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Pilot runs out of fuel waiting for security clearance
Jay Masino wrote:
Bitching at our elected officials is our ONLY recourse. I could be mistaken, but I think the previous point might have been that bitching on USENET, while possibly therapeutic, has no practical effect. I agree that contacting elected officials is our only recourse. I've been wanting to know for some time what AOPA is doing in this fight. I'm wondering if it's time for a member barrage of mail to congresscritters, demanding that the restrictions be removed or that equally onerous restrictions be imposed upon drivers and movements of trucks (a proven al-Quaida method of bomb delivery) And there isn't another side of the debate. The government's side is baseless (atleast to the extent that the threat from a Ryder truck is more of a threat than GA). Not to mention that it's unclear the ADIZ would prevent someone bent on harm from violating it and completing their mission prior to interception. You mentioned that the DC-3 situation is different than what has been described by the NOTAMS, by the AOPA, and in other postings. But you have yet to actually make any actual statements that would demonstrate or substantiate that the DC-3 pilots are not able to find a way to fly if the really choose to. For example, even pilots who choose not to succumb to the new security procedures, from my perception, could drive to the next closest airport. Actually, if you want to avoid both the FRZ and the ADIZ, you'd probably have to drive an hour and a half to either Easton, Fredrick or Warrenton (depending on where you live). I think it's worth mentioning that DC traffic, and the amount of time it takes to get from Point A to Point B, can be unimaginable except to people who live near LA, Seattle, NYC and Boston. I can't quite manage any cheer on this post . As I see it, the degree of inconvenience the pilots in the DC gulag suffer is pretty much beside the point. They are being unreasononably restricted in their right to travel, for no clear reason and no clear result. A dangerous precedent IMO. Sydney |
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