Mr Brown offered no time scale for moving from pilot projects to full-scale implementation of pet passports, but promised it would occur quickly.

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As pilot state programs are fully established and meet expectations, a nation-wide implementation will be considered.

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Using Feb. 8 as a contract implementation date could be worth millions of dollars to the US Airways pilot group.

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