Experimentals To Be Banned To Rural Airports?
"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk @See My Sig.com wrote in message
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Ban homebuilts and Cessna 150's??? What is he thinking? Isn't he concerned
about aviation safety? This makes no sense at all. Did Mr. Walker learn
NOTHING from 9/11? How could he be so unaware? Isn't the danger presented by
large transport aircraft painfully clear? Does he have any concern for public
safety at all?
Yes, small aircraft are sometimes involved in accidents - but what is the
outcome? Beyond the occupants, it exceedingly rare to involve any innocent
bystanders at all. But what happens when one of the flying WMDs comes down in
a populated area? THOUSANDS DEAD!!!
Can you imagine what would happen if a fully loaded 767 were to experience
problems and crash in to a crowded casino - spewing 5,000 gallons of jet fuel
onto thousands of innocent, unsuspecting people? People that he is supposed to
be protecting!
How can he, or any of us, live with ourselves knowing that this kind of
tragedy isn't just possible, but given time, inevitable?
How can he continue to turn a blind eye to this tremendous threat to human
life?
How can we not DEMAND that these large aircraft be banned from flying over or
landing in the vicinity of a populated area? Clearly, at a MINIMUM, any
aircraft with a gross weight over 30,000 pound should absolutely forbidden to
approach within 50 miles of a populated area. And, I suspect, that if Mr.
Walker were to consider this carefully, he would agree that the only way that
we can be safe is if large aircraft are banned from the sky completely.
We went to war with Iraq over WMDs, why do we ignore the ones flying over our
heads every day?
Good, very good. You have me convinced.
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