EMBRY-RIDDLE wants airplanes

On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:36:42 -0600, 601XL Builder wrote:

Well Martin, I've had to have background checks that required
fingerprinting three times.

related to your GA flying?

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Gig 601XL Builder wrote:

Well, we did have a bunch of non-US citizens train to fly in the us and then
highjack planes and use them to kill 3000+ people. So of all the rules and
laws that have come down the pike since 9/11 this one probably the most
logical.

Just what precisely is doing extra intrusive checks on international
students going to achieve?

Are you to suggest that only international people could ever hijack a
plane?

Are you to suggest that people who hijack planes in the US are only
going to train in the US, or in the air at all for that matter?

Or perhaps you think that the hijackers are going to present a PPL to
the cabin crew before they hijack and the cabin crew will reject non-US
issued licences!

These "most logical" rules and laws as you put it serve nothing but to
calm the fears of the general unthinking public, they do nothing to
protect from further incidents.

writes:

Are you to suggest that only international people could ever hijack a
plane?

Nothing. Piper Cubs are rarely hijacked.

Are you to suggest that people who hijack planes in the US are only
going to train in the US, or in the air at all for that matter?

Exactly. You don't have to be a qualified pilot just to fly into a
building, and you certainly don't need any flying qualifications at
all to hijack an aircraft. Thus, you don't necessarily need any
special training at a flight school. Nor do you need any kind of
license.

These "most logical" rules and laws as you put it serve nothing but to
calm the fears of the general unthinking public, they do nothing to
protect from further incidents.

Yes. But the likelihood of other incidents is actually quite low, and
they are quite difficult to effectively prevent; whereas the
importance of impressing the stupid masses is very high, even if it
does nothing for security, especially if they are able to vote.

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Martin Hotze wrote:
On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:36:42 -0600, 601XL Builder wrote:

Well Martin, I've had to have background checks that required
fingerprinting three times.

related to your GA flying?


No. That wasn't the point.