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Photo Pilot Certificates
http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsite...04-3-046x.html
Quote: "AOPA worked closely with the committee, including the senior minority member, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), to make sure pilots would not have only one option — the closest flight standards district office (FSDO) — for having their pictures taken. The bill would require the FAA to assign designees — most likely aviation medical examiners (AMEs) — to take official photos." The pros/cons of the measure notwithstanding, wouldn't it make sense to work with state driver's licensing centers? I mean, aren't they already in the business of issuing (semi) secure identification cards... in somewhat convenient locations nationwide? --- Kay PP-ASEL email: remove ns from aviationns |
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KayInPA wrote: The pros/cons of the measure notwithstanding, wouldn't it make sense to work with state driver's licensing centers? I mean, aren't they already in the business of issuing (semi) secure identification cards... in somewhat convenient locations nationwide? It would make more sense to simply require that the pilot submit photos in exactly the same format and method as that currently used for passports. George Patterson If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have been looking for it. |
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Quite honestly, in the day of Photoshop, photos don't mean a darned thing.
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"KayInPA" wrote in message om... The pros/cons of the measure notwithstanding, wouldn't it make sense to work with state driver's licensing centers? I mean, aren't they already in the business of issuing (semi) secure identification cards... in somewhat convenient locations nationwide? Not in this state. The DMV is worse than dealing with the FSDO. What they really need to do is allow the photos to be handled like Passports and other INS documents. You can go to the local photo place and then you submit the photos with a certified application to be made into the ID. |
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Does anyone know how they're handling the fact that our certificates are
permenant, yet our appearance can change over time? Will we get a new photograph at every medical? Will we end up with three different cards... a permenant certificate, a medical, and a photo ID card? I can't see why they don't keep using the rule where you have to have you're state driver's license on your person, when flying. I realize state licenses are not consistent, but the whole idea of this ID is silly, anyway. --- Jay -- __!__ Jay and Teresa Masino ___(_)___ http://www2.ari.net/jmasino ! ! ! http://www.oceancityairport.com http://www.oc-adolfos.com |
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In a previous article, (Jay Masino) said:
Does anyone know how they're handling the fact that our certificates are permenant, yet our appearance can change over time? Will we get a new photograph at every medical? Will we end up with three different cards... a permenant certificate, a medical, and a photo ID card? I can't see why When Ontario went to photo drivers licenses, you had a separate license part of your license and a separate photo part. The license expired on a different schedule than the photo (I think the license was good for 2 years, but the photo was good for 5), which struck me as the stupidest thing in the world, but I worked in the road design part of the Ministry of Transportation, not the drivers and vehicles part, so nobody asked my opinion. -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ "Only a NAZI would try to invoke Godwin's [law] deliberately" - Jeff Gostin in a.s.r |
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Really. Why not stop these terrorist people from getting into the country in the
first place? Seems like what we are doing now is hiring a bunch of government employees to plug holes in the dike. When they run out of fingers they start looking for civilian "volunteers". Its a huge joke, because illegal immigration is the dirty little secret that very damn few politicians will even talk about, much less do anything about. Oh well... Nero fiddled while Rome burned. C J Campbell wrote: Quite honestly, in the day of Photoshop, photos don't mean a darned thing. |
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kontiki wrote:
Why not stop these terrorist people from getting into the country in the first place? The above comment you made is so vague and generic as to defy description. So why don't you come back to the group and specifically tell us all just exactly you would do to stop any terrorist from getting into your country in the first place. Seems like what we are doing now is hiring a bunch of government employees to plug holes in the dike. Who is "we"..... All your doing is mouthing off in a newsgroup about a problem your government is well aware of, and you are not giving any specific examples of just what should be or could be done to plug all the holes in that dike. Rhetoric is one thing that everyone in a newsgroup is good at. Specific and viable solutions to the problem are a different matter altogether. So hop to it kontiki, hoist that sail, grab your oar, and tell us exactly how you would solve the problem..... and leave your rhetoric behind. |
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Shiver Me Timbers wrote:
kontiki wrote: Why not stop these terrorist people from getting into the country in the first place? The above comment you made is so vague and generic as to defy description. So why don't you come back to the group and specifically tell us all just exactly you would do to stop any terrorist from getting into your country in the first place. Okay.. thank you for allowing me to elaborate. Every single day hundreds of unknown, undocumented individuals enter this country across our borders. The Border Patrol makes but a dent in this number. Who these people are, where they come from and their exact intentions are totally unknown. Yes, many of them come from Mexico and countries in South America looking for a better life. An unknown quantity of other individuals, however, are coming here for other purposes. These are the ones that would do us harm and they know they have a 50/50 chance of getting in here *totally* undetected. No paperwork... no way to determine their motives... their intentions or their criminal or political history. There is also a northern border that is just as porus. I submit that a reasonable person would conclude that a good use of a percentage of US forces might be to assist the Border Patrol monitor and secure these borders to a greater extent than they are today. I bet if you took a poll of all troops in Iraq and asked them if they would rather serve their tours assisting the border patrol HERE in the US or in the deserts of Iraq would find a lot of volunteers for the program. In fact.... I one might also conclude that critical monitoring of who GOT a Visa and who didn't and just what these visa holders where actually DOING in this country might have prevented 9-11. It was, after all, the responsibility of the INS to do this very thing, which they utterly failed to do. The result was that the INS was dissolved... I don't know about you but I feel better already. Seems like what we are doing now is hiring a bunch of government employees to plug holes in the dike. Who is "we"..... All your doing is mouthing off in a newsgroup about a problem your government is well aware of, and you are not giving any specific examples of just what should be or could be done to plug all the holes in that dike. "WE" are American citizens and LEGAL immigrants/visitors. I just one specific examples above, please read. If you desire more I will gladly oblige. Rhetoric is one thing that everyone in a newsgroup is good at. Please highlight ANYTHING I just said that any reasonable person would consider to be simply "rhetoric". Specific and viable solutions to the problem are a different matter altogether. I just gave one. I could give more if you are really interested. So hop to it kontiki, hoist that sail, grab your oar, and tell us exactly how you would solve the problem..... and leave your rhetoric behind. Balls in your court... diagram all of my rhetoric to the rest of the group. |
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