Belle,

First, there is no such thing as a "14-year-old pilot". The regs don't
permit it.

Authorities said the incident raised questions about homeland security
measures in Fort Payne,

Well, yeah, I'd expect "the authorities" to say something like that. It's
still BS.


"We've never had a problem before with planes being stolen, so I guess
we have been a little lax in our security," said Larry Noble Cowart,
who owns Valley Aviation, which runs the airport and owns the airplane
that was taken late Wednesday.

That guy, if quoted correctly, is a great help to GA in
post-9/11-panic-mode times - not!

Man, are GA people ever going to get it?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)