Jay Honeck writes:

Unless you want to set up a picnic area, apparently.

No, that's not right, either. The reasons for the hassles setting up
a picnic area (at our airport, anyway) is that the FAA is VERY
paranoid about cities pulling a "Mayor Daley" on them, and claiming
that the airport is a "park".

This is how we lost Meigs Field in Chicago, and the FAA ain't playing
that game with anyone, now.

The fact remains that you've lost a degree of freedom.

Thus, they simply won't even consider a "park" at an airport. You
have to call your picnic area a "viewing area", and it can NOT be
placed under the jurisdiction of your local parks and recreation
department.

Also, regarding picnics. For nine years Mary and I have made it a
habit to fly into little Iowa airports that do NOT have any
attractions nearby, in order to have a picnic on the field. We pack a
picnic basket full of goodies, land at a small, out of the way airport
(there are hundreds of them, so I don't think we'll ever hit them
all), deliver our hotel marketing goodies (brochures, posters, pens,
what-nots), and then throw a blanket down out in the grass and start
eating.

We've met some really nice people that way, and have never been
hassled. It's truly a little piece of Americana, and we love doing
it.

Well, isn't that special. Unfortunately much of America doesn't work
that way.

You've simply GOT to stop getting your news from blogs, Anthony. They
do not tell the truth about freedom in America.

You've got to get out of Iowa sometime. By the time the loss of
freedom reaches you, it will be too late.

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