adjust. Preferably,   
   the fixing of daylight saving time takes place only with effect from the   
   summer season of 2021.   
      
   --- D'Bridge 3.99 SR33   
    * Origin: AVIATION ECHO HQ (2:292/854)