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"Neil Gould" wrote in message ... Recently, Dave S posted: Neil Gould wrote: Sorry, but not much would make me happy about "only being spread-eagled at gunpoint". There are other ways to determine that someone is unarmed, not the least of which is that they didn't exit their Vehicle of Terror with guns blazing. Neil Surely that is not the first time you've seen a "felony traffic stop" on TV.. even if it WAS the first time you may have seen it applied to a pilot in a plane. The ground guys did their job, just like they were trained to. Everyone got to go home alive that night. Suffice it to say that you are easier to please than I. I expect to go home alive every night with one exception, and I don't expect that exception to be at the hands of some paranoid idiot with a badge over-reacting to what should have been a non-event. Their lack of common sense is more worrisome than the hazard they misperceived. Neil Neil, You are right on the money, perfectly said and totally accurate. -- Roy N5804F - PA28-181 Piper Archer II |
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So they revoke this guy's license, certificate or whatever you want to call
it. What's to stop him from going to the airport, jumping into his airplane (if he has one) and flying in the opposite direction of DC? Has the TSA/FAA/et. al. figured this out yet? In 40 plus years of flying I have never been checked. This revocation means exactly, squat. John |
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"John Larson" None ... wrote in message ... So they revoke this guy's license, certificate or whatever you want to call it. What's to stop him from going to the airport, jumping into his airplane (if he has one) and flying in the opposite direction of DC? Has the TSA/FAA/et. al. figured this out yet? In 40 plus years of flying I have never been checked. This revocation means exactly, squat. John The revocation means he will be flying illegally, without insurance, and subject to arrest if he is caught. I've been ramped twice in the past five years. It's always possible. What do you want the FAA to do, put a full time suveillance person on him? Michael |
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Peter Duniho wrote:
I certainly agree that life and property was in danger. But as Larry points out, those hazards were not of the pilot's creation. If you fly into a war zone, the hazards are also not of your creation; nevertheless, *you* will have placed all occupants of the plane in a hazardous situation, and *you* are responsible. George Patterson Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry, and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing? Because she smells like a new truck. |
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John Larson wrote:
So they revoke this guy's license, certificate or whatever you want to call it. What's to stop him from going to the airport, jumping into his airplane (if he has one) and flying in the opposite direction of DC? If the FAA gets the least indication that he intends to do that, they will get a court order and impound the aircraft. They used to slap a prop lock on the plane in those cases, but they got a little stricter after one owner cut the lock off. George Patterson Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry, and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing? Because she smells like a new truck. |
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