ATC visit questions?? (Operation rain check)

("Steven P. McNicoll" wrote)
How does one look American?

"Montblack" wrote
Look like an out of work roofer.

Hey I resemble that remark. I are one! (kinda) ;^)
--
Jim in NC

a pilot certificate in and of itself is not.. it does not have a photo
based on that I could call my self Ben and use your certificate to get into
the tower

"Ben Hallert" wrote in message
oups.com...
Shouldn't showing your pilot certificate be adequete? Either way, it
seems kinda sad. Trading an insignificant amount of added safety for a
significant hassle that'll just discourage more and more people from
aviation.

Ben Hallert
PP-ASEL

wrote:
This is sad.. I am a permanent resident flight school owner (Part 61).
We have non citizen pilots, students. Obviously they all went through
the TSA process. Yet we cannot go to tracon..

I guess it is OK for me to train people but I am considered terrorist
when I want to go to the facility.

Well, they didn't say that they wouldn't let non-citizens in, they just
asked for my country of citizenship. Being a Yankee, I don't know what
extra the non-citizens had to do.

Do you have a link on information on a Operation Rain Check in the
San Francisco (probably Norcal) area? I called around and didn't
get anywhere.

Thanks in advance.

Gerald



wrote:
I was wondering if has anyone visited ATC facilities recently and had
to prove US citizenship. I have heard some people that visited Potomac
Approach were not asked for this, but Seattle Approach keeps blocking
non-citizens including permanent residents.

Thanks..

Baha Acuner
www.AcuWings.com

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"buttman" wrote in message
ups.com...

I visited Columbus Tower/TRACON last spring and they never asked us for
any citizenship papers. We all looked american so they ptobably didn't
care.
How does one look American?

if anyone replies, please provide references.


grin

Gerald

He didn't say he was a pilot.

"Ben Hallert" wrote in message
oups.com...
Shouldn't showing your pilot certificate be adequete? Either way, it
seems kinda sad. Trading an insignificant amount of added safety for a
significant hassle that'll just discourage more and more people from
aviation.

Ben Hallert
PP-ASEL

Seattle Center told me that Canadians were not allowed to tour their
tower.

Y'all come over here, you can even take over for 10 minutes while the
controller goes out for a smoke

Tony
--

Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE

In article . com,
wrote:

I was wondering if has anyone visited ATC facilities recently and had
to prove US citizenship. I have heard some people that visited Potomac
Approach were not asked for this, but Seattle Approach keeps blocking
non-citizens including permanent residents.

Thanks..

Baha Acuner
www.AcuWings.com

So...what's the problem Tony? You're a Brit!

- - - -

Al

tony roberts wrote:
Seattle Center told me that Canadians were not allowed to tour their
tower.

Y'all come over here, you can even take over for 10 minutes while the
controller goes out for a smoke

Tony

We do regular ATC tours here in Dayton, OH and all noncitizens are
barred from attending, including the chief flight instructor who
organizes the tour.




"Jimmy B." wrote in news:e_b7f.881$AS6.3
@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net:

wrote:
I was wondering if has anyone visited ATC facilities recently and had
to prove US citizenship. I have heard some people that visited
Potomac
Approach were not asked for this, but Seattle Approach keeps blocking
non-citizens including permanent residents.

Thanks..

Baha Acuner
www.AcuWings.com

I attended an Operation Raincheck last week at Potomac. They asked
for
the citizenship in the initial e-mail and they checked IDs on
entrance.




--
Andrew Sarangan
CFII
http://www.sarangan.org/aviation/

We do regular ATC tours here in Dayton, OH and all noncitizens are
barred from attending, including the chief flight instructor who
organizes the tour.

Are noncitizens barred from =working= at ATC?

Jose
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