Ari wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:22:57 +0200, Anonymous Remailer wrote:
On another note, home land insecurity is trying to make all private
pilots and small planes conform to the big new anti-terror airline
rules.

Such as what? This is a complete exaggeration of the facts.

While the sweeping statement made by the anonymous poster is incorrect in
parts, the TSA is definitely proposing rules that are (in my humble opinion
anyway) a genuine threat to individual civil liberties, as noted he

http://www.eaa.org/news/2008/2008-10-30_tsa.asp

There are many aircraft weighing over 12,500 pounds owned by individuals or
small partnerships that are only used for private flights. The proposed
rule would ground all those aircraft until the individuals hire a security
director and develop a complete security system that are acceptable to the
TSA. Applying the TSA requirements to them seems pretty absurd.

It is a shame that the TSA isn't trying to propose similar security rules
for trucks and boats - they'd have their political asses hand to them on
their way out the door (I hope - anyway.) It is only natural they focus on
the politically weakest - irrespective of whether it makes sense.