Private Planes: Freedom, Security, and Responsibility

On 14 Dec 2005 08:16:20 -0800, "Doug"
wrote in .com::

The day I fly my airplane and land at another airport and am
asked by uniformed personnel "papers please" and quizzed as to "what is
the purpose of your trip" is the day that freedom is lost.

Given this quote from the story:

Not surprisingly, members of the commercial airline industry would
also like to see charter services brought under stricter control.
According to the Washington Post, "The Air Line Pilots Association
. . . urged the [TSA] to adopt one level of security for every
type of flight, including charter and small-aircraft operators."
This is not the first time that the dominant members of an
industry have begged to be more heavily regulated by government.

It would seem that it is our fellow airmen employed by the airlines
who would have our government impose that loss of fundamental freedom
of which you speak.

Given the current desperate financial situation airline competition is
creating for those professional airline pilots, it's easy to see their
fear of GA operations usurping their market, because GA is not
currently subject to the same absurd security measures as the
airlines. While the public may benefit financially from unregulated
competition, such competition does foster desperately vicious
behavior.

Would one expect the airlines to act responsibly and admit their
failure to provide adequate security previous to 9/11, and work
collaboratively to rectify their shortcoming? Only in a perfect
world. It's far easier for the airlines to acrimoniously strike at
each other and anyone else they see as bringing down their industry,
in a fear born fit of self destructive rage.

When will mankind learn, that only constructive endeavors can provide
the prosperity and thriving well-being we all desire?