In article , Greg Farris
wrote:

So now fixed-wing aircraft must be "UNLESS AUTHORIZED AND BEING CONTROLLED
BY ATC" in that particular corridor.

This helps how?

If it calms the anti-GA rhetoric, IT HELPS.

If it fuels the ignorance of politicians, the media, and the general public,
then it does NOT help. Serioulsy, does it help people understand that
ATC isn't some all-knowing, all-powerful thing that can prevent every
accident if us dumb pilots were being controlled?

If it forces a few people to talk to ATC who didn't want to, well what would
be
a sound, responsible justification for wanting to fly through the middle of
NYC
at 1000ft WITHOUT talking to anyone?

I would think that the answer to your question lies in the purpose of
having a VFR corridor there in the first place.



Are we being a bit spoilt here?

No. For me, I've never flown the VFR corridor and probably never will.
But I'm not going to cop the attitude of "it doesn't effect me, so I don't care"
(I'm not saying that you are doing that). A sore spot with me is imposing
rules that don't directly address the need/desire and have adverse side effects.

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Bob Noel
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