On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:45:30 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote in
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But if there really are that many, I'm afraid this says volumes more about
the caliber of our pilots than it does about the utility of an ADIZ.

Admittedly, there is adequate human incompetence in any group you care
to name to assure that some errors will occur. But restricting 2,000
square miles of some of the busiest airspace in the entire world is
guaranteed to trap even competent airmen. To expect an invisible 100
mile (?) perimeter boundary to preclude accidental incursions is
absurd. Add to that the lack of surface landmarks to mark the
boundary, the obscuration of weather, night time operations, and the
inevitable ATC errors, and the volume of inadvertent DC ADIZ
incursions isn't so unreasonable.

Airing disparaging sentiment toward our ranks, while perhaps lending a
bit of public credibility to your arguments, does a disservice to our
fellows at a time when solidarity is crucial.