Jay Honeck wrote:
AOPA or the like should help make examples of these pilots, in a big
public way. "We won't tolerate ignorance among our own and suggest
immediate revocation of their flying privileges".


At first blush upon reading this I thought "How ridiculous!"

However, the more I consider it, the more I think John is onto something
here. If we, the pilot community, don't do something to make it apparent
that these morons who keep busting the TFRs are NOT representative of the
rest of us, nor do they reflect the predominant attitude of most pilots, nor
do they reflect a general lack of intelligence shared by other pilots, I
fear that the federal government is simply going to make the whole danged
East Coast a no-fly zone.

It is indeed unfortunate that the general, non-aviation public only
receives its information from the likes of CNN, MSNBC, etc., etc. When
was the last time any of you saw any mention of the hundreds or even
thousands of pilots small, private airplanes in a responsible and safe
manner. So today we have one person violate the D.C. no-fly zone. The
American people MUST be made to understand that this one very, very tiny
incident when taken in the context of many GA flights go unnoticed day
in and day out.
Arnold Sten