Jay Honeck wrote:
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, stating that all we wanted to do was get off the ground before
dark, since neither of us were legal to fly at night.



So whats it going to take for you to get Night Current? It would take a
whole LOT of personal pressure off of you in these sorts of situations?

I'd hate to loose Rec.Aviation's resident Innkeeper to a hasty departure
related case of Get-There-Itis.

And yea, you've got it lucky. We get all sorts of TFR's down in my neck
of the woods.. Remember, Bush Jr lives not too many air miles away, and
Bush senior lives across town, but all the dignitaries fly into EFD, one
of the places I fly out of. I dont forsee too many democratic
appearances here.. Texas is hardly considered a "swing state" but enough
of the other VIP's keeps things interesting.

I'm sorry you had a bad experience, but what was reasonable in your mind
was unreasonable in theirs (security staff). They wanted a sterile ramp
before, during and after "Mr Nobody Candidate's" departure and I doubt
there would have been anything you could have done except call more
attention to yourself. As for the VP being a nobody.. lets not kid
ourselves.. we all know Cheney is running things

Dave
Houston, TX