"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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Actually Meeks does not feel that general aviation is a threat and has
expressed his views in private to some of us. He writes these articles to
appear to comply with NBC's point of view so that they will be published,
but attempts to make that point of view look ridiculous.

IMHO, he didn't do a very good job with this last article, if that was the
intent. The one quote from AOPA was included without any other supporting
data, making it look like AOPA is just putting their heads in the sand.

He also allowed to go without comment the statement from the government that
GA planes are capable of producing an explosion similar to that of a
"medium-sized truck bomb" (e.g. Oklahoma), in spite of his early description
of typical GA airplanes weighing less than a Honda Civic fully loaded. How
he thinks a medium-sized truck bomb can fit in a Honda Civic isn't clear,
but allowing ridiculous statements from the government to be quoted without
rebuttal is the same as agreeing with them.

I agree that Meeks has in the past made vague indications to being
sympathetic to the plight of GA. However, I would not characterize him as
being clearly pro-GA or fully cognizant of the threat or lack thereof of GA.
This latest article just shows how far from being pro-GA he really is. He
had a great opportunity to provide some fair reporting, and instead just
quoted the GAO and TSA for the most part, letting their silly statements
stand without contradiction.

Pete