"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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Airmens' Freedoms Threatened by Harsh Congressional Proposals

As many predicted, the knee jerk congressional response to recent anti
GA news media stories threatens airmens' freedoms. Outrageously
unjust in their ill conceived penalty proposals, new legislative bills
reflect the current administration's siege mentality.

Well, the penalties are clearly ridiculous. But then, so is the ADIZ. It
shouldn't be much of a surprise that the Congress-critters, having gotten
annoyed at having to get out of their chairs and leave the building a couple
of times, would choose this reaction, rather than to pose the serious
question as to what the ADIZ and other flight restrictions in the area are
actually doing (answer: nothing, with respect to protecting DC).

I welcome the study, however. Assuming it's done honestly and efficiently
(two words not well-known among politicians, I realize), it could be just
what we need to get rid of the ADIZ altogether. The one major flaw in the
proposal is that it does not compare the risk to the public presented by
aviation to the risk presented by other forms of transportation. It is
insufficient to identify risks; those risks must be evaluated in context,
something the general public and the government are both chronically rotten
at doing.

Pete