"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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"bob" wrote in message
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So what can I expect? I've already figured out that the Secret Service
isn't going to arrest me. My biggest concern is what it will do to my
insurance costs when I renew next year. Should I bother filing the
NASA ASRS form? Since I'm a PP-ASEL and flying is a hobby, I don't
otherwise care a lot if my license is suspended for a time or I end up
with a record.

Definitely fill out a NASA report.

I agree. In addition to the protection from any enforcement action, it
provides useful safety information to NASA, which is the primary reason for
having the form.

The couple of people I know that have busted TFRs (President not VP) have
had nothing done other than a couple of questions.

My experience, too (though not with TFRs) is that ATC is reluctant to take
formal action with regard to inadvertent infringements that caused no harm.

I don't see how insurance companies could care, you didn't cost them
anything.

Insurance companies ask about enforcement actions; they wouldn't ask if they
didn't care. Presumably the reason they care is that an enforcement action
shows that a pilot was unable or unwilling to follow a reasonable safety
rule--which, in some future situation, could indeed cost the insurance
company money.

--Gary