"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:YeJxe.126042$xm3.76968@attbi_s21:

With the way some folks are pushing GPS you'd get the impression
pilots were wandering aimlessly all over the place before GPS
was even available.

Lack of GPS is not the problem.

Having the ADIZ is the problem.

This is not a constructive attitude, IMHO. Railing against the
darkness helps not...

So what do you do everytime some new rule or law or restriction
of any kind comes along that you disagree with? Just put up with
it and say "oh well, just have to learn to live with it"?

"This is not a constructive attitude"

The Washington, D.C. ADIZ is there, and not moving any time soon. We,
as pilots, had better learn to live with it, and properly navigate
through it -- it's NOT difficult -- or our concept of Free Flight in
America will be jeopardized.

No it's not difficult, and you don't NEED a GPS to do it, IF
you are a good pilot. Avoiding the ADIZ is no different than
navigating around any other airspace that one wishes or is
required to avoid. It's just a polygon on a map. There's lot's
of other places besides the DC ADIZ that basically say "Don't go
here."

But that still doesn't mean we should put up with it. Does the
ADIZ do ANYTHING to make DC more secure? I say no. You are free
to disagree.

You can pick up a good used GPS for the cost of a SINGLE tank of gas in
my Pathfinder. To use "cost" as an excuse not to use it is goofy.


Brian
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