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FAA Grounds Migrating Whooping Cranes For One Month In Alabama, Grants Them One Time License To Continue

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Image by wolfstad via Flickr"][/caption] Nine endangered whooping cranes, migrating from Wisconsin to Florida, recently spent a month grounded in Alabama, after the FAA decided that their “pilot guides” were operating in violation of a regulation which prohibits them from receiving pay for their services.  The pilots, who work for Operation…