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My next speaking engagement isn\u2019t until September 14 at the Automotive Fleet &amp; Leasing Association\u2019s Annual Conference in Rancho Mirage, California.<\/p>\n<p>Though I\u2019m not looking forward to the seven hours of air travel (including connection time) from Pittsburgh, I gotta admit that I\u2019m really looking forward to the scenery in Rancho Mirage. Check out these photos\u2026<\/p>\n<p>For that scenery, I\u2019d even consider driving there as one of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/contingency-plans\/\">contingency plans<\/a> should the air travel situation get more precarious!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Recommended Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/course\/view.php?id=21-2\">Improving Quality in the Supply Chain<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\">Procurement Strategy Development<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/course\/view.php?id=17\">Executing a Global Sourcing Strategy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\">Tactical vs. Strategic Procurement Splits<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/products\/procurement-in-2025-five-megatrends-and-their-implications\">Procurement in 2025: Five Megatrends and Their Implications<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><b>NLPA Learning<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b>\u00a0Looking for authoritative procurement templates, tools, webinars, and more? Stop trying to create resources from scratch and start taking advantage of having exactly what you need right at your fingertips in\u00a0NLPA Learning.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of course, everyone has heard the news about the air [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Air Travel Headaches and Air Travel Security \u2013 NLPA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Of course, everyone has heard the news about the air travel headaches (on a minor scale) and air travel security (on a major scale). 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