D.A.: Pilot flew close to airliner

On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 03:48:48 GMT, Orval Fairbairn
wrote in Message-Id:
:

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 23:04:48 -0500, John R wrote in
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"One commercial airliner, a 747, came within 900 feet and
had to be diverted to avoid a collision.

I suppose that was 900' laterally, not vertically.


What business does the DA have to do with this matter? It is strictly an
FAA problem -- NOT the problem of some local yokel politician trying to
make a name for himself.

An old timer related to me not long ago, that he thought Laura Engles
had lost here airman's certificate (in the '20s or'30s) when she flew
past an airliner with her bosom exposed for the passengers!

I agree. It would seem that the rate of intrusion of municipalities
and states into the jurisdiction of the FAA is on the increase. The
city of Huntington Beach's recent attempt to ban aerial advertising
comes to mind.