Roger Worden wrote:
Some instructors, some clubs, and some FBO may well cease to operate
because of this rule.

Why? How great is the burden of photocopying documents provided by students?

It's a bit deeper than that. About 10% of my students are (were)
resident aliens. Already one stopped training with me, decided
against buying an airplane because apparently he couldn't
be on the registration as a foriegn national, and now he has
returned to New Zealand.

Beyond that, I used to give away logbooks with a dual
entry to everyone I took on a "first ride." I had about 20-30%
success recruiting "walk-in" students this way. I don;t recall
any of these walk-ins having the ID the changes require on their
first "ride."

There's also a simple lack of confidence inspired. If I were
a resident alien, I would be very suspicious of the possibility
of future "improvements" to security, which may effectively
revoke my $5,000+ pilot's license.

Any freshman economics textbook dicusses the "velocity of money."
Essentially, it means that a 10% reduction in sales has an
amplified effect greater than 10%. This is the part about
the FBOs going out of business...

As if the proposed MOA and ATCAA near my own home gliderport weren't
enough to shut us down on it's own...
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Mark J. Boyd