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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>MN Wing Pilots, I am writing to you today as I want to clear up what has been a common misunderstanding of the rules regarding mission numbers and priority given to them.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I recently had a conversation with a pilot who wanted to take an airplane from another crew based on his mission number being higher priority. I originally agreed as I had been told that many times in the past. After further review and investigation, I found the document that is attached to this email. Please read it. This document will be on our intranet site for all to see and share. It states that there is NO priority given based on number. It makes a lot of sense and makes me wonder how we ever got to recognizing the number means priority myth in the first place. Think about it, a person wanting to fly an A12 mission would have priority and can take a previously scheduled plane away from someone doing oflights? Makes no sense. Or that a brand new member wanting to fly the onboarding A0 mission has priority over all? Not logical. Our SUI team plans their flights months in advance and needs to coordinate with many people to get their work done. Does it make any sense for their flight, planned months in advance to be bumped by an O Flight? I hope you can all see that the numbers cannot denote priority and will continue to work together when scheduling planes to avoid any conflicts. Do not schedule over other flights thinking you have priority. If you must use a specific plane that is previously scheduled, please work it out with the other pilot or find a different one. Please read the attached document<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img width=248 height=43 style='width:2.5833in;height:.45in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D88EFB.8EE66930"></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#04427A'><br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#04427A'>Capt. Greg Erickson<br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>MN Wing, Director of Operations</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray'><br>(C) 612.207.9647<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#04427A'>U.S. Air Force Auxiliary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>gocivilairpatrol.com</span></a><u><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#05539B'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Civil-Air-Patrol/107647995924164"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=29 height=29 style='width:.3in;height:.3in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D88EFB.8EE66930" alt=FB></span></a><a href="http://instagram.com/civil__air__patrol"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#05539B;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=29 height=29 style='width:.3in;height:.3in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D88EFB.8EE66930" alt=Flickr></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/civilairpatrol"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#05539B;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=29 height=29 style='width:.3in;height:.3in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.png@01D88EFB.8EE66930" alt=Twitter></span></a><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/civilairpatrol/sets/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#05539B;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=29 height=29 style='width:.3in;height:.3in' id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.png@01D88EFB.8EE66930" alt=white-large-chiclet></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#05539B'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>