Pilot, possibly intoxicated, flies around Philly for 3 hours

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
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"Dave Stadt" wrote:
Your reasonable is totally UNreasonable in my book. For what reason are
you
creating a prison like facility? What actual problems are you trying to
solve? I don't need an ID badge to drive my car why should I need one
to
fly my plane? My garage does not have continuous surveillence why
should
airports? I don't have a fence around my garage why should GA airports?
Can you provide a reference to support your statement that what you
suggest
is SUPPOSED to be done at airports?


I am not creating a "prison like" facility; quite the contrary, I am
suggesting common sense measures to PREVENT the creation of a "prison
like" facility.

ID cards, gates and fences sure sound like a prison to me.

Fact is, you do need an ID badge to drive your car, it's called a
driver's license.

And I have one for flying called a pilots certificate. In fact we need to
forms of ID to fly, remember?

How you secure your garage is your problem, but I
suspect that you keep your garage locked and when you're not home
neither is your car. I don't live at the airport, so most of the time
my plane is unattended.

My plane is in a locked hangar. Sounds just like a locked garage to me. If
you can't afford a hangar don't expect everyone else to pay for your
imagined need to protect your property.

What I'm hearing from you detractors is that you don't believe there
should be ANY security at GA fields beyond, perhaps, local recognition
on those CAVU days. How are you going to prove to law enforcement that
you are supposed to be on the field if there is a problem?

The airport owners will verify that I belong at the airport. Much more
effective than an an ID card which can be counterfit in minutes. Besides
why does law enforcement care if I "belong" at the airport. Most airports
are public facilities. How would you deal with transients? I see
absolutely no history of these gremlins you seem to see around every corner.

How are you
going to defend the airport that has no access control whatever if
someone should use the field as a lauching point for something
disasterous or stupid? I am curious.

Same as any other mode of transportation facility does. You really are not
thinking clearly if you believe fences and ID cards can prevent such a thing
and besides, where is the history of "something disasterous or stupid" to
warrant the implementation of your suggestions.

Just as with securing your house, nothing you do is going to stop the
determined burglar. What you can do things to make execution of the
crime more difficult and time consuming while still retaining
unrestricted movement in your house. Maybe you can go to sleep at night
with the doors unlocked and the windows open and feel safe; if you can,
good for you. Honestly, I can't, and I don't live in a bad
neighborhood. If my neighbors and I all started leaving our doors
unlocked, though, pretty soon the criminals would find the easy target.

So lock your doors and put your plane in a locked hangar. Hate to be the
one that tells you but locks and closed windows only stop amateurs. Locks
don't slow the pros for more than a few seconds.

JKG