On Thu, 26 May 2005 11:14:56 -0700, "gatt"
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message

If our government is going to put pilots in their deadly cross hairs,
their policies must be infallible. This intercept policy is flawed,
as demonstrated by this incident.

How is it flawed?

It relies upon radio communications that are inherently unreliable.

It worked. The plane was diverted, nobody was killed,
the media made a bunch of money and an idiot lost his certificate.

That is true this time.

What if the C-150 had gotten close enough to the White House to
trigger ground fire as a result of its inability to communicate via
radio? Would you still characterize the policy as having worked?