John Galban wrote:

Cap'n, you might disagree that GA is being unfairly singled out, but
you just proved it.

Terrorists attacked the WTC in '93 using a rental truck. The OKC
federal building was destroyed by a large fertilizer bomb in a rental
truck (both Ryder IIRC). None of the things you say above happened.
Why? Because a lot of people rent these trucks and it would have an
impact on a fairly large part of the population. Politically
speaking, it's not smart to **** off that many people. Pilots, on
the other hand, are a very small segment of the population. Most
people don't know much about what we do, therefore the government can
look like it's doing something, while only offending an insignificant
percentage of the electorate. While that's a smart move politically,
it's hardly what I would call "fair".

Pre-cisely.

And while it is a smart move politically, it is not an effective
security improvement. Effective security improvements must be based
on realistic and rational assessment of *demonstrated threats*,
regardless of who and how many are "****ed off".

Cheers,
Sydney