Glider Pilot arrested for airspace

On 1/11/2013 4:56 AM, Paul Remde wrote:
Hi,

This is amazing.

http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/article...WT.mc_sect=gan


Paul Remde


Gotta love this: "Fleming waited outside the courtroom Aug. 21 as his
case went before the judge. When his attorney returned and said the case
would be dismissed if he agreed not to take any legal action against
Darlington County law enforcement, he said, he reluctantly agreed." In
other words, "we will stop abusing our authority if you don't challenge
our abuse of our authority."

This type of thing probably would never happen in an area where there is
real crime. However, in a low crime area you have "wanna be cops" who
get tired of eating donuts at the coffee shop, and overreact to every
incident.

On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:36:52 -0800, Greg Arnold
wrote:

[snip]

" In
other words, "we will stop abusing our authority if you don't challenge
our abuse of our authority."


The word for that is "extortion".

This type of thing probably would never happen in an area where there is
real crime. However, in a low crime area you have "wanna be cops" who
get tired of eating donuts at the coffee shop, and overreact to every
incident.

Time for Sheriff Andy to take Barney's bullet away.

The last paragraph in the AOPA article has the following:

"Although the breach of peace arrest warrant that was ultimately filed
refers to a 'No Fly Zone' neither the federal nor local authorities could
cite a federal violation because this was not a 'No Fly Zone.'"

Now I ain't no lawyer, but I've seen them on TV, and it looks to me, based
on the above, that the warrant was not valid and, thus, the charges were not
valid and, therefore, would be dropped without any agreements from the
pilot.

I wasn't there and don't know what he went through, but my gut says, "Sue
the *******s!"

Also, I will not comply with any local law enforcement demands that I land.
I will, of course, comply with the FAA or a military interceptor...


"Greg Arnold" wrote in message
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On 1/11/2013 4:56 AM, Paul Remde wrote:
Hi,

This is amazing.

http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/article...WT.mc_sect=gan


Paul Remde


Gotta love this: "Fleming waited outside the courtroom Aug. 21 as his
case went before the judge. When his attorney returned and said the case
would be dismissed if he agreed not to take any legal action against
Darlington County law enforcement, he said, he reluctantly agreed." In
other words, "we will stop abusing our authority if you don't challenge
our abuse of our authority."

This type of thing probably would never happen in an area where there is
real crime. However, in a low crime area you have "wanna be cops" who get
tired of eating donuts at the coffee shop, and overreact to every
incident.

Following up on the AOPA article linked to by the OP this morning, here's the original Sep 2001 FAA notice about flight near nuclear plants:
http://www.ssa.org/myhome.asp?mbr=67...ow=blog&id=336
Note that you cannot "CIRCLE AS TO LOITER IN THE VICINITY" of nuclear plants, etc.

And here's the clarification that the SSA got in Mar 2002 from "FAA Air Traffic" regarding the "no loitering" rule:
http://www.ssa.org/myhome.asp?mbr=67...ive =3/1/2002

Apparently there isn't anything written from "FAA Air Traffic" to the SSA on this subject. I'm also not sure that the toll free number the SSA set up in 2002 still works.

-John, Q3