Pilot runs out of fuel waiting for security clearance

"John Harlow" wrote in
:


This whole thing is either going to blow over in another year or two,
or it's going to get worse. Do you think that you are going to be able
to do anything about it if the TSA decides to put in Permanent
Restrictions that ARE effective at protecting the country from a GA
Suicide Bomber?

You have totally missed the points.

1 - TSRs _only_ impact law abiding people. Circles on a sectional will
not stop someone out to kill themselves.

True for small TFRs like the stadium TFRs. But not true for the ADIZ and
larger TFRs (like 30NM Presidential ones). If a controller sees a 1200
squawk within 30NM of Washington, DC, what do you think happens next?

2 - GA had *nothing* to do with 9/11, and GA is the *only* group
affected by TSRs.

GA is what the people are afraid of because the TSA has been able to
convince people that waving a metal detector wand in front of all the
passengers on airlines and taking away tweasers is security enough to
cover them, and now they are safe. "But what about those little planes
who don't go through security?" people ask. So the TSA's answer is, "We
put restrictions on them, and now you are safe again."

What "restrictions" could they possibly put in place to effectively
prevent a "GA suicide bomber" anyway? Pull a Daley and bulldoze all
the grass strips and farms in the country?

How about metal detectors and airline-style security systems in all
airports? Or Permanent Flight Restrictions in the areas that are now
Temporary, or more ADIZ Zones preventing GA pilots from flying over
populated areas without discrete transponder codes and two-way
communication with ATC?